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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There sure are a lot of people on here who think they know better than county leaders, doctors, public health experts, school administrators, and teachers. I don’t know what the right answer is, but neither do you.[/quote]

I know that kids need to go to school.[/quote]
[b]And I know that a child's right to an education does not supersede the rights of teachers, custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, and instructional aides to a safe working environment. [/b]We want school back in session too. But meaningful protocols to mitigate the spread of the virus need to be in place. Unfortunately, if a school is overcrowded they will have to reduce density by establishing different cohorts of students who physically attend school on different days. There is no other way around it-we can't build and staff new schools to accommodate all the students. [/quote]

Why not?[/quote]

I’m hoping that you bolder the wrong area of that post and really don’t mean that you think children have more right to be in a building than adults have a right to live.
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DP. You say "being in a building" as if that is the only thing kids are losing when they do not go to school. Clearly, you do not appreciate the importance of school. It is absolutely our duty as a society to find a way to educate the 55 million kids in this country AT SCHOOL and together and full-time, and not by way of the some parent-facilitated "distance learning" charade. This virus poses a lethal threat only to a small minority of those who get exposed - to imply that the adults working at schools would run a high risk of death in case of exposure is hyperbole that is not helpful to the discussion. Adults in the building can protect themselves with masks, handwashing, and keeping their distance. There is no reason anyone in the building but teachers should ever have to get closer than within 3 feet of a kid, which is now thought to be a reasonably safe distance. Those at truly at high risk, or those simply concerned about infection, need to retire or find another career.

Kids are our most vulnerable citizens, with the least political clout. Their futures are at stake, and yes, they are more important than any adult's right to absolute safety from infection with a virus that is a serious danger to only a tiny fraction of those exposed. What will you suggest if a vaccine doesn't materialize very quickly? This virus isn't going to disappear like magic. We need to find a way to keep educating kids, both academically and socially.[/quote]

Tell a para educator or OT that they never have to get within 3 feet of a student.[/quote]

I was thinking of those as belonging to the category of teachers. But custodians, administrators, and cafeteria workers can absolutely keep a distance. Maybe you guys need to give up on school buses. Other countries are managing just fine without them, and so does DC.[/quote]

If you think we should give up on the buses, then you really don’t care about the kids or poor working parents. ES start at 9 or later. How are people supposed to get to work in DC if their child lives and attends school in Clarksburg?[/quote]

[b]Then start school earlier? Offer before-care? [/b]Or find younger bus drivers who don't have to worry about getting exposed? The point is that the perceived infection risk of bus riding or driving shouldn't be a hindrance to getting kids back into schools.[/quote]

Where would the money come from to do this? [/quote]

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