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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"School is not childcare" is shorthand for "I am spoiled, entitled, and have no ability to understand the life experiences of anyone who isn't part of a wealthy two-parent family." When someone says that, I find I discount whatever else they are saying, as they lack the depth of larger societal awareness necessary to have a reasoned discussion.

I kind of like it when people say it, though, because it's quick differentiator as to whether I should consider their opinions as soundly grounded or not.[/quote]

"School is not for childcare" means that while childcare is a benefit of public school, it is not the goal or purpose of school.  So, the need for childcare should not be driving the decision-making for when to open schools.

No, it is not spoiled and entitled.  I am in a two-income working household and we are amongst those families who are struggling to adequately support our children in school.  I understand the situation that many families are in, but I also understand that there are many families including many teacher families that have high risk family members and requiring teachers and those students to go into school buildings with the complete disregard for any health and safety measures is ridiculous.

[b]We need to invest a lot of money into getting safety equipment and supplies to the teachers in adequate quantities.  But as is typical, we want schools to function but aren't willing to secure enough supplies and teachers are being forced to pay out of pocket to augment the school budgets that will not accommodate safety shielding, PPE, cleaning solutions and more.  [/b]

This is what teachers are being asked to open with to accommodate all children.  And I have a lot of teacher friends who have sent photos of what their actual classrooms look like and it isn't that different.  I especially feel bad for my friends who are teachers in NYC who every thinks is opening so safely.  Their classrooms look like the worst of these with desks 2 feet apart, no space between students and teachers and no safety shielding.  The classrooms are more dangerous than the hallways that were posted from Georgia.  At least the students are moving in the hallways, but they are in one place with a large group for 45-60 minutes in the classrooms.

[url]https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/what-in-person-learning-looks-like?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeednews&ref=bffbbuzzfeednews&&fbclid=IwAR3tHvS2BHbLf1pFcMdwz1RPGTFSqFp7QL0PAHvK_cDbHWgyAzNNz-NTjnE[/url][/quote]

While I don't disagree, we should be doing this for everyone who is required to work in person right now.  Teachers were able to shut it down because they have organized unions.  It's too bad other industries haven't been able to do so as effectively, they need to go to work or don't get paid.[/quote]

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