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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At our charter, if you simply ask about re-opening, school leadership brands you as a Karen.  I think that's partly the reason why parents haven't been very vocal about re-opening. [/quote]

Hell, I got told by the PTA that pods were "disgusting" at my charter. [/quote]

That’s insane.  Pods seem to be very successful.  The option is my kid not doing school because I have a job and can no longer do it all.[/quote]

Podding was seen by some as just increasing viral spread and therefore killing Black and Hispanic people.  So if you podded you were killing BIPOC.  I wish I was exaggerating, but that was the tenor of dialogue at the time.[/quote]

Pods seem to have different definitions.

Pods can be two families sharing the load, which is what I do.  Four parents and each of us have a day to watch two kids.  We sometimes get work done while they are in school but we are on deck to trouble shoot, encourage focus, etc.  We are doing this so the kids aren't alone, adults get some adult time (i.e. we can talk to each other).  Kids aren't super focused per their age so have thought about them only doing half days on-line.  Kids are better with not their parents - surprise surprise.

Pods can also be hiring a nanny to watch the kids with another family or to hire a homeschool teacher not just a babysitter.  I know two well off families who have a full time homeschool teacher while paying for private school tuition - insane but they want to be safe and not sacrifice education.

We were told by DCPS that pods were racist, sexist, classist, etc.  Two POC in our POD but sure.

Our school has been very helpful with our POD.  Kids are in the same grade but different classes and the school lets them do specials together.

We know financially disadvantaged families are doing similar set ups.  [/quote]

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