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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would also appreciate them making the announcement of additional closures at least 1 week before the kids are scheduled to go back.  I am certain that they cannot go back on April 27, but I do get nervous when they wait until the Wednesday before to announce it.  I don't think they're going back in May.  I think they'll be out for the rest of the year but my 5th grader really hopes they'll get to go back for a week or two in June.  [b]Wants to be in the building again and actually see teachers/friends before "graduating" to middle schoo[/b]l.[/quote]

Its more important that those teachers, administrators and kids with immune deficiencies, don't die. [/quote]

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Safety should obviously be the authorities' primary concern.  I'm not an epidemiologist, and I don't know if it's possible that it would be safe enough for kids to go back to school in June.  I'm just saying that to my kid, a week or two means a lot.  As an adult, I would probably think "why bother re-opening schools for one lousy week even if it is deemed safe enough to do so?" (there is obviously no 100% safe option in this pandemic; someone is going to have to make a decision about what is "safe enough," probably related to how much we can return to mingling and not overwhelm our health care capacity).  But my kid doesn't feel like "why bother for just one week?"  To her, one week means a lot more than it does to me.  That's all I was saying.  Of course lives in our community are more important.  But I also don't think schools are going to stay closed until there's a vaccine even if that takes 2-3 years.  Even if that would save lives.  I don't know.  It's just a very difficult and complicated decision all around when you start to get to talking about the fall and beyond.  Which is in part why I generally support Gov Hogan taking it in chunks/stages.[/quote]

Agree with this. Safety is important. Beyond that, it is also important to help children see that their teachers, their friends, their routines and school communities are still there. I think it would be so beneficial to kids to go back for even two weeks if that becomes possible. At this point I am resigned to losing the academics of school for the year, but I hold out some hope that school can help my kids recover mentally from this experience. [/quote]

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