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And what if it happens multiple times? And then flu season comes along and there are so many teachers calling out that they can’t run the school? I don’t understand this magical thinking that if things just open as usual, the problem disappears. That isn’t the case. [/quote]

Nobody has said that the problem will disappear.

What people have said is that the schools need to be open. The schools need to not be closed. If something comes up after that, deal with it then. Do not close all of the schools pre-emptively and indefinitely on grounds that something might happen in the future that might require some of the schools to close for a limited period of time.[/quote]
And I’m sure parents won’t be absolutely furious that they planned around open schools when it turns out not to be feasible. 
The fact is that the schools aren’t going to open at full capacity because they were never meant to house so many students. Class sizes should have never been allowed to get out of control. Buildings shouldn’t have hundreds or thousands of kids passing in close quarters between periods. Elementary students can’t get individualized attention in a class of thirty. If we actually prioritized education in this country then maybe we’d be in a better position right now. The countries that have opened schools have done so with testing, health assessments, sanitation, masks, and dramatically reduced student populations (some countries all of the above, and some a few). Parents here seem to think we will just go back to “normal” in the fall. It’s not happening. [/quote]

Who is “they”? Parents across the county - like me and many others - have been lobbying for a remedy to overcrowding for years. The boundary analysis would also help highlight how to remedy overcrowding. Unfortunately, wealthy white people upcountry don’t want to mix and mingle with less well-off brown kids who tend to be in the overcrowded schools. So there we are. But there isn’t one monolithic group of parents who ignore overcrowding.

This. The truth is that schools were not normal before COVID. They were a rolling dumpster fire that parents chose to ignore.[/quote]

Parents chose to ignore? No.

Parents and communities across the county have been calling for resolution to overcrowding for decades in some cases. Cut the crap and stay focused.[/quote]

They voted against the funding needed to remedy it. They voted against BOE and County Council candidates who want innovative policies that would have reduced overcrowding. So in some cases, they not only ignored the problem, but they worked to continue it.[/quote][/quote]

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