Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just can't wrap my mind around you people who would rather have your kid getting disorganized, asychronous "education" in a cafeteria while almost certainly being exposed to several other kids with the virus while they're in there. And you think this is better than having your kid get live virtual instruction for a week or two while safe at home? Can you explain it to me?

Simple, they don't want the responsibility.

DP, and no, it’s mostly two things. First, I have three elementary school kids and DH and I work full-time; between their ages and our schedules, “live virtual instruction” is stressful and worthless for them.

Second, I don’t trust for a second that virtual will be for a week or two. I literally cannot fathom how you (or anyone) can trust MCPS at this point to bring kids back in any kind of reasonable timeframe.

Third, I also don’t understand how people *still* do not get that plenty of kids are not “safe” at home. Not from COVID, not from being left unsupervised, etc. Are you that naive?

Anonymous wrote:I just can't wrap my mind around you people who would rather have your kid getting disorganized, asychronous "education" in a cafeteria while almost certainly being exposed to several other kids with the virus while they're in there. And you think this is better than having your kid get live virtual instruction for a week or two while safe at home? Can you explain it to me?

Simple, they don't want the responsibility.

I just can't wrap my mind around you people who would rather have your kid getting disorganized, asychronous "education" in a cafeteria while almost certainly being exposed to several other kids with the virus while they're in there. And you think this is better than having your kid get live virtual instruction for a week or two while safe at home? Can you explain it to me?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This seems way worse than virtual learning on every possible level-- worse education plus higher risk. Is this seriously what you guys want?

https://mobile.twitter.com/mollywobbbles/status/1478824824332070912

Literally no one wants that, so who are you talking to?

Well this is what an open school looks like When they have problems finding substitutes, And need coverage, but aren’t allowed to switch to virtual instruction.
I guess the alternative would be to split those children up and just send them into different classrooms. You don’t usually do that in middle and high school but I guess they could? Doesn’t matter what the classes, just every class take an additional five kids to sit in the back and hang out?

I guess the alternative would be hybrid, but everyone hated that, most especially teachers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This seems way worse than virtual learning on every possible level-- worse education plus higher risk. Is this seriously what you guys want?

https://mobile.twitter.com/mollywobbbles/status/1478824824332070912

Literally no one wants that, so who are you talking to?

No people don’t want this. But there are only so many things that any one school or even a school district can do to in order to avoid Virtual Learning. If there are few subs, Principals and central office staff already pitching in, and other situations already going on (bus driver shortage, lack of tutors, and now snow) what are folks expecting MCPS to do? If you listen to parents on DCUM one would think that MCPS has a group of workers from Google managing technology, UPS managing logistics, Greyhound and Delta managing transportation, NIH managing all aspects of health and human services, and Deloitte managing accounting and auditing. Thus leaving teachers and Administrators to only teach.

They are crammed in the hallways together and at other times. They switch to multiple classes a day. This really isn't any different given they will get exposed regardless of this plan.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This seems way worse than virtual learning on every possible level-- worse education plus higher risk. Is this seriously what you guys want?

https://mobile.twitter.com/mollywobbbles/status/1478824824332070912

Literally no one wants that, so who are you talking to?

Huh? Are you kidding? There are tons of people on here who want in-person school right now, how have you not noticed them?

Anonymous wrote:If it's safe without masks at lunch it's fine with masks, right?

Probably safer...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This seems way worse than virtual learning on every possible level-- worse education plus higher risk. Is this seriously what you guys want?

https://mobile.twitter.com/mollywobbbles/status/1478824824332070912

Literally no one wants that, so who are you talking to?

Well this is what an open school looks like When they have problems finding substitutes, And need coverage, but aren’t allowed to switch to virtual instruction.
I guess the alternative would be to split those children up and just send them into different classrooms. You don’t usually do that in middle and high school but I guess they could? Doesn’t matter what the classes, just every class take an additional five kids to sit in the back and hang out?

If it's safe without masks at lunch it's fine with masks, right?

Anonymous wrote:This seems way worse than virtual learning on every possible level-- worse education plus higher risk. Is this seriously what you guys want?

https://mobile.twitter.com/mollywobbbles/status/1478824824332070912

Literally no one wants that, so who are you talking to?

It’s babysitting. Go volunteer.

What did the "in-person no matter what" crowd expect? We tried to tell them on these boards, they refused to listen.

The majority of rabid, anti-school closures people don't care about Covid at all, or saturated hospitals, or any healthcare issues. They don't care about actual learning, of course. They just want to shove their kids in school buildings so they can go to work, and pretend their lives are back to normal.

I think it depends how many classes are without teachers in a time period. If there aren't subs, there has to be something in place. Teachers with their own classes can't cover other classes in addition to their own.

It's a disaster, yes. But we're in the middle of Omicron, so have some compassion as we get through it! This all sucks, and will be over at some point.

This seems way worse than virtual learning on every possible level-- worse education plus higher risk. Is this seriously what you guys want?

https://mobile.twitter.com/mollywobbbles/status/1478824824332070912