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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have had virtual since DD is asthmatc, but are opting for in-person next year, since she is constantly facing frustration with poor virtual teaching.  However, our concerns are:

1) With some teachers opting for the virtual academy, there will be fewer teachers in-person, so in-person class size will be bigger.  That means more crowded, with 3ft distancing vs 6ft.  If schools have a problem opening windows, isn't there a higher risk of outbreak with poor ventilation, should someone be infected in class?

2) Flu season in the fall/winter months - without 6-ft distancing, and again, closed windows - would that be a double-whammy?

3) This would be the first time that APS is allowing 5-day in-person learning when the pandemic is still raging on, and children's vaccines are far from being available. While masks may lower the risk of infection, how many kids really abide mask-wearing throughout the day? I assume APS is reverting to the pre-pandemic class schedule. [/quote]

The pandemic is not still going to be "raging on" in September...get a grip[/quote]

We have never had even 3 feet of distance for cold and flu season before in decades of public school. Masks and surface cleaning will reduce cold/flu transmission. I think surface cleaning for Covid is hygiene theater, but I am a for it if I don’t have to deal with norovirus as often.

Ignoring the pandemic - did all the parents of asthmatic kids keep their kids home in the winter pre-pandemic?

Let's not nitpick over semantics - you know what PP means. As long as the vaccine is not given to kids, there's still a risk.  I bet you won 't be saying this if your child got infected and hospitalized.

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There is ALWAYS a risk...that is what people are not acknowledging.  Most people are willing to take that risk to put kids back in school buildings, myself included.  So allow us to do that, not this ridiculous hybrid concurrent model.[/quote][/quote]

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