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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is in one of the few private local schools that has had zero covid infections (that we know of).  To make this work, the school separates the kids with plastic, tests every two weeks, does not allow kids to return to school if parents or family travel out of state, have out of state visitors or have more than 10 person visits.  They travel from class to class with their chair, eat at a table by themselves at lunch, have their temp taken when they leave their car in the morning, wear a mask all day and are sent home if anything indicates even the remote possibility of covid.  Oh and there are less than 10 kids per classroom. Plus, the school pushed to have the teachers vaccinated as a group last week.  Every teacher and staff had their first vaccine already - there was not an option to opt out.
I do not understand how any public school can remotely come close to this level of care.  The question is how to balance how much care is needed vs. acceptable level of risk.  [/quote]

This is an invalid argument. Nobody expects the MD public schools to function like the privates that are open. The question should be... what are public schools doing in the OTHER 47 states that are open? Surely they don't take these measures, but yet they have been open since August.

So.... what is different about Maryland? Last time I checked AA Co had COVID rates that were BETTER than 47 other states... yet it's still not "safe" to return to school. What will it take? COVID rates equal to zero? All teachers, staff, and children vaccinated? Maybe we'll achieve that in 2024! [/quote]

It actually is not an invalid argument. It shows what is done to ensure zero infections in a school and if this is the goal for the teacher’s union and some parents, it is impossible in a public school setting. However, if we truly think kids should be in school,  a school district or parent needs to decide on their risk tolerance based on what the public school system can and should be doing. I am 100% for schools being open and feel strongly that they should have been open in September, however, there has to be a general acceptance that there will be infections of both children and teachers because the public school system cannot provide the level of care to ensure zero - much like we assume that there is a chance our kid may get pink eye or the flu. [/quote]

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