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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe some of it is the requirements that DC government has placed on the schools.  These are the three that seem the most restrictive to adhere to:

No more than 12 total individuals clustered in one group, and no more than one group per room[i] (so a school can't put more than 11 students in a huge space, like the gymnasium.)
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Grouping the same students and staff together each day and throughout the day.  [i](I'm not sure what this requirement means - but if it means students 1 through 10 need to stay together each time they are at school, high school is going to be almost impossible.  High school students don't all take the same identical classes.)
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No mixing between groups to include entry and exit of the building, at meal time, in the rest room, on the playground, in the hallway, and other shared spaces 
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It's this.

Most DC schools simply can't meet these requirements that exist in Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the reopening guidelines. They don't have enough space.

Also worth noting DC has some very strict metrics when it comes to reopening, as they are pretty much the only state/government reporting "percentage of infections from close contacts" which tracks how widespread the virus is moving vs. the effectiveness of contact tracers. The goal is 60% of new cases coming from contacts of existing cases (as it is in places like Hong Kong and Korea) but DC is currently averaging about 4 or 5%, meaning 95% of the cases are coming from unknown sources. Absent meeting that rather strict goal Phase 3 is far off. [/quote]

Some of those "metrics" are designed to fail They will be impossible to meet.[/quote]

Correct, it’s a political set up.[/quote]

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