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[quote=Anonymous]OP again: Thank you to everyone who responded with ideas about fall hybrid learning.

Please help me by assuming things aren't going to be back to normal and giving me ideas about how to run my classes under a new situation. I'm not in the DC metro area anymore (rural VA) and we have been given the go-ahead to plan for hybrid classes in Fall. So I'm trying to think of creative ways that my fellow teachers and I can make this work.

I have already heard from some students/parents/teachers who don't want to do in-person in Fall for various reasons (elderly relative at home, fear of 30 kids jammed together in class, suppressed immune system, lung problems, preference for online, etc.) So certainly, there are people who aren't planning on sending their kid back to a class of 30+ students.

What online things are working best for your kid?

I really wish schools would reopen as normal, but I need to plan for this not happening:

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools will reopen mostly normal (no assemblies? maybe)

I think it’s overly optimistic teachers on this board suggesting otherwise.  [/quote]

I don’t quite follow who you think is being optimistic here.

The people being optimistic are the ones thinking school will open. [/quote]

No, teachers who think the world will carve out teachers/schools specifically while the rest of the world is already reopening this month are the ones being optimistic. It’s not going to happen folks.[/quote]

You are mistaken. If you think that teachers will go back to "school as normal" with kids packed into classrooms over capacity you are wrong. If your office is operating at half capacity schools should too. If there are no gatherings over 500 people permitted then schools should not be exempt. Schools are huge gathering places with a tremendous risk of transmission. We are not saying we want to be "carved out" (which doesn't make any sense, but okay) we are saying that we will not operate as if everything is fine. We demand the same level of protection as YOU have. If schools can't make any changes (won't provide adequate PPE, won't enforce a strict sick child policy, won't take temperatures, there isn't expanded testing capacity) then remote learning must continue.[/quote][/quote]

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