Anonymous wrote:What is the source of this?

St. Peter’s acceptance letter that went out to all accepted families

Seems the problem actually lies with the DC Department of Health which has put out extremely stringent guidance for schools. It’s just guidance, not law. It’s more stringent and less flexible than the CDC. And when looked at holistically, is much more stringent for schools and students than bars, gyms, churches, and many other indoor activities. It makes no sense from a public health perspective to say adults can engage in sports but high school students can’t. Why punish the high school students?

Now with vaccinations on the rise, private schools are finally coming to their senses and saying “Enough. I’m not going to follow this guidance. We are not going to ask our students to keep bearing all the burden of this pandemic.” But OSSE and DCPS are sticking with the “we are following the guidance of the health professionals” line- which is very hard to argue with on its face - even though its clear that the “health guidance” is biased and makes a political decision on where to allocate the risk and where to allocate the burden.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the source of this?

Someone’s friend said that the private school they applied to said this. So no source at all. Most likely a troll trying to make drama.

Both of you just need to read the first sentence of the OP.

Ok what’s the source then? A random statement that someone put quotes around and said it came from a private school. Which one?

They posted the same thing on the FB group and said it was St Peter’s.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the source of this?

Someone’s friend said that the private school they applied to said this. So no source at all. Most likely a troll trying to make drama.

Both of you just need to read the first sentence of the OP.

Ok what’s the source then? A random statement that someone put quotes around and said it came from a private school. Which one?

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Anonymous wrote:What is the source of this?

Someone’s friend said that the private school they applied to said this. So no source at all. Most likely a troll trying to make drama.

Both of you just need to read the first sentence of the OP.

Anonymous wrote:What is the source of this?

Someone’s friend said that the private school they applied to said this. So no source at all. Most likely a troll trying to make drama.

Anonymous wrote:You were living in a fantasy world. It will be a hybrid school year. It’s a pandemic, OP.

It's a pandemic isn't a great rationale. Schools have been safely open across the country. And by fall all adults that want, will be vaccinated.

What is the source of this?

Anonymous wrote:UK, France, Italy, Israel, all report the B.1.1.7 variant exploding in the school-age population, and affecting kids more than the original virus.
I know a lot of you on these boards these days continue to yell "CORONALARMISM! HYSTERIA!" until it kills your relative, and to those, DCPS did you a "favor" this week already, by drastically cutting its commitment to routine testing of students, from "all who want, every 10 days" to "10% of students, every week." You'll be able to scream "HYSTERIA! Fake NEWS" in the dark from actual school case figures, longer than if we had the originally promised testing regimen, but I know I won't want my kids in there full time.

You keep them home then. The rest of us will practice rational risk assessment. The vaccines are extremely effective against death or hospitalization from any of the variants (none of which have been killing kids at a rate close to what the flu does).

By the way, the only one who sounds like they are screaming is you.

Anonymous wrote:UK, France, Italy, Israel, all report the B.1.1.7 variant exploding in the school-age population, and affecting kids more than the original virus.
I know a lot of you on these boards these days continue to yell "CORONALARMISM! HYSTERIA!" until it kills your relative, and to those, DCPS did you a "favor" this week already, by drastically cutting its commitment to routine testing of students, from "all who want, every 10 days" to "10% of students, every week." You'll be able to scream "HYSTERIA! Fake NEWS" in the dark from actual school case figures, longer than if we had the originally promised testing regimen, but I know I won't want my kids in there full time.

Yes, but children are at a very very low risk of severe disease. And rates generally in Israel are plummeting, showing that only .2% of fully vaccinated people get any symptoms of covid at all. Only 1% even test positive after full vaccination.

INSANE

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Anonymous wrote:they are going to HAVE to do a/b groups and get rid of asynch weds if that’s the case. all kids need at least a half day in scholl.

Of course they are going to have to get rid of asynch Wednesday. A whole day of asynchronous learning is absurd.

yep.

honestly I think a focused 3 hrs of academics might be superior to a 6-hr school day with a ton of wasted time.

Not for elementary school, where the socialization part of school, and, yes, the daycare part is just as important as the academics

well, if they insist on cohorts of 12 then what other option is there?

They cannot possibly insist on this in the fall. They need to come to their senses.

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Anonymous wrote:they are going to HAVE to do a/b groups and get rid of asynch weds if that’s the case. all kids need at least a half day in scholl.

Of course they are going to have to get rid of asynch Wednesday. A whole day of asynchronous learning is absurd.

yep.

honestly I think a focused 3 hrs of academics might be superior to a 6-hr school day with a ton of wasted time.

Not for elementary school, where the socialization part of school, and, yes, the daycare part is just as important as the academics

well, if they insist on cohorts of 12 then what other option is there?

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Anonymous wrote:they are going to HAVE to do a/b groups and get rid of asynch weds if that’s the case. all kids need at least a half day in scholl.

Of course they are going to have to get rid of asynch Wednesday. A whole day of asynchronous learning is absurd.

yep.

honestly I think a focused 3 hrs of academics might be superior to a 6-hr school day with a ton of wasted time.

Not for elementary school, where the socialization part of school, and, yes, the daycare part is just as important as the academics

Anonymous wrote:You were living in a fantasy world. It will be a hybrid school year. It’s a pandemic, OP.

Ridiculous!