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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hoping for virtual for HS as soon as possible. Most kids can manage themselves, AP students have an opportunity to not fall behind (because fewer teachers will get infected and be out), and working parents shouldn’t need to take a day off from work to supervise them (they should be able to fix their own lunch at this point).  [/quote]

It would be great if APS could be proactive and do that. But their hands are tied by 1303. Thanks, APE and OpenFCPS.[/quote]
As someone with early elementary kids, I'm enormously grateful that APS is pressured to stay open.  Virtual is worthless.[/quote]

Yup.  I’m another one who won’t have my early elementary child participate if it’s virtual.  What are they going to do?  Nothing.[/quote]

But maybe they could ensure ES stays home by directing scarce staff resources (subs, bus drivers, etc.) to the ES. They could do that if they had authority to place MS and/or HS in virtual mode. But they lack that authority. [/quote]

There is zero reason to believe they would do that. It didn’t happen last year, it wouldn’t happen this year. [/quote]It would be totally consistent with SB1303.  The only reason it won't is because Duran and Loft are incompetent and don't care about educating early elementary.  They've gotten the shift since the beginning. [/quote]

WTF is wrong with you? Why are you so out of touch with reality & hostile?

[/quote]Instead of attacking me, perhaps reply to the facts?  What is Duran's plan for ensuring learning for K-2 kids who can't meaningfully access virtual learning?  Having seen the terrible test scores, have you seen any evidence that he's going to do anything differently from last year?  That is the source of a great deal of frustration.   [b]His equitable solution is no learning for those students, plus no plan for learning recovery[/b].  [/quote]

Basically this. My first grader missed half a year of preschool (ours closed overnight like many others in March 2020), spent the bulk of his K year in virtual school with only a few months of 2-day per week hybrid, and was just now in a pretty good place with in-person 1st grade. It has taken Herculean efforts and an incredible amount of privilege (being able to hire a pod teacher, educated parents who can supplement, etc.) to even be in this position at all and now I’m worried the solution to the inevitable staffing issues will once again be to treat these young kids as if they’re the same as teenagers who can engage in distance learning.

And I’m tired of being gaslighted by a segment of society who thinks this continues to be ok because the infinitesimal risk of death/serious disease for vaccinated adults. Must be nice to be able to wring your hands over tiny hypothetical risks while parents of young kids have suffered actual harm over the last 2 years. I don’t even have the energy anymore to care about what could happen if sick with COVID because I’ve been so busy dealing with the actual damage of the pandemic response to COVID. Yes, I know hospitals are getting full. But like so many on here use as a refrain “it’s not the job of the schools to fix society’s problems.” Why don’t we let the politicians, private sector, healthcare workers, etc. figure out how to get community spread down and have the school systems focus on actually educating kids, which is, you know their entire.freaking.purpose.

If elementary schools go virtual, I hope all parents of young kids boycott this mess. I honestly don’t think APS should get to count this toward academic hours because they’re not actually educating students. If the test scores drop even more, then perhaps Duran will have to finally come up with a solution or get booted. [/quote]

You need to wrap your head around the fact that the next month or two are going to be rough and there are likely going to be disruptions.

If we really want to prioritize schools and learning, the way to do it is to close everything except for grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations, places like Target, etc.  Restaurants can stay open, but shut down indoor dining.  Close the bars. Shut down pro sports, school sports, rec sports, travel sports and gym and put everyone back under stay-at-home orders.  If we do that, the schools have a fighting chance of staying open consistently over the next couple of months.  No one wants to do that, so good luck.  You can't have your cake and eat it too.

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+1  I totally agree with you.  But LOL for the person you're responding to.  There is no way that she will stay at home.  She wants to go out, go to bars & restaurants, go to games and travel.  Because she has to be free.  She does want her cake and to eat it, too.[/quote]
I'm a different poster, but I don't know why you think that the PP is so unsafe.  Since the Omicron surge we've been especially careful.  No large family gatherings over the holidays.  We wear kn95s in all indoor public places.  Only outdoor playdates and activities (mostly sledding).  Our priority is having our kids healthy for school.  They really, really need to be in school.[/quote]

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