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If you are opposed to virtual class, are you comfortable with the idea that your kid would be completely isolated from their school apart from some homework assignments for weeks on time multiple times at unpredictable interval through the year, sometimes just your kids, sometimes their whole class?
That sounds awful.
What we're asking for sounds less awful for everyone. 
A contingent following along from home, a less densely packed classroom, quarantining kids occasionally joining those following along virtually.
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My kids were online all last year and it was isolating, often unpredictable, and not an education. So, I am comfortable if we need to be home some weeks, if other weeks we are getting actual full day instruction. [/quote]

So you want the best for your kids, half the time, accepting that half the time nobody gets anything, and everyone is forced to take on the same amount of historical risk, instead of letting virtual families follow along. It's just so weird of you. [/quote]

Teacher here. I think the disconnect here is that there is no simply “following along” that happens with simulcasting. It’s not like you simply point a camera generally at the front of the classroom and let ‘er rip. Teachers must sit in front of the computer, thereby forcing in person kids to also sit in front is screens even in the same room. Lessons and materials need to be constantly adapted for both audiences. Posting on Canvas is a lengthy process. It’s a MUCH more challenging job with poor results for students on both ends. Not to mention that in person students can’t ever leave the classroom to, for example, read outside or go look for things in nature, etc. [/quote]

Correct. Imagine how boring it would be to stare at a screen all day, sometimes with a teacher you could kind of hear on camera and sometimes looking at a blank whiteboard. If it’s just a camera pointed at front of room that’s what you get. No engagement of your at home student, no teacher looking at them, acknowledging their existence, calling on them, etc. with the tech equipment currently available in most dcps classrooms (and across the country) that’s what you get. Teachers aren’t standing behind a lectern with a mic and lecturing all day. Simulcasting stinks unless teacher is in front of computer seeing at home kids. And that means only way to see in person kids is for them to be online too, in the same room as teacher. Not good for anyone involved.[/quote]
Wow, that looks suboptimal. I'll take my chances with kid delta long covid then. Really?[/quote]

The problem is that what you are demanding would also make school suboptimal (an understatement) for those who are willing to take that tiny risk. It’s not just about you.[/quote]

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