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Don’t forget MCPS has admission criteria for virtual academy: you have to have extenuating circumstances with supporting documents. It isn’t easy to apply.

There are a lot of posters on DCUM who apparently want what they want, when they want it. But MCPS is not obligated to provide that. Everyone had 3 options:

1. Regular school
2. Apply to the Virtual Academy
3. Homeschool or private school or something else

If you decided not to apply to the Virtual Academy, then that leaves the other 2 options for you.

In the immortal words of Neil Peart, "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

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There is no option to choose virtual anymore. We’re left with home school or in person. But how can we do home school with both parents working.

I'm sorry, PP, but that's on you. It would have been prudent for you to choose virtual when that was an option. But you didn't, so now you're stuck with the consequences of your decision.

Well the deadline was too early to make a decision. Everything looks very promising in June and vaccine efficacy was reported to be miraculous. Then suddenly in July Israel has outbreaks and breakthrough infections are more and more common. You can’t blame the parents for making decisions based on the situation. Now I just wish MCPS will consider drastically changed situations to accommodate more virtual students.

Let's restate that as: You chose not to decide in time for the deadline.

Could have had your cake and ate it too. Apply to VA, then just don't enroll if you don't want to move forward. I'm not sure why the paranoid and other fence sitters wouldn't have just done that to keep options open.

Don’t forget MCPS has admission criteria for virtual academy: you have to have extenuating circumstances with supporting documents. It isn’t easy to apply.

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There is no option to choose virtual anymore. We’re left with home school or in person. But how can we do home school with both parents working.

I'm sorry, PP, but that's on you. It would have been prudent for you to choose virtual when that was an option. But you didn't, so now you're stuck with the consequences of your decision.

Well the deadline was too early to make a decision. Everything looks very promising in June and vaccine efficacy was reported to be miraculous. Then suddenly in July Israel has outbreaks and breakthrough infections are more and more common. You can’t blame the parents for making decisions based on the situation. Now I just wish MCPS will consider drastically changed situations to accommodate more virtual students.

Let's restate that as: You chose not to decide in time for the deadline.

Could have had your cake and ate it too. Apply to VA, then just don't enroll if you don't want to move forward. I'm not sure why the paranoid and other fence sitters wouldn't have just done that to keep options open.

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There is no option to choose virtual anymore. We’re left with home school or in person. But how can we do home school with both parents working.

I'm sorry, PP, but that's on you. It would have been prudent for you to choose virtual when that was an option. But you didn't, so now you're stuck with the consequences of your decision.

Well the deadline was too early to make a decision. Everything looks very promising in June and vaccine efficacy was reported to be miraculous. Then suddenly in July Israel has outbreaks and breakthrough infections are more and more common. You can’t blame the parents for making decisions based on the situation. Now I just wish MCPS will consider drastically changed situations to accommodate more virtual students.

Let's restate that as: You chose not to decide in time for the deadline.

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Anonymous wrote:School is only open right now on a limited basis with summer school and there is no MCPS testing and we are still having positives in MCPS. This doesn't include summer camps or anywhere else where young kids go.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/

So, where is this 11 and under bubble that protects them?

By not testing they can ignore the majority of cases that are asymptomatic in children and pretend everything is just fine.

Even for vaccinated people there are longterm complications from COVID that are very serious.

Pretending everything is fine is my plan because the long term complications you speak of are rare (minuscule perhaps) for vaccinated healthy kids and their families and teachers. The long term complications of year 3 of disrupted school not so much. But, mcps knew you would exist and created virtual academy for you so please go do that. You will never convince me to worry and I will never convince you not to worry so we can each go to our respective camps with the solutions mcps has provided for 2021/2022.

Same here.

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Anyone with concerns should lobby for more spots in Virtual Academy.

The rest of us are happy to send our kids back in person, delta/lambda/omega/theta/whatever variant be damned.

The real problem isn't whether you're happy to send your kids back but the impact this has on the community. I think that's the key thing that so many people miss. What we each do affects everyone!

Impact on the community? Enough of this silliness. Enough pretending that you can control Covid out of existence. Kids need to be in school.

5-year-old Georgia boy dies of Covid as cases surge nationwide
Delta is different from other variants in the past year.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/5-year-old-georgia-boy-dies-covid-cases-surge-nationwide-n1274671

Irrelevant. There's much more to life (and death) than just covid.

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There is no option to choose virtual anymore. We’re left with home school or in person. But how can we do home school with both parents working.

I'm sorry, PP, but that's on you. It would have been prudent for you to choose virtual when that was an option. But you didn't, so now you're stuck with the consequences of your decision.

Well the deadline was too early to make a decision. Everything looks very promising in June and vaccine efficacy was reported to be miraculous. Then suddenly in July Israel has outbreaks and breakthrough infections are more and more common. You can’t blame the parents for making decisions based on the situation. Now I just wish MCPS will consider drastically changed situations to accommodate more virtual students.

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There is no option to choose virtual anymore. We’re left with home school or in person. But how can we do home school with both parents working.

I'm sorry, PP, but that's on you. It would have been prudent for you to choose virtual when that was an option. But you didn't, so now you're stuck with the consequences of your decision.

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Anonymous wrote:School is only open right now on a limited basis with summer school and there is no MCPS testing and we are still having positives in MCPS. This doesn't include summer camps or anywhere else where young kids go.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/

So, where is this 11 and under bubble that protects them?

By not testing they can ignore the majority of cases that are asymptomatic in children and pretend everything is just fine.

Even for vaccinated people there are longterm complications from COVID that are very serious.

Pretending everything is fine is my plan because the long term complications you speak of are rare (minuscule perhaps) for vaccinated healthy kids and their families and teachers. The long term complications of year 3 of disrupted school not so much. But, mcps knew you would exist and created virtual academy for you so please go do that. You will never convince me to worry and I will never convince you not to worry so we can each go to our respective camps with the solutions mcps has provided for 2021/2022.

Same here.

+1

Anyone with concerns should lobby for more spots in Virtual Academy.

The rest of us are happy to send our kids back in person, delta/lambda/omega/theta/whatever variant be damned.

The real problem isn't whether you're happy to send your kids back but the impact this has on the community. I think that's the key thing that so many people miss. What we each do affects everyone!

Impact on the community? Enough of this silliness. Enough pretending that you can control Covid out of existence. Kids need to be in school.

5-year-old Georgia boy dies of Covid as cases surge nationwide
Delta is different from other variants in the past year.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/5-year-old-georgia-boy-dies-covid-cases-surge-nationwide-n1274671

The beauty of MCPS is that there are both virtual and in person options available. You choose what works best for your family and I’ll choose what’s best for mine. Deal?

While very sad, what that case drives home more than anything is the importance of parents getting vaccinated!! Hopefully some unvax parents will see this and change their minds.

There is no option to choose virtual anymore. We’re left with home school or in person. But how can we do home school with both parents working.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School is only open right now on a limited basis with summer school and there is no MCPS testing and we are still having positives in MCPS. This doesn't include summer camps or anywhere else where young kids go.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/

So, where is this 11 and under bubble that protects them?

By not testing they can ignore the majority of cases that are asymptomatic in children and pretend everything is just fine.

Even for vaccinated people there are longterm complications from COVID that are very serious.

Pretending everything is fine is my plan because the long term complications you speak of are rare (minuscule perhaps) for vaccinated healthy kids and their families and teachers. The long term complications of year 3 of disrupted school not so much. But, mcps knew you would exist and created virtual academy for you so please go do that. You will never convince me to worry and I will never convince you not to worry so we can each go to our respective camps with the solutions mcps has provided for 2021/2022.

Same here.

+1

Anyone with concerns should lobby for more spots in Virtual Academy.

The rest of us are happy to send our kids back in person, delta/lambda/omega/theta/whatever variant be damned.

The real problem isn't whether you're happy to send your kids back but the impact this has on the community. I think that's the key thing that so many people miss. What we each do affects everyone!

Impact on the community? Enough of this silliness. Enough pretending that you can control Covid out of existence. Kids need to be in school.

5-year-old Georgia boy dies of Covid as cases surge nationwide
Delta is different from other variants in the past year.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/5-year-old-georgia-boy-dies-covid-cases-surge-nationwide-n1274671

The beauty of MCPS is that there are both virtual and in person options available. You choose what works best for your family and I’ll choose what’s best for mine. Deal?

While very sad, what that case drives home more than anything is the importance of parents getting vaccinated!! Hopefully some unvax parents will see this and change their minds.

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Impact on the community? Enough of this silliness. Enough pretending that you can control Covid out of existence. Kids need to be in school.

5-year-old Georgia boy dies of Covid as cases surge nationwide
Delta is different from other variants in the past year.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/5-year-old-georgia-boy-dies-covid-cases-surge-nationwide-n1274671

How many five-year-old Georgia boys didn't die of covid?

How many five-year-old Georgia boys were harmed by not being in school?

Neither of those things make the news, but they're still real.

If you don't feel safe sending your child to school, then enroll your child in the Virtual Academy. The rest of us are going to send our kids to school.

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Anonymous wrote:School is only open right now on a limited basis with summer school and there is no MCPS testing and we are still having positives in MCPS. This doesn't include summer camps or anywhere else where young kids go.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/

So, where is this 11 and under bubble that protects them?

By not testing they can ignore the majority of cases that are asymptomatic in children and pretend everything is just fine.

Even for vaccinated people there are longterm complications from COVID that are very serious.

Pretending everything is fine is my plan because the long term complications you speak of are rare (minuscule perhaps) for vaccinated healthy kids and their families and teachers. The long term complications of year 3 of disrupted school not so much. But, mcps knew you would exist and created virtual academy for you so please go do that. You will never convince me to worry and I will never convince you not to worry so we can each go to our respective camps with the solutions mcps has provided for 2021/2022.

Same here.

+1

Anyone with concerns should lobby for more spots in Virtual Academy.

The rest of us are happy to send our kids back in person, delta/lambda/omega/theta/whatever variant be damned.

The real problem isn't whether you're happy to send your kids back but the impact this has on the community. I think that's the key thing that so many people miss. What we each do affects everyone!

Impact on the community? Enough of this silliness. Enough pretending that you can control Covid out of existence. Kids need to be in school.

5-year-old Georgia boy dies of Covid as cases surge nationwide
Delta is different from other variants in the past year.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/5-year-old-georgia-boy-dies-covid-cases-surge-nationwide-n1274671

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School is only open right now on a limited basis with summer school and there is no MCPS testing and we are still having positives in MCPS. This doesn't include summer camps or anywhere else where young kids go.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/

So, where is this 11 and under bubble that protects them?

By not testing they can ignore the majority of cases that are asymptomatic in children and pretend everything is just fine.

Even for vaccinated people there are longterm complications from COVID that are very serious.

Pretending everything is fine is my plan because the long term complications you speak of are rare (minuscule perhaps) for vaccinated healthy kids and their families and teachers. The long term complications of year 3 of disrupted school not so much. But, mcps knew you would exist and created virtual academy for you so please go do that. You will never convince me to worry and I will never convince you not to worry so we can each go to our respective camps with the solutions mcps has provided for 2021/2022.

Same here.

+1

Anyone with concerns should lobby for more spots in Virtual Academy.

The rest of us are happy to send our kids back in person, delta/lambda/omega/theta/whatever variant be damned.

The real problem isn't whether you're happy to send your kids back but the impact this has on the community. I think that's the key thing that so many people miss. What we each do affects everyone!

Impact on the community? Enough of this silliness. Enough pretending that you can control Covid out of existence. Kids need to be in school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School is only open right now on a limited basis with summer school and there is no MCPS testing and we are still having positives in MCPS. This doesn't include summer camps or anywhere else where young kids go.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/

So, where is this 11 and under bubble that protects them?

By not testing they can ignore the majority of cases that are asymptomatic in children and pretend everything is just fine.

Even for vaccinated people there are longterm complications from COVID that are very serious.

Pretending everything is fine is my plan because the long term complications you speak of are rare (minuscule perhaps) for vaccinated healthy kids and their families and teachers. The long term complications of year 3 of disrupted school not so much. But, mcps knew you would exist and created virtual academy for you so please go do that. You will never convince me to worry and I will never convince you not to worry so we can each go to our respective camps with the solutions mcps has provided for 2021/2022.

Same here.

+1

Anyone with concerns should lobby for more spots in Virtual Academy.

The rest of us are happy to send our kids back in person, delta/lambda/omega/theta/whatever variant be damned.

The real problem isn't whether you're happy to send your kids back but the impact this has on the community. I think that's the key thing that so many people miss. What we each do affects everyone!

Community impacts don’t just include covid. They also include education, mental health, functionality of family unit, ability of a parent to work if they want to etc. it’s a soup of costs and benefits. Not just one thing. Kids in school may raise community covid rates a little bit more than if school was closed but a lot of other adverse community impacts will be avoided. I can’t believe we are still debating that sending six year olds to school. The truth is we aren’t. It’s over. You lost. Every district in the country including LA, San Fran, DC has an iron clad resolve to send kids back. Thank god. Some aren’t offering virtual even. MCPS is so you are lucky.

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The real problem isn't whether you're happy to send your kids back but the impact this has on the community. I think that's the key thing that so many people miss. What we each do affects everyone!

The impact on the community is:

1. Schools have not been a major spreader of infection.
2. Kids will be in school.

+1. And kids being in school IS a benefit to the community. Some people need to look outside their Covid-centric view. If you're concerned about YOUR kids, keep them home. All adults and older kids have all had the opportunity to get the vaccine, and most have tkaen advantage of that opportunity in MoCo. If you're going to trot out the "oh think of the immunocompromised" than you're moving away from the community argument anyway by focusing on select individuals that have tools available to protect themselves.

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The real problem isn't whether you're happy to send your kids back but the impact this has on the community. I think that's the key thing that so many people miss. What we each do affects everyone!

The impact on the community is:

1. Schools have not been a major spreader of infection.
2. Kids will be in school.