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IMO they shot themselves in the foot by closing school. What an impact they made on so many people day in and day out for a year. I certainly hope it is a case study for the future. [/quote]

They made informed, reasonable decisions based on the info we had and resources available. You think we have staffing issues now? Imagine if you forced teachers in last fall before the vaccine and as numbers were skyrocketing.

Our schools (local, not state) didn’t just say F it and send kids back in.

Sorry that pisses you off so much that you had to vote for a Trump Republican. 
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I voted D like I always do but your attitude is exactly why the Rs won and I’ve been saying that. 
I also remember that Northam allowed schools to open hybrid in August 2020 and Fairfax had some of the best corona numbers in the state - not the worst - such that we should have considered being more conservative than he allowed with school reopening. And I also didn’t forget that the Dept of Health approved of the hybrid plan as well. [/quote]

So you’re pissed at FCPS?

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I am just telling you where the people are so the Ds don’t miss the mark next time. [/quote]

Most of the parents don't remember the nuance of what the governor approved vs. what happened. All they saw is that public schools weren't open for most of 2020-2021, while private schools did open full time. [/quote]

I agree. [/quote]

Agree too (Dem voter). This wasn’t the only issue, but one of the big ones. I fear my party is getting a set of alternative facts (like all the PPs set on arguing that Nova schools were opening just as early as the rest of the country??) Voting Youngkin may have been a stupid way to “punish” school boards, but it still was a strong motivation IMHO.[/quote]

+1 the “CRT” stuff wasn’t important to NoVa voters (it was just a bone for the R base in the rest of the state), but the closures and the perception that the curriculum was being “dumbed down” by the Democrats in the state DoE WAS important here. All it takes is a few percentage points of people who usually vote D switching to the other side.

And no, NoVa schools didn’t open at the same time as other schools. Anyone with functioning eyes and access to social media could have seen that. The closures killed Democrats and people took out their frustrations on the first election they could. [/quote]

You may want to check your perceptions.

Here are facts:

From: https://info.burbio.com

[b]January 4,  2021[/b]
% US K-12 students attending "virtual-only" schools = [b]53.4%[/b] (from 50.8% last week)

[b]February 1,  2021[/b] - The week that APS sent kids in career/CTE back to classroom:  
% US K-12 students attending "virtual-only" schools = [b]38.2%[/b] (from 42% last week)

[b]March 1,  2021[/b] - The week that APS sent SN and K-2 back to classroom: 
% US K-12 students attending "virtual-only" schools = [b]27.5% [/b](from 31.1% last week)

etc.

Our schools were NOT an outlier and started send kids back to the classroom around the same time as MANY other school systems. 
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So we “started” sending a few kids back part time hybrid later than about 60-75% of all districts and that’s … a good thing? We were in the bottom 25-40%. That’s not great and I would also argue that it’s stretching the definition of “the same time as other districts.”

The closures hurt Democrats. There’s no two ways about it. Pro-closure people can rationalize all they want but it’s just denial. [/quote]

Clearly, closures hurt Ds. Even if it’s irrational.

But it’s misleading to act like our schools responded significantly differently than MANY other schools around the US.

It’s convenient to just compare against Florida but you are not telling the whole story. We weren’t outliers. 
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VA and NJ were both conservative on school closures, and I think the election results show that. [/quote]

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