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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am okay with closure (in fact think it is prudent) but I really wish the pro-closure posters on this thread didn't sound so much like they do not give a crap about anyone who isn't a suburban mom holing up in her giant house. They leave the impression they don't care about janitors, or restaurant workers, or bus drivers, or really anyone who faces eviction, loss of health insurance, or bankruptcy if they can't pay their rent. [/quote]

Because they don’t. [/quote]

That is absolutely not true.  I wonder why working parents cannot creatively piece together childcare with friends/family -- surely they would be able to find a teenager or college student to watch their kids?  Or pool together with another parent to coordinate childcare?  Or ask their employer to help by allowing them to bring their child to their workplace?  Or approach their local church for help with childcare for the days they cannot get help from other sources?

Yes, I have worked as a waitress for many years prior to marriage and kids.  I know it is difficult, but this blanket statement that "noone cares about the working class" is just so irresponsible and ridiculous.[/quote]

I am pro closure, still not a suburban mom in a big house, and until 5 years ago when I remarried, I was a divorced mom of two in a tiny urban apartment. I also grew up poor and know hunger, no power, and evictions all too well. At points, as a single mom, I paid more for childcare than I did for rent and I depended on WIC and a network of church, friends, and family to make ends meet during the two weeks at the start of each month that I had no money because it was spent already on rent and child care. But I was also someone who rode the bus every day with older people who also had to work. They were caring for a disabled adult child or young grandkids. If they missed the 5:50 bus on Monday, I knew they were ill and that the rest of the month would be tight for them. [/quote]

Of course it is difficult -- school closures would be the LAST RESORT because the safety net for so many people is thread bare.  We get that.  We are in an unchartered healthcare situation in recent US history.  But it does no good to chastise people who are advocating school closures as they don't care for the poor.  We ALL have to care about the health and welfare of our own families/elderly parents/immunocompromised.  So the rights of the poor outweigh the rights of the immuno-compromised middle-upper classes?  [/quote]

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