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I'm in favor of full F2F now, but I just don't think the MCPS leadership has the leadership capacity to pull it off now/next year without interim steps. Their inaction is always excused away with "it's too hard because they're too big...so they shouldn't even try."[/quote]

Agreed. In the BOE meeting a week ago, they said they will _start_ to look for funding to upgrade HVAC systems. It's amazing they are just thinking about this now. They've had months.

Meanwhile, the Elrich admin has tens of millions of federal grant money from the CARES act they need to spend by the end of this year, and haven't figured out what to do with it:
http://www.theseventhstate.com/?p=13978[/quote]

Meanwhile, this is what FCPS is reporting on that topic:

"- Ensured all schools and offices have sufficient air ventilation
- Purchased initial allocation of MERV 13 filters (based on availability) and upgrading school HVAC systems where possible
- Purchased HEPA filters and air purifiers for use in select areas
- Continued review of the use of UV-C lighting in classrooms and ventilation systems and its best application
- Third-party health and safety verification for all building"[/quote]

And FCPS is about the same size as MCPS.. but MCPS is unable to pull this off.

It's upper management. I bet all the building maintenance guys are sitting around itching for some projects like this, because they really do care and they'd love to get their buildings upgraded.. but they can't do anything without the supplies to do so.

Utter failure by MCPS. I'm voting against both BOE incumbents.[/quote]

FCPS hasn't pulled it off either. Presently they're spending money on this but will likely achieve little at a high cost.[/quote]

Don’t these things need to be done and/or in anticipation of next school year? These districts are setting their tables, waiting for one of them to break the ice for the others. When that happens, they can quickly pivot. Doing or buying nothing is not defensible. [/quote]

It sounds like you're suffering from "herd mentality". FCPS hasn't done anything and even in the best case they'll open a few weeks before MCPS after wasting time and money on this pipedream when they would've been better served focusing on the reality were in and improving DL.[/quote]

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