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Anonymous wrote:Defund pubic schools and give out vouchers

Vouchers are not going to happen, but if it makes you guys feel empowered to keep repeating this tired, empty mantra, have at it, I guess.

14 states and DC already have private school voucher programs. Public support for vouchers will increase the longer public schools remain closed.

Okay. If you think they're going to fund enough vouchers for the 800,000 kids in this area - keep dreaming. A single year of grants for every child at $10,000 would be 8 billion dollars. That's more than the entire budgets of all the northern VA school districts and the D.C. schools budget combined.

There aren't enough privates to even take all those kids.

Why would expect changes to occur overnight?

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Anonymous wrote:Keeping kids out of school for 2.5 years over a virus with a 99% survival rate is batsh!t crazy and completely unfair and untenable.

Stop being so selfish. 1% mortality rate is still a lot of people abs would be higher if schools were open!

So keep kids out of school for 3 years over this? Get high risk people and adults vaccinated and get kids back in school. Enough of this sh!t. Kids matter too and 3 years of DL will do irreparable harm to millions of them.

No, it won’t. Kids survive famine and war and parents in the US can’t imagine their child having to survive the smallest adversity. It’s embarrassing.

You know what generally stays open during famine and war?

Schools.

It's embarrassing that Yemen has been fighting to keep schools open during civil war and famine, yet US teachers are fighting to keep schools closed for a virus whose transmission can be mitigated with a 10 cent mask and some open windows.

Actually no, often they don't during civil war or pandemics.

Read up on history again. There's no precedent for blanket closing schools for a year+ in countries with functioning governments, regardless of whether you're looking at wars, pandemics, famines, or natural disasters.

They're not closed. Welcome to the 21st Century. And quite frankly - school actions during this pandemic will be cited for future cases and needs in the oncoming decades. Tele-school is here to stay.

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Anonymous wrote:Defund pubic schools and give out vouchers

Vouchers are not going to happen, but if it makes you guys feel empowered to keep repeating this tired, empty mantra, have at it, I guess.

14 states and DC already have private school voucher programs. Public support for vouchers will increase the longer public schools remain closed.

Okay. If you think they're going to fund enough vouchers for the 800,000 kids in this area - keep dreaming. A single year of grants for every child at $10,000 would be 8 billion dollars. That's more than the entire budgets of all the northern VA school districts and the D.C. schools budget combined.

There aren't enough privates to even take all those kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Keeping kids out of school for 2.5 years over a virus with a 99% survival rate is batsh!t crazy and completely unfair and untenable.

Stop being so selfish. 1% mortality rate is still a lot of people abs would be higher if schools were open!

So keep kids out of school for 3 years over this? Get high risk people and adults vaccinated and get kids back in school. Enough of this sh!t. Kids matter too and 3 years of DL will do irreparable harm to millions of them.

No, it won’t. Kids survive famine and war and parents in the US can’t imagine their child having to survive the smallest adversity. It’s embarrassing.

You know what generally stays open during famine and war?

Schools.

It's embarrassing that Yemen has been fighting to keep schools open during civil war and famine, yet US teachers are fighting to keep schools closed for a virus whose transmission can be mitigated with a 10 cent mask and some open windows.

Actually no, often they don't during civil war or pandemics.

Read up on history again. There's no precedent for blanket closing schools for a year+ in countries with functioning governments, regardless of whether you're looking at wars, pandemics, famines, or natural disasters.

They're not closed. Welcome to the 21st Century. And quite frankly - school actions during this pandemic will be cited for future cases and needs in the oncoming decades. Tele-school is here to stay.

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Anonymous wrote:Defund pubic schools and give out vouchers

Vouchers are not going to happen, but if it makes you guys feel empowered to keep repeating this tired, empty mantra, have at it, I guess.

14 states and DC already have private school voucher programs. Public support for vouchers will increase the longer public schools remain closed.

Okay. If you think they're going to fund enough vouchers for the 800,000 kids in this area - keep dreaming. A single year of grants for every child at $10,000 would be 8 billion dollars. That's more than the entire budgets of all the northern VA school districts and the D.C. schools budget combined.

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Anonymous wrote:Keeping kids out of school for 2.5 years over a virus with a 99% survival rate is batsh!t crazy and completely unfair and untenable.

Stop being so selfish. 1% mortality rate is still a lot of people abs would be higher if schools were open!

So keep kids out of school for 3 years over this? Get high risk people and adults vaccinated and get kids back in school. Enough of this sh!t. Kids matter too and 3 years of DL will do irreparable harm to millions of them.

No, it won’t. Kids survive famine and war and parents in the US can’t imagine their child having to survive the smallest adversity. It’s embarrassing.

You know what generally stays open during famine and war?

Schools.

It's embarrassing that Yemen has been fighting to keep schools open during civil war and famine, yet US teachers are fighting to keep schools closed for a virus whose transmission can be mitigated with a 10 cent mask and some open windows.

Actually no, often they don't during civil war or pandemics.

Read up on history again. There's no precedent for blanket closing schools for a year+ in countries with functioning governments, regardless of whether you're looking at wars, pandemics, famines, or natural disasters.

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Anonymous wrote:Defund pubic schools and give out vouchers

Vouchers are not going to happen, but if it makes you guys feel empowered to keep repeating this tired, empty mantra, have at it, I guess.

14 states and DC already have private school voucher programs. Public support for vouchers will increase the longer public schools remain closed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Defund pubic schools and give out vouchers

Vouchers are not going to happen, but if it makes you guys feel empowered to keep repeating this tired, empty mantra, have at it, I guess.

14 states and DC already have private school voucher programs. Public support for vouchers will increase the longer public schools remain closed.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keeping kids out of school for 2.5 years over a virus with a 99% survival rate is batsh!t crazy and completely unfair and untenable.

Stop being so selfish. 1% mortality rate is still a lot of people abs would be higher if schools were open!

So keep kids out of school for 3 years over this? Get high risk people and adults vaccinated and get kids back in school. Enough of this sh!t. Kids matter too and 3 years of DL will do irreparable harm to millions of them.

No, it won’t. Kids survive famine and war and parents in the US can’t imagine their child having to survive the smallest adversity. It’s embarrassing.

You know what generally stays open during famine and war?

Schools.

It's embarrassing that Yemen has been fighting to keep schools open during civil war and famine, yet US teachers are fighting to keep schools closed for a virus whose transmission can be mitigated with a 10 cent mask and some open windows.

Actually no, often they don't during civil war or pandemics.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Defund pubic schools and give out vouchers

Vouchers are not going to happen, but if it makes you guys feel empowered to keep repeating this tired, empty mantra, have at it, I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:Keeping kids out of school for 2.5 years over a virus with a 99% survival rate is batsh!t crazy and completely unfair and untenable.

Stop being so selfish. 1% mortality rate is still a lot of people abs would be higher if schools were open!

So keep kids out of school for 3 years over this? Get high risk people and adults vaccinated and get kids back in school. Enough of this sh!t. Kids matter too and 3 years of DL will do irreparable harm to millions of them.

No, it won’t. Kids survive famine and war and parents in the US can’t imagine their child having to survive the smallest adversity. It’s embarrassing.

x1000 Well said, PP.

So I guess you too are cool with kids enduring increased poverty, homelessness, abuse, and decreased access to regular meal and the support network a school provides while distance learning drones on for two more years? Hey, as long as it isn’t “war or famine,” they should be able to survive these “smallest adversities,” right? Pure cluelessness, idiocy, and wrongly stereotyping all American kids as rich and privileged.

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Anonymous wrote:Keeping kids out of school for 2.5 years over a virus with a 99% survival rate is batsh!t crazy and completely unfair and untenable.

Stop being so selfish. 1% mortality rate is still a lot of people abs would be higher if schools were open!

So keep kids out of school for 3 years over this? Get high risk people and adults vaccinated and get kids back in school. Enough of this sh!t. Kids matter too and 3 years of DL will do irreparable harm to millions of them.

No, it won’t. Kids survive famine and war and parents in the US can’t imagine their child having to survive the smallest adversity. It’s embarrassing.

You know what generally stays open during famine and war?

Schools.

It's embarrassing that Yemen has been fighting to keep schools open during civil war and famine, yet US teachers are fighting to keep schools closed for a virus whose transmission can be mitigated with a 10 cent mask and some open windows.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been back this entire year in private school. Time for school choice everyone. Because public schools aren't opening in the fall either.

Selfish. Me me me.

Why is this selfish - public schools are not providing a service people want or can use at this time. It’s BS that if you can pay your kid can go to school.

Agreed. I've never supported vouchers before, except while playing devil's advocate in a college course that was primarily for education majors. But I support them now, provided they come with restrictions that the voucher must constitute payment in full for tuition. This pandemic has demonstrated that there's no other way to keep public schools in check when the teachers unions wield so much political power.