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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the petition: "[b]Each child can go to school every day[/b] by extending classroom square footage utilizing outdoor space. We can minimize COVID-19 exposure risk, maintain adequate social distance, and educate all of our city’s children fully every weekday if we plan well. [b]Teachers believe [/b]this should be contingent on safety precautions, equitable access across the city, secure areas, cleaning, weather considerations, sound and health- but that city leaders should explore this idea NOW."

Each child can go to school everyday? Really? Student groups are supposed to be 10 or 12 students in school classrooms. Am I supposed to manage my full class of 24 students if I'm outside? Or will there suddenly be twice as many teachers when school is outside so that we have smaller groups? My school has one tiny playground out front. Do we walk to the park blocks away or use the parking lot or just set up at the curb? If we have to go to the park, am I expected to have my group of 24 (or 10 or 12) out there all day? Do we walk back to the school for bathroom breaks or do I give my kids a pass and hope they make it there to the school and back to the park on their own?

Also, what teachers believe this makes sense? No one asked me or my colleagues. We know our school and our students and no one asked about this proposal at all. We've already been planning for how we teach all of our kids and the idea that anyone would entertain this last minute proposal and not even ask us is so frustrating.[/quote]

can't DC commandeer public space and re-dedicate to DCPS classrooms, such as:
   the Acres of land on the National Mall ( hold class lectures on Lincoln memorial steps, Jeff memorial steps, Kennedy center steps, Capital Hill steps
   The acres of land at  the Zoo ( already car free)
   The acres of land at DC Arboretum  ( if you are concerned about moquitos/ make the city start spraying now and treating larva
   All the Outdoor seating at Nat's stadium, former JFK stadium in SE
   Every DCPS HS football stadium& bleachers

Time for beaurocracies to push themselves and their employees out of their comfort zones intstead of taking well trodden path of just depriving kids of their educational experience.[/quote]
I'm going to assume you are joking. Call us when the shuttle lands. You think that schools are the most important thing on the planet because you have school-aged children. The rest of society definitely doesn't agree with you. They aren't going to shut down the rest of the city so your child can be bussed all around to run free in zoos and sports stadiums. You really think the kids would learn there? How exactly would materials magically appear in those places? Do you have any idea how much this plan would cost? You are truly amazing.[/quote]

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