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Anonymous wrote:So much depends on the timing and outcomes of the Pfizer and moderna trials in 12-17 yos. Results are expected in the next month or two. If they're good, given Biden's announcement of enough vaccine for adults by end of May, teenagers could be vaccinated in time for school in the fall.

Exactly! Not enough information.

FWIW, Moderna is already approved for ages 16+. So all teachers, seniors, and (almost) all juniors could almost certainly be vaccinated by fall, even without further authorizations. Assuming the supply is what is now projected, the majority of adults in DC should be vaccinated too and I imagine community spread will be very low (maybe even close to herd immunity). There will be enormous pressure for students to at least have the option of being in person.

It’s Pfizer that’s approved for 16 and up.

You're right- my mistake. But the point is the same--currently authorized vaccines could cover all teachers and staff and (almost) half of students at Wilson. And there should be adequate supply/distribution to actually vaccinate all of them. I'm hoping that DCPS will require vaccines of those who are able to get them, considering they require all other vaccines (including the HPV vaccine, which some people are opposed to on moral grounds).

Are you kidding? We have teachers refusing to get them. You cannot force them.
We have some teachers vaccinated and they don’t want to return to the classroom.

You cannot legally make an EUA vaccine required, for anyone. So that’s not an option.

The city is now vaccinating 16-17 yo students with risk factors now - from a separate pool and signup process than adults via Children’s Hospital. My teens’ pediatrician works for Children's and told me that my kid will be able to be vaccinated by or during the summer. She was less confident about the timeline for younger children because you just can’t rush the clinical trials.


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Anonymous wrote:I imagine that doing a 4 x 4 schedule in the fall will prove particularly challenging for the teachers if this is in person. It takes quite a bit of stamina to teach for an hour and 20 minutes. Or will the teacher bail out after an hour with the kids getting used to not doing much of anything?

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No decent teacher is actually lecturing for 80 minutes straight ( pre-college at least). You would have a room of teenagers with their heads on their desks getting an imprint of their spiral notebooks on them...asleep! There is time for independent or group work while teacher circulates or works with smaller groups. It’s not hard to do that, stamina-wise. Signed, an IPL teacher who goes for 3 hour blocks at a time.

My Wilson student just got off an 80 minute DL Teams lecture. Yikes.

This is PP and in defense of that teacher, who may be excellent, it’s bit different in a DL format. Sometimes you do keep the lecture going that long when you’re DL I suppose! Shouldn’t have been so quick to criticize.

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine that doing a 4 x 4 schedule in the fall will prove particularly challenging for the teachers if this is in person. It takes quite a bit of stamina to teach for an hour and 20 minutes. Or will the teacher bail out after an hour with the kids getting used to not doing much of anything?

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No decent teacher is actually lecturing for 80 minutes straight ( pre-college at least). You would have a room of teenagers with their heads on their desks getting an imprint of their spiral notebooks on them...asleep! There is time for independent or group work while teacher circulates or works with smaller groups. It’s not hard to do that, stamina-wise. Signed, an IPL teacher who goes for 3 hour blocks at a time.

My Wilson student just got off an 80 minute DL Teams lecture. Yikes.

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine that doing a 4 x 4 schedule in the fall will prove particularly challenging for the teachers if this is in person. It takes quite a bit of stamina to teach for an hour and 20 minutes. Or will the teacher bail out after an hour with the kids getting used to not doing much of anything?

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No decent teacher is actually lecturing for 80 minutes straight ( pre-college at least). You would have a room of teenagers with their heads on their desks getting an imprint of their spiral notebooks on them...asleep! There is time for independent or group work while teacher circulates or works with smaller groups. It’s not hard to do that, stamina-wise. Signed, an IPL teacher who goes for 3 hour blocks at a time.

My Wilson student just got off an 80 minute DL Teams lecture. Yikes.

The AP psychology teacher does this every class. It’s awful.

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine that doing a 4 x 4 schedule in the fall will prove particularly challenging for the teachers if this is in person. It takes quite a bit of stamina to teach for an hour and 20 minutes. Or will the teacher bail out after an hour with the kids getting used to not doing much of anything?

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No decent teacher is actually lecturing for 80 minutes straight ( pre-college at least). You would have a room of teenagers with their heads on their desks getting an imprint of their spiral notebooks on them...asleep! There is time for independent or group work while teacher circulates or works with smaller groups. It’s not hard to do that, stamina-wise. Signed, an IPL teacher who goes for 3 hour blocks at a time.

My Wilson student just got off an 80 minute DL Teams lecture. Yikes.

Anonymous wrote:A wrinkle for fall- teachers union could demand students be vaccinated before teachers feel comfortable re-entering school.

Anonymous wrote:Is renting space being discussed?

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine that doing a 4 x 4 schedule in the fall will prove particularly challenging for the teachers if this is in person. It takes quite a bit of stamina to teach for an hour and 20 minutes. Or will the teacher bail out after an hour with the kids getting used to not doing much of anything?

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No decent teacher is actually lecturing for 80 minutes straight ( pre-college at least). You would have a room of teenagers with their heads on their desks getting an imprint of their spiral notebooks on them...asleep! There is time for independent or group work while teacher circulates or works with smaller groups. It’s not hard to do that, stamina-wise. Signed, an IPL teacher who goes for 3 hour blocks at a time.

Anonymous wrote:I imagine that doing a 4 x 4 schedule in the fall will prove particularly challenging for the teachers if this is in person. It takes quite a bit of stamina to teach for an hour and 20 minutes. Or will the teacher bail out after an hour with the kids getting used to not doing much of anything?