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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] [quote=Anonymous]

Totally agree. I think one of the big issues will be that bad, unhappy teachers in failing schools with crappy leadership and facilities will fight tooth and nail to stay at home as long as they can, whereas good, generally content teachers in decent schools with competent leadership and adequate facilities will largely prefer to go back once they're vaccinated and certainly once their family members are vaccinated and/or as the return to "normalish" life becomes, well, normalized. This will mean that the kids in Ward 7 and 8 schools, already at a massive disadvantage in many, many ways will now be even more disadvantaged. [/quote]

ALL schools in DC are lavishly funded compared to schools in most of the rest of the country. Schools are far more decrepit in NYC or Chicago, and they managed to open. [/quote]

Are schools is Ward 7 and 8 more decrepit than those in other wards?  I live in Ward 4 and my elementary school has rat traps and no soap.  I'm not saying that to suggest Ward 7 and 8 schools AREN'T decrepit, just asking if they are MORE decrepit.

Also I would hope eventually to have no decrepit schools, but that's for another day.

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Yes. The average Ward 7 or 8 school is in substantially worse physical condition than the average school in other wards. I'm am not claiming that there aren't outliers, but I absolutely stand by my statement on average. Our Ward 6 school runs out of soap and toilet paper every year; every year, the PTO kicks in $2K to pay for them in April-ish. This is just a tiny example of the issue.[/quote]

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