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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is very obvious that most of the people posting here don't understand the concepts of proximity and duration, which are the problem stepchildren of Covid and the issues in school classrooms.  With kids now eating in the classrooms twice a day, and mask breaks, there is a lot more opportunity for exposure for other kids and their teachers because of proximity and duration.  If the adults posting here don't understand that then they shouldn't be posting.

I completely understand why teachers are upset about the poor working conditions.  Not only are they being exposed two, three or four times a day to asymptomatic super-spreaders for up to 20-30 minutes a time but they have to deal with parents who don't understand the risks when they send their kids to school sick.

Last week was Day 1 for a cohort at our kids' school.  Guess what?  [b]A parent sent her kid to school sick because she "needed a break."[/b]  Great.  That kind of idiotic behavior is exactly why we're choosing to keep our kids DL. Besides the fact that, as has been amply demonstrated on prior pages, the only kids in school are the behavior problem.

My kids saw the writing on the wall with that one.  We tried to say that it wouldn't happen but when I look at their screens during attendance I see -exactly- what they were talking about.  They'll stay home until things are better.[/quote]

Parents aren't usually broadcasting statements like this to other parents. This smells like r/thathappened[/quote]

Good point.  I also call BS.[/quote]

My SIL is a school nurse and she told us that was pretty standard excuse before Covid. Had a meeting. Needed a break. Sick myself and need to rest. Her school system is reopening in April. Most teachers are not yet fully vaccinated. It’ll be her job to be upclose and personal with the feverish and coughing kids who arrive until the parent arrives to pick them up.[/quote]

It's still BS. She's just making up things to support her viewpoint.

1. You seem to be equating having a legitimate work issue with needing a break.
2. The PP was a parent, not a school nurse.
3. Those were the before times.[/quote]

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