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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is not going to be 5 days a week for everybody in the fall.  [/quote]

Yes, there will. They’re just experiencing growing pains right now after coming out of a yearlong DL haze. The CDC will eliminate distancing requirements over the summer. The wheels are being set in motion. Yesterday, the CDC director said she expects fall to be fully in-person.

But if you mean that some kids opt into whatever limited DL option they decide to roll out, that’s probably true. [/quote]

No, there isn't.

The school board is already talking about getting a waiver from the state so they don't have to have students 5 days/week.[/quote]

Just because they apply for a waiver doesn't mean they'll get one. Almost all political leadership (local, state, and national) want kids inside the classroom fulltime next year. And just because they get a waiver doesn't mean they'll act upon it. Maybe they want it to have the option. What's the upside for the SB keeping kids outside the classroom next fall? The teachers are already back inside the classroom. The teachers hate concurrent.[/quote]

Their current plan for fall is basically the CDC dropping distancing requirements. The waiver is their contingency plan in case that doesn't happen (or possibly in case the SB forces Brabrand into concurrent by complaining that everyone who wants it should have access to virtual - who would put that past our SB?). They could instead have a contingency plan that handles 3' space in classrooms and 6' space at eating times, but there is so far zero evidence they have done that.[/quote]

That's why I've maintained from the beginning that opening up in whatever capacity they do this school year was going to be critical for fall. They're going through all the growing pains right now. And the CDC will realize that it has to lose the distancing requirements.[/quote]

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