Anonymous
Post 06/25/2020 00:15     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't have time to read 50 pages. Is the answer to the OP true, false, or undetermined?


Undetermined.


The Maryland plan for education makes it clear that schools will not reopen normally until a vaccine or cure is found.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 23:46     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Schools will open when it's safe, and they'll remain in DL if it isn't. That's all there is to it.


The problem is "safe" is a relative term. Some would say safe is now-when we effectively flattened the curve in this area. Others think "safe" is when there is this magical vaccine that everyone is so sure we are going to get. In that case "safe" could be in 5-7 years. Are you ok with your kids doing distance learning for 5-7 years?


Even fauci is saying he’s expecting a vaccine by end of year.



He doesn't have all the answers. He can expect anything he wants-we all can. Doesn't mean it will be the reality.


I believe he said he is cautiously optimistic. Don’t read too much into that. There is no certainty.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 23:44     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Schools will open when it's safe, and they'll remain in DL if it isn't. That's all there is to it.


The problem is "safe" is a relative term. Some would say safe is now-when we effectively flattened the curve in this area. Others think "safe" is when there is this magical vaccine that everyone is so sure we are going to get. In that case "safe" could be in 5-7 years. Are you ok with your kids doing distance learning for 5-7 years?


The curve flattened because we stayed home. Open up schools and it'll turn right back upward again.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 23:15     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Schools will open when it's safe, and they'll remain in DL if it isn't. That's all there is to it.


The problem is "safe" is a relative term. Some would say safe is now-when we effectively flattened the curve in this area. Others think "safe" is when there is this magical vaccine that everyone is so sure we are going to get. In that case "safe" could be in 5-7 years. Are you ok with your kids doing distance learning for 5-7 years?


Even fauci is saying he’s expecting a vaccine by end of year.



He doesn't have all the answers. He can expect anything he wants-we all can. Doesn't mean it will be the reality.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 23:00     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:Schools will open when it's safe, and they'll remain in DL if it isn't. That's all there is to it.


"Safe" as determined by whom, based on what, compared to what?
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 22:59     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

And every child should have a loving, safe home - but we don't have the resources to give everyone everything that they want. What you are doing is standing outside in the middle of a drought saying that it should rain - 'aint gonna make it rain. So how do we best get through this? I purport that we should do our best to help the most disadvantaged and the rest of us dig deeper and/or sacrifice some. Why are you so unwilling to give up even the smallest bit of yours to help your community? You're basically telling the starving kid that yes they can have some food just after your kids have eaten their fill.


While we don't have the resources to give everyone everything they want, we do have the resources to have school for all kids who want to go to school. School is not a limited resource that needs to be rationed. Having school is a question of will, not of resources.

My kids need to go to school for the same reason every kid (except yours, from what you say) needs to go to school.


Um yeah, we do have limited resources because we are in the middle of a freaking pandemic! We don't have the staff, the space, the busses, the money. Sure my kids need school ultimately but they can do ok while we get through the pandemic! This isn't forever.


We have the same staff, space, buses, and money we had last year. Well, maybe not money. Now all we need is a plan to apply the most effective mitigation measures consistent with opening school.

It's nice if your kids can do ok even if they miss school for year. Most kids can't.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 22:02     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Schools will open when it's safe, and they'll remain in DL if it isn't. That's all there is to it.


The problem is "safe" is a relative term. Some would say safe is now-when we effectively flattened the curve in this area. Others think "safe" is when there is this magical vaccine that everyone is so sure we are going to get. In that case "safe" could be in 5-7 years. Are you ok with your kids doing distance learning for 5-7 years?


Even fauci is saying he’s expecting a vaccine by end of year.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 21:25     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Safe when we have vaccine ready to go. Vaccinate vulnerable first
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 21:23     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't have time to read 50 pages. Is the answer to the OP true, false, or undetermined?


Undetermined.


Determined that OP was correct. None of the options outlined in the governor’s report involve being back full-time. DL
Will be at least part of the equation, though some are hopeful it will be better than what was offered in the spring
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 21:10     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

And every child should have a loving, safe home - but we don't have the resources to give everyone everything that they want. What you are doing is standing outside in the middle of a drought saying that it should rain - 'aint gonna make it rain. So how do we best get through this? I purport that we should do our best to help the most disadvantaged and the rest of us dig deeper and/or sacrifice some. Why are you so unwilling to give up even the smallest bit of yours to help your community? You're basically telling the starving kid that yes they can have some food just after your kids have eaten their fill.


While we don't have the resources to give everyone everything they want, we do have the resources to have school for all kids who want to go to school. School is not a limited resource that needs to be rationed. Having school is a question of will, not of resources.

My kids need to go to school for the same reason every kid (except yours, from what you say) needs to go to school.


Um yeah, we do have limited resources because we are in the middle of a freaking pandemic! We don't have the staff, the space, the busses, the money. Sure my kids need school ultimately but they can do ok while we get through the pandemic! This isn't forever.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 21:08     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:Schools will open when it's safe, and they'll remain in DL if it isn't. That's all there is to it.


The problem is "safe" is a relative term. Some would say safe is now-when we effectively flattened the curve in this area. Others think "safe" is when there is this magical vaccine that everyone is so sure we are going to get. In that case "safe" could be in 5-7 years. Are you ok with your kids doing distance learning for 5-7 years?
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 21:06     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:I don't have time to read 50 pages. Is the answer to the OP true, false, or undetermined?


Undetermined.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 20:53     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Schools will open when it's safe, and they'll remain in DL if it isn't. That's all there is to it.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 20:25     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
Anonymous wrote:At this point my primary concern is that my children grow from this. That they don't grow into selfish, spoiled, small minded adults. All the 'education' won't matter one bit if they are horrible people. Some of you people are absolutely ghastly.


AGREE.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2020 20:13     Subject: Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?
I don't have time to read 50 pages. Is the answer to the OP true, false, or undetermined?