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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I question OP's motivation in posting here, I completely agree with the sentiment.  Not sure who at the CDC came up with the 10 person limit per classroom that is now spreading through school districts throughout the nation as some magic threshold, that person has no understanding of most public schools, which typically have a classroom target size of 25 students plus a teacher.  It's a pretty random number that is completely unrelated to the foot print of the classroom or the size of the class.

And, it is completely hypocritical if classrooms are kept at this low size of 9 students in Phase 3 but other "gatherings" of up to 250 are allowed.  I can only hope that the Mayor uses her discretion to decide to put students first and resume in person instruction in the Fall.  As she has noted a couple of times, she is not bound to follow the ReOpen DC committee recommendations.[/quote]

It doesn’t feel random to me. I can get that 10 -12 people, socially distanced at 6 feet apart at their desks is about what most of the many classrooms I’ve been in could manage. If you think it’s random and unrelated to typical classroom footprints, do you have any specific information supporting that?

Other gatherings are clearly not confined to classrooms or even indoors — so I don’t see the point of this comparison. I think this actually IS putting students first. Many students and many members of their households might be in at risk categories. Attending school is quite different from an adult making a personal decision to hang out  in a beer garden or whatever.

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