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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][quote=Anonymous]Aren't people here saying elementary school shouldn't be going back either until CPC guidelines are met?  I didn't think the complaining parents on here are limited to middle and high school because safety doesn't matter for their elementary kids, but maybe I misunderstood.  It's a long thread and I haven't read all of it.

I certainly don't mean to gaslight.  And I did not mean to suggest that, for example, elementary kids shouldn't go back until high schools met the required standards -- that was bad phrasing on my part and I apologize.  [/quote]

A lot of different thoughts in this thread. Here's my understanding of what it seems a lot of people are saying: elementary should go back in March because the CDC guidelines allow for it, even though Arlington is the "red" or highest level.  But before going back in early March, it would be great if the correct number of air filters/purifiers could be properly placed in each APS classroom (some classrooms may need more than one to achieve the ideal 4-6 air exchanges per hour because of the size of those classrooms, although most classrooms are fine with just one).  It also would be great if APS could implement a better lunch plan before early March , with no kids eating in the cafeteria. Personally, I think all lunch should be outside.  For MS and HS, the CDC guidelines raise a bigger question because they recommend only virtual learning for MS and HS in the "red" or highest level, unless APS has in place a comprehensive screening test system in place. It doesn't seem APS does, so it *could* necessitate a delay in re-opening MS and HS. But the same thing re ventilation and lunch would apply to MS and HS when they open, but perhaps even more acutely for lunch because many of the current lunch plans involve a lot of kids eating in a cafeteria.

Of course, some are saying to go back at all levels now, regardless of ventilation, lunch plans, or CDC guidelines.[/quote]

I agree with a lot of your summary, but you’ve ignored the significant contingent arguing that schools should not reopen at all until we’ve met metrics that go well beyond the CDC guidelines.  There are extremists on both sides.[/quote]

You keep saying that, but I have yet to see anyone on this thread expressing that opinion.[/quote]

I also don't see anyone saying we should completely disregard ventilation, lunch plans or CDC guidelines.  But there are differences of opinions on what's safe enough when it comes to ventilation and lunch plans.[/quote]

Well whenever several of us have brought up the need to change the hundred plus kids in the lunchroom, the response from certain posters is for us to stay home. I would say that is disregarding safety concerns. [/quote]

I guess I was assuming that you 'knew' the hundred plus kids in the lunchroom was not true.  APS has said repeatedly that lunch would be eaten in classrooms.  Classrooms, which are spaced 6 feet apart and have 1/2 the students who are in person in them- so like between 6-12 students.
https://www.apsva.us/post/how-will-lunch-be-handled-during-in-person-instruction/[/quote]

Why would I assume it’s not true when the information came straight out of our principal and facility managers mouth? Again would you like the link to the PTA meeting recording?[/quote]

okay- since Williamsburg is the bee in your bonnet lets assume that eating at Williamsburg is restricted to the cafeteria.   The williamsburg cafeteria has a capacity for 541 students at a time.

Williamsburg current enrollment is 894.   1/2 pick virtual, we are at 450.  1/2 of those attend on any given day, we are at 225.   Those 225 are divided into three lunch periods- 75 students eating lunch at a time, in a room designed to fit 541.  That doesn't sound so bad to me?  [/quote]

You don't need to do the math. The principal said 100+  kids in the cafeteria at at time. Multiple shifts, so the last shift (since the virus is airborne) is at most risk. Also, 70% of WMS students chose hybrid.   principa[/quote]

Have you been eating regularly in a room with 100 people? Has your kid?[/quote]
No, because there’s been no cause to.  All of this is a risk/benefit analysis, and for some people, the mitigated risk of cafeteria eating as planned by APS is worth it for the benefit of in-person schooling.  Your calculus is different and that’s okay, but it doesn’t inherently mean schools should stay closed.[/quote]

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