Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all do realize that private schools had resources to open that public schools did not, right? Smaller classroom sizes, larger facilities, funds to purchase masks, shields, etc. Would all of you been happy to have your taxes increase to fund reopening? My guess is no. On the other hand, parents at private schools were more than happy to fork over additional money so their schools could reopen under the conditions imposed. The complete tunnel vision without full context most of you have expressed is sad.

This is Canard #3 in the "ONLY WHEN IT'S SAFE" endless chain of moving goalposts.

There's nothing magic about private schools. AFAIK, they didn't have special fees for covid. And many, many modestly funded Catholic schools remained open with much less per-pupil funding than urban public schools.

And if it was a matter of money, then I would have expected the Deputy Mayor to be working his butt off to get that money to the schools so there could be parity. Not sitting around letting public schools suffer while his kids go to private.

This. This WTU troll's "reasons" are bs. Private schools weren't following the 6 ft guidance and specifically met with Kihn because they couldn't/wouldn't, nor will they have to follow the 3 ft guidance. Public schools kids have masks and public schools keep disposable masks for those who need. Every private I know of doesn't require shields. DCPS teachers can buy their own shields if they want, just like the rest of the world. If purchasing face shields was the actual reason WTU has continued to obstruct reopening, then DCPS would have bought them a long time ago. Plenty of states reopened schools without requiring a tax hike to support it.

There's no valid reason that DC private schools can be open but DC public can't.