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[quote=Anonymous]First, assuming there is a one size fits all solution for returning kids to campus is silly. Making it work a rural, affluent SLAC with about 2000 kids, almost all residential,  80% of classes have 20 kids or fewer, but no major medical center nearby is different from making it work at UCLA are two completely different things.

Second, all the parents I know who have healthy kids with no underlying medical issues, myself included, are planning to send their kids back if campus reopens.  I also plan to send my high school student back as much as FCPS will allow.

Here’s the thing. Distance learning and online classes and telework have been okay in our house. No major issues. And we have been very conservative thus far on interactions outside our house.  But they come at a cost. Both my kids are really trying to make it work and aren’t complaining. But, they are increasingly lonely, depressed, anxious, sad.  The lack of social interaction is very hard.  Distance learning is not a substitute for high school, and it’s definitely not a substitute for my science major college kid.

It is unlikely we will get a vaccine in time to save the 20-21 school year. And I acknowledge there is a decent chance my college age kid especially will be infected.  Hopefully they can antibody test and do a rapid test before he leaves campus at Thanksgiving.  But, there is a cost benefit analysis. It also isn’t healthy to learn in my basement for another year, with no social interactions. And I strongly suspect that once we have good models, we will discover a huge uptick in mental illness, substance abuse and suicide among high school and college kids the longer this drags on. [/quote]

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