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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two elementary kids here and I am comfortable sending them back.

It is true that rates are much higher than in September, but that's not the only thing that has changed. [b]We have also gotten a lot more information on schools as spreaders (they're not), kids at risk (they're not),[/b] and the total failure that virtual learning is for many. I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, but the baseline assumptions are different now and what we know now makes the degree of community not irrelevant, but less important. [/quote]

No, we have not.

Not disputing that VL doesn’t work as well for many. But it’s not just the DL that is causing kids to fail. Stress and trauma, of the PANDEMIC itself is responsible for that. This hybrid plan isn’t any better for education. And frankly, APS is just revealing what a total failure their approach to this past Spring was, and that their approach to reading for the last few years has been crap. The data they’re collecting from Lexia and Dibbels would’ve revealed a huge issue, pandemic or not. The scores would’ve been low even without the pandemic. [/quote]

Particularly as new mutations surface I’m not sure those are valid assumptions, no matter how much the open schoolers argue it. I also think it is telling that many Open Schoolers are unaware lower income school districts are less willing to go hybrid. To me the whole Open School movement reeks of entitlement. Through work I know many lower income families who have been hit hard by the pandemic. Because many have family members who have worked throughout, they are more likely to know someone who has had a serious case. Most are leery about sending their kids back. And I also disagree with the idea that Open Schoolers aren’t traveling. Half of my elementary kids’ classmates sign in from outside Arlington. In talking about their breaks multiple kids reported on trips, one bragging about Florida. My preschooler currently only has 1 classmate because his in person school has a strict 2 week quarantine policy for traveling - and the teachers were sneaky about asking the kids and families what their plans were pre-break to be sure people complied. Arlington is a Sh*t show and I would prefer my kids keep the consistency of DL at this point, because I don’t see others being cautious and I can’t imagine the kids will get much done while actually in school, especially kinders who have never set foot in a real classroom.[/quote]

there's your anecdata, folks.[/quote]

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