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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is going to be a complete mess with kids at our school. We have a ton of non English speaking families who will all come to the bus stop on Monday and then realize they can't get on. Such a dumb idea. And then they didn't do enough communication to everyone before school was out about it. 
I will be taking a day off as planned as my kids aren't in the transition grades. [/quote]

How is that even going to work at the bus stops since kids in older grades who are new to the school can also attend-- you can't really expect bus drivers to enforce who's allowed to get on and who can't, can you?  [/quote]

No, bus drivers won’t be asked to do that. Nor should they take it upon themselves to do so.

The schools that are likely to be impacted are already planning to welcome any students who shows up because the family misunderstood or was not informed.

My school has divided staff into many little teams that will run different transition day activities. My team is one of two that will handle meaningful activities for unexpected students. [/quote]

So should we all send our kids since there aren’t alternatives? My spouse and I are teachers elsewhere and can’t take off on our first days of school.[/quote]

If a family really has no alternatives, send them. We’re arranging to be ready to receive them.

Most students who don’t need to transition won’t want to give up their last day of summer break so I don’t think everyone should send their kids. But I’d rather your eight year old had adult supervision and hands on activities than be alone with a screen for 6.5 hours.[/quote]

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