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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCB parent here - very minimal plans for any reopening (6 kids per class, now planned for March hopefully).

Slots will be for 6 kids that are not engaging in virtual learning or really struggling to meet goals.

There is some talk of getting to 12 kids per class, but no timeline.

If those 12 kids per class are offered, it will only be 2 days per week. There will be no prioritization of younger kids, no CARES classrooms or similar. When you ask school staff what you are supposed to do with your kids the other three days a week they have no answers other than that "school is not childcare".

Oh, teachers getting vaccinated is "irrelevant" to their plans - as in, although they are working with and encouraging teachers to get vax'd, it will not lead them to offer more in-person learning opportunities.[/quote]

Sorry to hear PP.  BTW the “school is not childcare” response is totally inappropriate and gives off the vibe that they don’t GAF about struggling parents.  I mean even if you don’t care, it’s not very professional or empathetic to parents.

Also that is BS in regards to teachers getting vaccinated and it being irrelevant.  Follow the science, and it should 100% be relevant to their plans.  Are the parents not calling out these responses during your meetings at all and not pushing back?

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Original poster here - I'm kind of at my wit's end. School admin does not seem to care about parents trying to work. My spouse and I can't really afford a full-time dedicated nanny, and we've been sending our kids back to daycare indefinitely but we can't do that next year, they're really too old for it.

Re vaccines - I know! you would think that teachers being vaccinated would change reopening plans. However, DCB administrators say that because Dept of Health sets classroom sizes under COVID, that's the key policy that would need to change to allow in-person education more than 2 days a week (for whatever reason, they are really dedicated to 2 days a week - and this is hypothetical, not currently being offered). School admin says they hope that as vaccination rates lead to lower community spread, classroom sizes will change. I think the concern here is with staff vax'd the kids will still give COVID to each other?! I don't think it makes much sense given that children typically don't drive community transmission, and my kids are 5, not 17 yos!

Also, I'm not optimistic they'll provide in-person education in the Fall (2021) given all of the above.

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