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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As apart of phase 2, restaurants opened with 50% capacity.  The larger chains have opened and have 200+ folks in their restaurant which is all in one open floor plan indoor room.  If restaurants can open up like this and have 200+ folks in one room to eat/socialize, then schools can open up too.  When these folks are eating, they aren't wearing masks etc.  Each table has upto 6 people sitting around/eating/chatting etc.  If the MD and VA governors allow this, schools need to be opened up.[/quote]

And one of the options in play does exactly this—reduces school capacity by 50%, splitting the kids into two groups and sending each into school on alternate days, with distance learning on the days they’re not in school.

In fact, I’d put my money on some form this hybrid model for MCPS this fall. I don’t know that it’s necessarily the right call, but I think it’s their only option for getting kids face to face with teachers for at least some live instruction, while reducing capacity to allow kids and staff enough distance that they can make masks optional.

[b]It doesn’t help parents who need child care,[/b] and still involves some elements of distance learning, of course. But MCPS truly can’t win no matter what they decide to do, so I’m guessing they’ll find some middle ground that covers their own butts, and satisfies neither the “open everything now” or “we’re all going to die” crowds. [/quote]

I think it will be next to impossible for parents who need child care.[/quote]

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