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My thought is parents need to stop with the blame game and be parents and support your kids.

We are still in virtual. It’s been fine. No depression, no anxiety and learning.

How nice for you! I too, am being a parent and supporting my kids, by contacting my elected officials to tell them to keep the schools open because kids need to be in school.

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Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/remote-learning-failure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/nyc-remote-learning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/briefing/remote-learning-covid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html

Thoughts?

I read these as they were published. Comparing to a world where COVID doesn't exist isn't really helpful. How does well-planned virtual or hybrid look compared to the sh1t show of unplanned closures, burnt out teachers, and half-classed spending the day in the gym.

We know what virtual and hybrid look like because we did that last year. And we know it resulted in learning losses, worse mental health for children, and behavioral issues this year. We don't have to guess what happens when we have extended school closures.

Maybe for your kids, not mine.

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Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/remote-learning-failure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/nyc-remote-learning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/briefing/remote-learning-covid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html

Thoughts?

My thought is parents need to stop with the blame game and be parents and support your kids.

We are still in virtual. It’s been fine. No depression, no anxiety and learning.

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Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

You think kids hanging out in a gym is safe! You think they will be learning?

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Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/remote-learning-failure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/nyc-remote-learning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/briefing/remote-learning-covid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html

Thoughts?

I read these as they were published. Comparing to a world where COVID doesn't exist isn't really helpful. How does well-planned virtual or hybrid look compared to the sh1t show of unplanned closures, burnt out teachers, and half-classed spending the day in the gym.

We know what virtual and hybrid look like because we did that last year. And we know it resulted in learning losses, worse mental health for children, and behavioral issues this year. We don't have to guess what happens when we have extended school closures.

First poster here - I don’t need to read the links because I know virtual sucks. But if my choice was virtual school this week vs sitting in the auditorium watching Netflix with 3 other kids on a phone (what DC told me he was doing), I’d pick virtual.

Well neat. You could always just go pick your kid up and bring them home if it doesn't matter at all to you for them to be in school. At least in DC, the DC Council legislation all of your kids absences can be excused if you just say "BUT COVID." Otherwise, you don't really seem like a person who would care if their kid got "unexcused absences."

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Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/remote-learning-failure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/nyc-remote-learning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/briefing/remote-learning-covid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html

Thoughts?

I read these as they were published. Comparing to a world where COVID doesn't exist isn't really helpful. How does well-planned virtual or hybrid look compared to the sh1t show of unplanned closures, burnt out teachers, and half-classed spending the day in the gym.

We know what virtual and hybrid look like because we did that last year. And we know it resulted in learning losses, worse mental health for children, and behavioral issues this year. We don't have to guess what happens when we have extended school closures.

First poster here - I don’t need to read the links because I know virtual sucks. But if my choice was virtual school this week vs sitting in the auditorium watching Netflix with 3 other kids on a phone (what DC told me he was doing), I’d pick virtual.

And before this thread gets relegated to the schools forum:

Why school closures are pertinent to not just people with kids and people who work in schools:

1) increased rates of youth crime
2) parents who can't work because kids are home -- problems with worker shortages, non-parent workers having to 'cover' for lost time of parents
3) political ramifications -- if you are in a blue area, these were/are the most likely to close schools. Do Dems want to keep their political offices? See: VA.

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Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/remote-learning-failure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/nyc-remote-learning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/briefing/remote-learning-covid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html

Thoughts?

I read these as they were published. Comparing to a world where COVID doesn't exist isn't really helpful. How does well-planned virtual or hybrid look compared to the sh1t show of unplanned closures, burnt out teachers, and half-classed spending the day in the gym.

We know what virtual and hybrid look like because we did that last year. And we know it resulted in learning losses, worse mental health for children, and behavioral issues this year. We don't have to guess what happens when we have extended school closures.

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Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/remote-learning-failure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/nyc-remote-learning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/briefing/remote-learning-covid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html

Thoughts?

I read these as they were published. Comparing to a world where COVID doesn't exist isn't really helpful. How does well-planned virtual or hybrid look compared to the sh1t show of unplanned closures, burnt out teachers, and half-classed spending the day in the gym.

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Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/remote-learning-failure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/nyc-remote-learning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/briefing/remote-learning-covid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html

Thoughts?

Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Which school?

Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect DC to follow PG lead for publics. Will Bowser force all DC Privates virtual? What will MoCo do?

Moco said it is not going virtual unless forced. PG apparently just values school less.

They value their students, staff and their families. Clearly you don’t.

100 students out of 130,000 tested positive in PG county.

For an illness that is not that scary for this age group. And that age group can almost all be vaccinated as well.

PG just doesn't care about education.

You’re right. Or their public health officials are just inept.

How many of those 100 students are even seriously ill? Are they closing down schools for a runny nose and some congestion?

Yep! I mean, I’ve just come to believe that places that readily close have people in them that aren’t that interested in public schools. This includes the very rich and the very poor, for different reasons.

So, because my kids are in virtual, er don’t care about education. Very wrong.

Closing down the entire system for cases that only constitute 0.08% of the student body, when those cases are likely to only result in a cold, and when nearly everyone involved can be vaccinated

Versus

Definite continued learning loss, mental health issues, increased classroom disruptions due to student behaviors for a far greater number than 0.08% of the student body

PG county doesn’t care about education. Or apparently about working families, or single parents.

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect DC to follow PG lead for publics. Will Bowser force all DC Privates virtual? What will MoCo do?

Moco said it is not going virtual unless forced. PG apparently just values school less.

They value their students, staff and their families. Clearly you don’t.

100 students out of 130,000 tested positive in PG county.

For an illness that is not that scary for this age group. And that age group can almost all be vaccinated as well.

PG just doesn't care about education.

You’re right. Or their public health officials are just inept.

How many of those 100 students are even seriously ill? Are they closing down schools for a runny nose and some congestion?

Yep! I mean, I’ve just come to believe that places that readily close have people in them that aren’t that interested in public schools. This includes the very rich and the very poor, for different reasons.

So, because my kids are in virtual, er don’t care about education. Very wrong.