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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I don’t understand: why the Board refuses to be proactive and at least discuss the logistics involved in an eventual return to in person learning. It’s like they have blinders on.[/quote]

That's the question many people are asking. Is the answer provided by the unhinged poster above who said:

[quote]I assure you that the cringeworthy rhetoric is entirely sourced at the feet of[quote] those who feel it is time to discuss school opening when Md has a COVID death total over 5,000. 50 deaths since yesterday. [/quote]Over 9,000 cases in Howard County alone.[/quote]

Does the BOE feel as the unhinged poster does that in light of the current surge, it isn't a good time to [b]discuss[/b] going back into the buildings [b]at some point in the future[/b]? Almost every poster in this thread has stated that they are not asking to return now, any time during this dangerous surge, or any time soon, but they are still attacked. It's a PANDEMIC we hear over and over again. Yes, we know that. Has the Board instituted a rule that as long as the PANDEMIC exists, there can be no talk of returning students to school? If so, make a motion and take a vote that no planning can take place until some conditions suggesting that the pandemic is over are met. The BOE must make it clear to the public what needs to happen before they will start to plan for a possible plan to return to in person learning, perhaps during the next school year or maybe in 2022. If the Board refuses to talk about it or to plan in earnest, then take planning for a return to in person school off the agenda and save families some time.

Again, when will it be appropriate to discuss a plan, possibly a hybrid plan, for a return to in person learning? Can there be metrics put in place for when we can at least talk about it? When will the four members of the Board who voted against allowing Dr. M. to do the job he is begging for authority to do be willing to give him authority to plan? Again, we are not talking about actually return students to school, but planning for a return. I wish someone from the BOE would answer this question. What stands in the way of working through the complicated logistics of returning teachers and student to school buildings in the far off future? If the BOE does not articulate reasons justifying its refusal to plan, it will continue to lose the confidence of the community.

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I totally agree. Unfortunately it seems there is so much polarization between different factions and the board is inexplicably digging in its’ heels. It comes across petty and childish.[/quote]

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