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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The sooner people accept this new reality the better.  Schools in this area will look very different this fall.  Kids will likely only be in the classroom one or two days a week.  Smart parents are preparing for this new reality. [b]You will not have school as your childcare.[/b]  If that doesn’t work for you, it’s time to consider relocating to a more rural part of the US.  Or, plan to homeschool.  [/quote]

Which do you prefer, kids staying home by themselves unsafely (or going to work with their parents unsafely), or kids going to school? Those are your choices.[/quote]

Not really. [b]That may be what some people decide[/b], but others will come up with different solutions. What is clear is that most kids will not be going M-F from 8-3 with before and after care. The sooner everyone accepts this, the better. [/quote]

Calling this a "decision" suggests that you really have no understanding of what many people are up against. As though people are going to sit around thinking, "Well, I could use good childcare, or I could leave my child at home in danger while I work to keep a roof over our heads. You know what? I think I'll decide to keep my child at home in danger!"

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Let’s not pretend this a new issue. [b]Until now, we have been perfectly fine letting the poor and marginalized struggle and slip through the cracks[/b]. What did everyone think was going to happen when we completely dismantled any type of safety net? [/quote]

Yes. So let's try not to do it even more of it. [/quote]

We should give people money. Not send kids to school in a pandemic because they need food and childcare. [/quote]

Yes, and how does that work in reality? I love it - let's give people money. And then what? If this county can barely keep up with school renovations let alone build new schools because of lack of tax dollars, how would it support a majority of society? That's not realistic.  Look, we've spent a couple generations dismantling safety nets, fighting universal healthcare, and telling workers their lucky to get paid anything at all while simultaneously paying senior executives more and more and more.

And now we have a middle class and working class barely hanging on a thread, we have small businesses going down every day, we have even white collar UMC incomes in danger (at my firm they're cutting exec pay and equity partners taking a hit), and our collective backs are against the wall.

Our national debt has exploded due to the GOP billionaire tax cut. Where's the money going to come from? [/quote]

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