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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those spectating on this thread, please know that unfortunately ITDS has some very anxious (and outspoken) parents. We aren't all like that. Some of us are very excited for our kids to get back tomorrow, and NOT in a panic. We just have better things to do than spam the list serv.  [/quote]

I just want to know how many of their staff tested positive for COVID.  Is that so wrong?[/quote]

You may never know. Your kids are going to school tomorrow. It might be a sub. It might not be.[/quote]

And what does it really matter? They aren't going to BE there if they are positive. [/quote]

As parent of an older ITS kid, I do with that ITS was more transparent in general about long term subs because they make a difference to the students' experience of school. This was way before covid, but my ds was in a class where the staff knew from the beginning of the year that the head teacher would be on maternity leave for the second half of the year and that the student teacher would take the class from there. To this day that particular year of students is noticeably more misbehaved and inconsiderate than other grades, including the younger ones. Was the school administration required to tell parents about their plans or get their buy in? No, of course not. Would it have been nice to know about long term staffing changes so we could plan accordingly? Yes, absolutely. Will covid mean teacher absences that are as long as the one I described? Probably not, but even two weeks is significant in the course of a school year and for a place that emphasizes community so much it's frustrating how they circle their wagons when they want to.

Inquiry is a cornerstone of the school but then they don't like it when people are actually trying to get more information? Most of us have kids who are too young to be vaccinated and are just trying to understand the situation for ourselves instead of waiting for them to dole out info because they are forced to. Not my kid's class? Fine. Or if it does affect my kid's class, just tell us what the plan/update is. [/quote]

Wasn't that incident under a previous administration? But no, I don't expect to receive information about teachers who are not my child's teachers.[/quote]

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