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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the context of other reopening activities, not well (C-). If schools can't open, the administration needs to demonstrate they are serious about getting us to the point where schools can open (e.g., stop all indoor dining).

Outdoor pools are closed but you can go to church with 70 friends and grab a bite to eat being served by a waiter that's been in close contact with fellow waitstaff all day.

Things need to make more sense and priorities need to be clearer.[/quote]

I agree.  The priorities are not clear.  I think they should have prioritized a return to school, even hybrid, which would mean shutting down indoor dining, bars, gyms, and larger gatherings to reduce community spread.  It also would have meant stockpiling PPE, tests, and other necessary supplies for schools, and creating a real plan for how school would work and how schools would deal with COVID cases among students and staff.

Everyone is winging it, I get that, and I think that DC government has done a decent job of listening to scientists and public health experts, but the decisions being made now don't make a lot of sense to me.  [/quote]

A thousand times this[/quote]

Why should they have prioritized schools? There are over 700k people living in this city and only a quarter of them have children let alone children in DCPS. 
I think the mayor no matter how much she wanted to make schools a number one priority she couldn’t because they aren’t. Schools are certainly in the top 5 but they’re not #1. A simple look at the past of public education could tell you that. 
I’m honestly not sure why people are surprised.

I’d rate her a B- and the chancellor a C+[/quote]

Because even before I had kids, it sucked when DCPS had a snow day and my co-workers had to come late/leave early/generally scramble.

Between people who have kids, kids themselves, everyone who works in schools, everyone who contracts with schools (service providers), and everyone who is tangentially affected by schools, you have a HUGE portion of what's needed to keep the economy going. And you know, keep people sane.

Bowser is in a hugely tough spot, and I appreciate much of what she's done. But the ReOpen DC plan clearly said Phase 2 = hybrid school reopening. If it turns out that's not safe or doable, fine. But then maybe we shouldn't be in Phase 2. Maybe we should reevaluate all the other allowable things too.

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