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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Totally agree. All the Reopen Now People have been living their lives like it's 2019 and then have a tantrum because number go up and we can't reopen schools.

Self awareness is a little lacking in this group. [/quote]

NP. We are careful, we distance, wear masks, don’t eat out, etc. But it’s just not true that schools “can’t” open. All over the country, schools are open. We have relatives in multiple other states where kids go to school (public school). They wear masks and take some other precautions, but they are in school. These are not states with lower/better metrics than Arlington. Yet schools are not driving big outbreaks. So yes, it could be done, no Arlington doesn’t want to do it. [/quote]

+1. Relatives have had their kids back in hybrid since Sept. (upstate NY). Coworkers have had their kids back 5 days a week since Sept (PA). Bigger and smaller school systems are doing it. I’ve written off this year for my 2nd grader, at his point I’m more worried about my rising kindergartener and if I will have to move over the summer to a school district committed to educating little kids in person. [/quote]

Many districts are forced to go back because they don’t have the resources we do. They will suffer serious staffing issues going back but have no alternative as they didn’t have an existing robust tech program for their students. Many had no tech programs at all for elementary to middle schoolers and have high numbers of kids not accessing online courses - think over 30% daily. This is not APS. Sure it would be great if we could be in school but there is a public health emergency and we don’t have to because of our 1:1 policy, our students grades 3-12 left school in March familiar with the platforms needed to access online learning. This is true no where else!!!! My kids have cousins that have a flip book of endless online instructions to log on to 80 programs and changes daily and few school provided devices. That district went to 2 half days a week in person and the online days are garbage because the district doesn’t have a devices for the kids. I think comparing APS to those districts is ridiculous.[/quote]

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