It's not going to help at all. It might even hurt since people will send their kids to relatives, babysitters, bring them to work. And I doubt all the teachers will stay home either. I understand test to return, though even that may not catch more recent exposures, and there are plenty of other non-covid illnesses equally miserable for a classroom outbreak (flu, strep, rsv, norovirus, hand foot mouth...).

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Also, I wonder if they realize this just means folks will extend their trips 3 more days...

... surely you know not all of us can afford to travel?

Presumably the only justification for this is people traveling/visiting people they don't normally see over the holidays. For those not doing that, this has no effect anyway. My point is that they're not actually solving the problem they're aiming at in many cases.

Parents who can't just tack on vacation have to take 3 more PTO days to begin the year or arrange childcare for those 3 days now? That's going to be rough.

Anonymous wrote:I would take a longer vacation in that case.

Good for you! Not everyone can afford that.

I would take a longer vacation in that case.

I knew this was DCB before even opening the thread. Never change.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Also, I wonder if they realize this just means folks will extend their trips 3 more days...

... surely you know not all of us can afford to travel?

I am traveling, but I already have tickets, so it doesn’t matter if they change the date, I am still coming back the same day.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Also, I wonder if they realize this just means folks will extend their trips 3 more days...

... surely you know not all of us can afford to travel?

Our charter hasn’t said anything. They will probably request testing, but I hope that’s it. The school year has been pretty normal so far, even with all the viruses around, not even the teachers have been sick.

Our charter has not stated any similar plans, and from what I recall is not currently set up to move to school-wide virtual. Why not just require a negative COVID test before returning? Not sure how much value there is in the 3 days.

I mean this sincerely, what are they aiming to accomplish? How will starting on a different day result in less illness at school?

Jesus Christ. My kid starts PK-3 next year and I swear to god if they're still pulling this crap at the elementary level I'll be so pissed.

Wtf?

Wow. Also, I wonder if they realize this just means folks will extend their trips 3 more days...

Hi all,
Our charter elem (DC Bilingual) just announced that the first three days of school in January will be virtual - complete with required daily uploading of rapid tests for COVID from home. Is anyone else's school following a plan like this?? Thanks for any insight!