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[quote=Anonymous]I work at a university. We are requiring masks in the Fall. We will be in person. I actually expect that the students will be fine with mask wearing.

I am finding our administration's  fantasy planning concerning though. They want "filled" dorms. Do they not know that those kids are 2-4 in one room? I have seen no plans for testing, tracing, or isolation of sick students. We've been told they have no plans to rent rooms or leave space empty for quarantine or sick students. Based on the flu outbreak of 2018 and the norovirus outbreak of a few years back, anything that gets into our student population spreads like wildfire. So, it might be good to make some sort of *plan* for when students get sick.

Also, make a plan for when professors get sick - the previous plan of having a colleague sub in probably isn't reasonable in this setting. Also, make some simple considerations people have been asking for (e.g. allowing us to open windows in buildings. They are not bolted shut for safety. Apparently, the pressure differential messes with building A/C. And the A/C barely works in our building anyhow.)

They could also allow us to try and implement some creative solutions. Some people in my department wanted to trade classes so they only had one-prep and could focus on making really good online content for that course since we all have to have both online and in-person plans (denied because schedule was set a year ago and "can't be changed now!")  I have an idea where I (on the young side and healthy) would team teach with an older professor (who is actually really good at online teaching, while I am not). The older professor would do a lot of online stuff, I would do all the in-person classes.

Basically, I think they're not really planning well and we'll be back online by October. [/quote]

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