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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private preschool?  Does Berkeley have free universal preschool?  A lot of jurisdictions don't.  [/quote]]

Even if it doesn't, [b]why would private preschool be SAFE but public K, for instance, be UNSAFE[/b]?[/quote]

Well, my kids are in private school and their school (1) doesn't require busing, (2) spent millions of dollars upgrading the air filtration systems in the buildings, (3) has so much space that they are able to have all desks in all rooms six feet apart, (4) has paid for weekly testing for all students, faculty, and staff since August plus ongoing waste testing, (5) has tons and tons of acres of outdoor space in which they have erected tents and other structures to provide outdoor learning areas, I could go on and on. Public schools can't do these things. It's not rocket science. [/quote]

Newsflash.....MOST private schools cannot do all these things either.  But, most remain open 5 days a week.  
Funny how when your income depends on opening up like private schools do, they are willing to open.  And, for the most part - things have gone well.  
Public schools?  Hell.... they get paid regardless.  That's the difference here.  If public school teachers were not receiving a full income while at home - you know damned well they would be open by now. 
The science says that schools can open with appropriate precautions.  In fact, the science says that kids are safer at school than at home. 
That's the science.  [/quote]

ding ding ding. this is even worse for charters, who aren’t even accountable to an elected official or body. [/quote]

Charters are accountable to their students and families, which is far more than we can say about public school systems. When charter schools fail to effectively educate their children, parents walk. Parents don't have that option with public school districts, and the schools know it. [/quote]

That's the beauty of a charter school. They ARENT accountable to the machine that is a public school system. We loved our city charter school and were shocked by  middle school when we realized what a 'normal' public school is like.

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