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[b]If the logistics can be worked out, hybrid potentially reduces class size[/b], reduces risk by having kids in buildings fewer days, and allows teachers to develop some level of comfort that promised PPE, sanitation, and enforcement of policies like masking will be followed.

I keep seeing everyone say that hybrid is too complicated with minimal payoff. I don't see schools going face to face full time any time soon. Why doesn't anyone listen to all of the private school kids who are going to school using some hybrid model and are happy with even a few days a week in person?[/quote]

If I can work out how to get wings, I can potentially fly.[/quote]

They need to try. Just try. Obviously, the first hurdle is transportation. However, the problem is that there is no way to assess whether than can be overcome without some proposal on the table. You can ask families whether they will need bus transportation, but if the question is asked in a vacuum, the answers won't be meaningful. Parents need to know how many days the kids would be going, what the start and finish times would be, etc. in order to give an answer. Then, if enough people say that they will drive their own kids, you can work from there to try to provide buses. [/quote]

There is no need, and no reason as far as I can tell, to go to all of this trouble just for hybrid. If they're going to do it, they should do it for the real thing, i.e., a regular school day/week.[/quote]

I guess you don't see the need for social distancing? That's the reason for hybrid.[/quote]

But we don’t even know yet if hybrid is needed for social distancing, do we? The first step is to figure out how many families want to return in person, and how many will need transportation.  The transportation needs are unclear right now given that many parents who do not normally drive their kids could if need be.

[b]Besides all the logistical hurdles with hybrid, many families will need childcare on the days their kids aren’t in school.  So a classroom cohort may be scattered the rest of the week.  So all the additional mixing could negate whatever gains you get from reduced class sizes, which again may be small enough without having to resort to hybrid.[/b][/quote]

This is a good point.  While I acknowledge the transportation issue is challenging (though, I certainly think it is possible to sufficiently mitigate risk there), beyond that I really don't see a big impediment to getting elementary and k/pre-k kids back full time (with a virtual option for those that aren't comfortable with that).[/quote]

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