Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 17:19     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:sure, and probably do a better job than a few who are actually hired as "teachers"...many of these schools lack any creativity in regards to class coverage or schedule management. Lop 2 classes together in a bigger room (many class sizes are small to begin with) and then have a specials teachers or even office staff help with coverage. With the new COVID protocols teachers won't have to be out as long. Principals (gasp!) can also stand in to help out, not to mention parent volunteers and maybe the parish priest can teach religion classes....what a novel idea!


You are concerned about your kid wearing a mask but not about an anything flies, qualifications be damned approach to teachers? Weird flex, but you do you.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 17:17     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:sure, and probably do a better job than a few who are actually hired as "teachers"...many of these schools lack any creativity in regards to class coverage or schedule management. Lop 2 classes together in a bigger room (many class sizes are small to begin with) and then have a specials teachers or even office staff help with coverage. With the new COVID protocols teachers won't have to be out as long. Principals (gasp!) can also stand in to help out, not to mention parent volunteers and maybe the parish priest can teach religion classes....what a novel idea!


Said the person who has never worked a day in a school. So absurd.


Agreed. That poster has no idea how schools operate.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 17:12     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our Diocesan school is allowing virtual the first two weeks of January and said to be prepared to go virtual if too many staff are out.



We received a similar email from our school. I was disappointed by the tone. Prepare for lots of disruption even though the CDC is reducing isolation and quarantining recommendations, and promoting test to stay.


Sounds like the tone was rooted in reality if they are saying prepare for disruption.

If too many teachers are out with positive tests, how do you suggest schools approach this that would limit disruption?
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 17:10     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:no, not a reasonable approach for a virus, that is a less virulent than it was 2 years ago and presents for most as a cold. So done with this virtual business! Those of you who are ignorant to child development don't realize how the virtual model has impacted motor skills, speech skills, sustained attention, and executive functioning, with earlier elementary learners being the most impacted. You get the damn Covid, stay home for the required days and join back in when it's time, getting handouts of the notes like they used to do in the "old days" instead of the perpetual wheel of "virtual learning"


So when the teacher is sick, are you going in to sub?


Yes, as long as I didn’t have to wear a mask. Obviously they don’t work if the teacher is out sick.


You are most certainly trolling, but in case there is someone who actually believes your crazy, I'll point out the very obvious point that school is not the only place a teacher could contract covid.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 16:48     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:no, not a reasonable approach for a virus, that is a less virulent than it was 2 years ago and presents for most as a cold. So done with this virtual business! Those of you who are ignorant to child development don't realize how the virtual model has impacted motor skills, speech skills, sustained attention, and executive functioning, with earlier elementary learners being the most impacted. You get the damn Covid, stay home for the required days and join back in when it's time, getting handouts of the notes like they used to do in the "old days" instead of the perpetual wheel of "virtual learning"


So when the teacher is sick, are you going in to sub?


Yes, as long as I didn’t have to wear a mask. Obviously they don’t work if the teacher is out sick.


So in reality you are just mad about the masks? Were you okay with masks last year? Why not this year?
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 16:43     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:no, not a reasonable approach for a virus, that is a less virulent than it was 2 years ago and presents for most as a cold. So done with this virtual business! Those of you who are ignorant to child development don't realize how the virtual model has impacted motor skills, speech skills, sustained attention, and executive functioning, with earlier elementary learners being the most impacted. You get the damn Covid, stay home for the required days and join back in when it's time, getting handouts of the notes like they used to do in the "old days" instead of the perpetual wheel of "virtual learning"


So when the teacher is sick, are you going in to sub?


Yes, as long as I didn’t have to wear a mask. Obviously they don’t work if the teacher is out sick.


How hateful are you? I’ll pray for you.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 16:30     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:Our Diocesan school is allowing virtual the first two weeks of January and said to be prepared to go virtual if too many staff are out.



We received a similar email from our school. I was disappointed by the tone. Prepare for lots of disruption even though the CDC is reducing isolation and quarantining recommendations, and promoting test to stay.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 15:15     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:sure, and probably do a better job than a few who are actually hired as "teachers"...many of these schools lack any creativity in regards to class coverage or schedule management. Lop 2 classes together in a bigger room (many class sizes are small to begin with) and then have a specials teachers or even office staff help with coverage. With the new COVID protocols teachers won't have to be out as long. Principals (gasp!) can also stand in to help out, not to mention parent volunteers and maybe the parish priest can teach religion classes....what a novel idea!


Said the person who has never worked a day in a school. So absurd.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 15:15     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:no, not a reasonable approach for a virus, that is a less virulent than it was 2 years ago and presents for most as a cold. So done with this virtual business! Those of you who are ignorant to child development don't realize how the virtual model has impacted motor skills, speech skills, sustained attention, and executive functioning, with earlier elementary learners being the most impacted. You get the damn Covid, stay home for the required days and join back in when it's time, getting handouts of the notes like they used to do in the "old days" instead of the perpetual wheel of "virtual learning"


So when the teacher is sick, are you going in to sub?


Yes, as long as I didn’t have to wear a mask. Obviously they don’t work if the teacher is out sick.


You have to wear a mask, lady. You are the worst kind.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 15:14     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
sure, and probably do a better job than a few who are actually hired as "teachers"...many of these schools lack any creativity in regards to class coverage or schedule management. Lop 2 classes together in a bigger room (many class sizes are small to begin with) and then have a specials teachers or even office staff help with coverage. With the new COVID protocols teachers won't have to be out as long. Principals (gasp!) can also stand in to help out, not to mention parent volunteers and maybe the parish priest can teach religion classes....what a novel idea!
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 15:13     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:no, not a reasonable approach for a virus, that is a less virulent than it was 2 years ago and presents for most as a cold. So done with this virtual business! Those of you who are ignorant to child development don't realize how the virtual model has impacted motor skills, speech skills, sustained attention, and executive functioning, with earlier elementary learners being the most impacted. You get the damn Covid, stay home for the required days and join back in when it's time, getting handouts of the notes like they used to do in the "old days" instead of the perpetual wheel of "virtual learning"


So when the teacher is sick, are you going in to sub?


Yes, as long as I didn’t have to wear a mask. Obviously they don’t work if the teacher is out sick.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 15:02     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:no, not a reasonable approach for a virus, that is a less virulent than it was 2 years ago and presents for most as a cold. So done with this virtual business! Those of you who are ignorant to child development don't realize how the virtual model has impacted motor skills, speech skills, sustained attention, and executive functioning, with earlier elementary learners being the most impacted. You get the damn Covid, stay home for the required days and join back in when it's time, getting handouts of the notes like they used to do in the "old days" instead of the perpetual wheel of "virtual learning"


So when the teacher is sick, are you going in to sub?
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 14:59     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
no, not a reasonable approach for a virus, that is a less virulent than it was 2 years ago and presents for most as a cold. So done with this virtual business! Those of you who are ignorant to child development don't realize how the virtual model has impacted motor skills, speech skills, sustained attention, and executive functioning, with earlier elementary learners being the most impacted. You get the damn Covid, stay home for the required days and join back in when it's time, getting handouts of the notes like they used to do in the "old days" instead of the perpetual wheel of "virtual learning"
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 14:15     Subject: Re:Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:St Ann is doing asynchronous Monday 1/3 and virtual remainder of the week. Ridiculous. They also did practice virtual days after other breaks. Are other parents as irate as me?


This is a very reasonable approach. Count us as one happy family. YMMV
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 13:57     Subject: Diocese of Arlington Schools - Covid closings?
Anonymous wrote:Our Diocesan school is allowing virtual the first two weeks of January and said to be prepared to go virtual if too many staff are out.
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Staffing is going to be the really hard part. Subs are basically non-existent and the few that do exist likely will not want to go in during a big surge.