Here is a new angle on the"Fall" thread - WHEN do you think FCPS will provide parents a Fall Plan that includes metrics for all the possibilities? ie, grades x, x, x will be 5 day in person if we are in this zone, switch to 2 day hybrid/concurrent if we are in this zone, go full virtual if we are in this zone?

I am REALLY hoping they make a plan and stick to it unlike last summers "choose hybrid or virtual" mess they foisted on parents where they immediately changed the plans/provided more detail on each option right after we chose. The stress that caused every one is unforgiveable in my opinion - not b/c they can predict a pandemic, but b/c they did not even bother to accurately determine if they could do hybrid before offering it to all parents as a choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I am pro Biden but definitely feel like he’s over his head on both schools and coronavirus. He needs to tighten up their stance on this. Between him, his press secretary and the cdc director, the stumbling and non clarity is astounding.

Biden just announced that they expect vaccines to be available to everyone who wants one by July. So, honestly, if this is the case I could see schools reopening. I'll vaccinate as soon as I can. Most people will too.

I get tired of people trashing Biden. The main has been in office less than a month, the country was run into ground and is a dumpster fire due to the willful decisions of the GOP and Trump to make the pandemic worse by bashing masking, not putting together any meaningful plan to vaccinate and just betting on people blaming the government workers and government as a whole for their intentional efforts to make the government utterly ineffective -- to drive home the whole deregulate, privatize, and screw citizens. See, Texas' energy crisis. https://kvia.com/news/texas/2021/02/16/texas-mayor-quits-after-calling-residents-are-lazy-and-weak-amid-power-outages-from-storm/

I don’t know that the PP was “Biden Trashing”. Merely pointing out that their guidance and promising has not been clear. Fauci says April is open season. Now it’s June. White House said what president meant when he wants schools to open is at least one day in person. Last night Biden said 5 days. We all know they inherited a mess. People are paying too close attention to the promises to make mistakes.

Fauci needs to just stop. He’s clearly unable to be a straight shooter and he keeps reducing the public trust.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone started on this changed after hearing the presidents address last night? Pushing k-8 in person 5 days

I’m actually less optimistic for middle and high school students. The theme that seems to be emerging is that anyone over the age of 12 can learn over a screen.

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Anonymous wrote:I am pro Biden but definitely feel like he’s over his head on both schools and coronavirus. He needs to tighten up their stance on this. Between him, his press secretary and the cdc director, the stumbling and non clarity is astounding.

Biden just announced that they expect vaccines to be available to everyone who wants one by July. So, honestly, if this is the case I could see schools reopening. I'll vaccinate as soon as I can. Most people will too.

I get tired of people trashing Biden. The main has been in office less than a month, the country was run into ground and is a dumpster fire due to the willful decisions of the GOP and Trump to make the pandemic worse by bashing masking, not putting together any meaningful plan to vaccinate and just betting on people blaming the government workers and government as a whole for their intentional efforts to make the government utterly ineffective -- to drive home the whole deregulate, privatize, and screw citizens. See, Texas' energy crisis. https://kvia.com/news/texas/2021/02/16/texas-mayor-quits-after-calling-residents-are-lazy-and-weak-amid-power-outages-from-storm/

I don’t know that the PP was “Biden Trashing”. Merely pointing out that their guidance and promising has not been clear. Fauci says April is open season. Now it’s June. White House said what president meant when he wants schools to open is at least one day in person. Last night Biden said 5 days. We all know they inherited a mess. People are paying too close attention to the promises to make mistakes.

Anonymous wrote:I’m still sending my kids to private next year because I want a 5 day guarantee but it’s a tough decision. Public may be 5 days too but I don’t have that guarantee and I want the guarantee.

I think public will be fully focused on catching kids up and social/emotional learning. If your child has been on task and learning this year, he or she will just have to simmer next year while the other children catch-up.

We don’t have the money for private, but would do it if we could.

Anonymous wrote:I am pro Biden but definitely feel like he’s over his head on both schools and coronavirus. He needs to tighten up their stance on this. Between him, his press secretary and the cdc director, the stumbling and non clarity is astounding.

Biden just announced that they expect vaccines to be available to everyone who wants one by July. So, honestly, if this is the case I could see schools reopening. I'll vaccinate as soon as I can. Most people will too.

I get tired of people trashing Biden. The main has been in office less than a month, the country was run into ground and is a dumpster fire due to the willful decisions of the GOP and Trump to make the pandemic worse by bashing masking, not putting together any meaningful plan to vaccinate and just betting on people blaming the government workers and government as a whole for their intentional efforts to make the government utterly ineffective -- to drive home the whole deregulate, privatize, and screw citizens. See, Texas' energy crisis. https://kvia.com/news/texas/2021/02/16/texas-mayor-quits-after-calling-residents-are-lazy-and-weak-amid-power-outages-from-storm/

Anonymous wrote:I’m still sending my kids to private next year because I want a 5 day guarantee but it’s a tough decision. Public may be 5 days too but I don’t have that guarantee and I want the guarantee.

I am struggling with the same decision. One of mine is starting kindergarten and I don’t wanna take any chances of being virtual experience. But I never in a million years thought that I would be leaving public schools for private school and I’m really unsure what to do. It seems like things are looking positive for public but it’s so hard to trust what we hear after the experiences of the last 12 months.

I’m still sending my kids to private next year because I want a 5 day guarantee but it’s a tough decision. Public may be 5 days too but I don’t have that guarantee and I want the guarantee.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone started on this changed after hearing the presidents address last night? Pushing k-8 in person 5 days

The administration will spend the rest of this week walking that back. Just like they did before.

I am pro Biden but definitely feel like he’s over his head on both schools and coronavirus. He needs to tighten up their stance on this. Between him, his press secretary and the cdc director, the stumbling and non clarity is astounding.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone started on this changed after hearing the presidents address last night? Pushing k-8 in person 5 days

THINKING not “started”, oops

Has anyone started on this changed after hearing the presidents address last night? Pushing k-8 in person 5 days

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Anonymous wrote:It will be hybrid until the fall of 2022.

Nope. There will be irreparable educational damage if you continue this for another year. You will also destroy teachers if you force concurrent on them for an entire year. Teachers will be vaccinated, household adults vaccinated, metrics will be fine...time to go back to normal in fall (with masks).

Totally agree. Kids are low risk, especially elementary, just provide an online option and let the rest of us move on with our lives, in person 5 days a week, and start trying to make up for a lost 1.25 years.

Yes. So much to make up for. As the infection numbers fall and vaccinations increase, there truly will be no reason to go down the hybrid road. An option for immunocompromised yes. But the rest of us go 5 days full time.

No hybrid and no concurrent. People can do some kind of basic central FCPS DL. But it should NOT involve the classroom teachers or students. They need to focus on real education.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be hybrid until the fall of 2022.

Nope. There will be irreparable educational damage if you continue this for another year. You will also destroy teachers if you force concurrent on them for an entire year. Teachers will be vaccinated, household adults vaccinated, metrics will be fine...time to go back to normal in fall (with masks).

Totally agree. Kids are low risk, especially elementary, just provide an online option and let the rest of us move on with our lives, in person 5 days a week, and start trying to make up for a lost 1.25 years.

Yes. So much to make up for. As the infection numbers fall and vaccinations increase, there truly will be no reason to go down the hybrid road. An option for immunocompromised yes. But the rest of us go 5 days full time.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be hybrid until the fall of 2022.

Nope. There will be irreparable educational damage if you continue this for another year. You will also destroy teachers if you force concurrent on them for an entire year. Teachers will be vaccinated, household adults vaccinated, metrics will be fine...time to go back to normal in fall (with masks).

Totally agree. Kids are low risk, especially elementary, just provide an online option and let the rest of us move on with our lives, in person 5 days a week, and start trying to make up for a lost 1.25 years.