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We have had our fair of bad teachers but blaming the teachers is wrong.  Many of us parents don't want our kids going back yet either.  Hand sanitizer is not a substitute for hand washing and this is mostly air born so hand washing helps but is not a solution.  At our last school, we often went without heat or ac so not sure where all this good ventilation is when we had to dress kids in layers and send extra clothing.  We are trying to get donations for our PTSA but a low income school and we are really struggling.  [/quote]

Just wanted to mention covid-19 is mostly droplet. Surgical mask and face shields should be enough in community settings. Sanitizers are extremely effective.   I don’t understand why we cannot hear about how to troubleshoot our problems. Please make a list of reasonable things that needs to be fixed before opening in person and ask mcps to fulfill these criteria. No, N95s and complete overhaul of ventilation are not reasonable. Hand washing stations in each room, sanitizers, wipes are reasonable. Strict mask rules are reasonable. No sick kid to school is reasonable.

Legitimate high risk teachers should be given exemption from in person classes. They can lead DL. High risk kids, or anyone who do not want in person can be in those DL classes. Anyone violating strict sick child policy or mask policy should be DL.

Teachers, please list valid needs that need to be fulfilled prior to opening. You are the ones facing the challenges, i am sure you would have better idea on how to solve this problem. Not having school for years is bad for students, teachers, parents.....society.

MCPS May have to make some tough choices. Cutting budget on transportation, or PE? They are not useful for DL anyways. Transportation for only if truly needed. Ask state and county leaders for more money. Ask parents for more money and volunteers for a lot of these things.

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So many reasonable posters here, I applaud you. Mass hysteria has caused an inability to think clearly and problem solve.[/quote]

[b]You are not correct. The most recent scientific information we have tells us that aerosolized virus is the most common (and problematic) method of transmission. This would dictate that N95 masks and ventilation upgrades are 100% necessary. Otherwise, schools are fundamentally unsafe. If we decide that's too expensive and too much work, then schools and other large indoor gatherings should be indefinitely closed.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360132320302183[/b][/quote]

This x 1000.  This isn't mass hysteria.  This is science.

Too many people are saying that reasonable precautions mean that the person is a mass hysteric.  What they don't understand is that the mass hysteria people are the Luddites clinging to the past trying to get back to the old normal and refusing to adapt.  If they would just get on board and accept change then we would be much further along than we are.  But their firm resistance to the science of a health pandemic is holding us all back and costing people their lives.[/quote]

The “old normal?” Lol. There is no “new normal.” It’s a pandemic, just like many, many others in the past. It will end. Calm down.[/quote]

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