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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/omicron-public-weary-restrictions/2021/11/29/3832e4aa-508b-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

"If there is a major resurgence of the pandemic, the political will for the harshest virus mitigation measures has largely evaporated even in the most liberal parts of the country, which have been the most open to restrictions, experts say.

“The threshold to shut things down is going to be much higher than it was,” said Robert Wachter, who chairs the Department of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. “One of the durable takeaway lessons is that the closing of schools is really a terrible thing to do and should be avoided at all costs.”"[/quote]

Amen. Kids need in-person school. We will be ok. Mask and vaccinate.

—a teacher [/quote]

I agree. 100%

ES Teacher[/quote]

[b]Kids need good teachers, supportive involved parents and a good curriculum that includes textbooks and homework for reinforcement.  And, if you don't do the work, you fail.  Socially passing kids only hurts them academically later on.  
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Kids need to be safe in school.  There is no distancing, testing is a joke and most people stopped caring.

You can say "we" will be ok, but that we needs to be you and not the rest of us.  Don't give people a false sense of security.  You have just been lucky as a teacher that none of your students or their parents have died.[/quote]

The part in bold seems kind of random.

"No distancing"? "Most people stopped caring"? What are you basing this on? In my school every student and adult is masked. Students are distanced at lunch. 15 student cases out of 1,700 students between two elementary schools in a little over 3 months is not "luck". Other schools have similar numbers. [/quote]

Good for your school. Ours has no distancing.  [/quote]

So don’t make such broad statements like “there is no distancing” and “most people stopped caring”.

How many cases has your school had? Where are you located?[/quote]

MCPS has multiple outbreaks.  There is absolutely no distancing at all.  You can look at pictures online.[/quote]

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