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Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

28 cases (https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources) has got to be more that limited to only a few classes. That's more than 10% of their student body.

Yikes! Well, at least they got their father-daughter dance. Must “return to normal” at all costs…even if it means no classes when there are outbreaks. Let’s just keep pretending the pandemic is over.

The priorities seem really out of whack if the school puts a social gathering over learning. Unless of course the school regrets having this event (which I hope is the case).

History says otherwise. People generally are at the point where they think they can outsmart the virus by minimizing it, pretending it doesn’t exist, and prioritizing some romanticized version of “normalcy.”

The virus is no longer a threat of overburdening hospitals or deaths. Therefore it is time to move on. This was the plan from day 1.

Just don’t complain when things shut down or industries face staffing shortages due to outbreaks, okay?

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Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

28 cases (https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources) has got to be more that limited to only a few classes. That's more than 10% of their student body.

Yikes! Well, at least they got their father-daughter dance. Must “return to normal” at all costs…even if it means no classes when there are outbreaks. Let’s just keep pretending the pandemic is over.

The priorities seem really out of whack if the school puts a social gathering over learning. Unless of course the school regrets having this event (which I hope is the case).

History says otherwise. People generally are at the point where they think they can outsmart the virus by minimizing it, pretending it doesn’t exist, and prioritizing some romanticized version of “normalcy.”

The virus is no longer a threat of overburdening hospitals or deaths. Therefore it is time to move on. This was the plan from day 1.

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Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

28 cases (https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources) has got to be more that limited to only a few classes. That's more than 10% of their student body.

Yikes! Well, at least they got their father-daughter dance. Must “return to normal” at all costs…even if it means no classes when there are outbreaks. Let’s just keep pretending the pandemic is over.

The priorities seem really out of whack if the school puts a social gathering over learning. Unless of course the school regrets having this event (which I hope is the case).

History says otherwise. People generally are at the point where they think they can outsmart the virus by minimizing it, pretending it doesn’t exist, and prioritizing some romanticized version of “normalcy.”

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

28 cases (https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources) has got to be more that limited to only a few classes. That's more than 10% of their student body.

Yikes! Well, at least they got their father-daughter dance. Must “return to normal” at all costs…even if it means no classes when there are outbreaks. Let’s just keep pretending the pandemic is over.

The priorities seem really out of whack if the school puts a social gathering over learning. Unless of course the school regrets having this event (which I hope is the case).

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Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

28 cases (https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources) has got to be more that limited to only a few classes. That's more than 10% of their student body.

Over which grades?

Anonymous wrote:The virus is here to stay. I don’t like it either, but we need to continue with life.

What does this mean in the context of school outbreaks? Have a school dance with no mitigation protocols and let the virus rip through a community, to include teachers and staff?

Doesn’t continuing with life mean adapting to changes, not ignoring known risks or pretending something doesn’t exist?

Anonymous wrote:Its not just DC Private schools nor is it just DC

There is a huge nationwide outbreak that .... it just seems the decision has been made to ignore and not talk or even write about, just pretend the pandemic is over and everyone stop wearing masks, etc...

The Mayor of NYC, for example, wasn't onsite yesterday after the mass shooting in the NYC Subway because he has Covid

college campuses are experiencing mass waves of covid since March

we have families on both coasts and Covid is running rampant on both coasts, but the NYT is just not reporting cases

I have never seen a public policy to just move on so consistently carried out for better or for worse, we will see

My guess is the economy simply cannot handle the down turn any longer

The NYT is reporting official cases, but my guess is the vast majority of cases are not being recorded because of self testing. Both my (adult) kids have had omicron and there is no where to even try to report the results of self tests. It wasn't worth either of them going out to get a PCR test - they were both actually sick, and one had it in December when there were 2 hour lines for testing centers. I know a lot of other people who have had it and only done self tests.

The virus is here to stay. I don’t like it either, but we need to continue with life.

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Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

28 cases (https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources) has got to be more that limited to only a few classes. That's more than 10% of their student body.

Yikes! Well, at least they got their father-daughter dance. Must “return to normal” at all costs…even if it means no classes when there are outbreaks. Let’s just keep pretending the pandemic is over.

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Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

+1. Do they know how it was spread?

An early post said the father-daughter dance was to blame for the spread.

Its not just DC Private schools nor is it just DC

There is a huge nationwide outbreak that .... it just seems the decision has been made to ignore and not talk or even write about, just pretend the pandemic is over and everyone stop wearing masks, etc...

The Mayor of NYC, for example, wasn't onsite yesterday after the mass shooting in the NYC Subway because he has Covid

college campuses are experiencing mass waves of covid since March

we have families on both coasts and Covid is running rampant on both coasts, but the NYT is just not reporting cases

I have never seen a public policy to just move on so consistently carried out for better or for worse, we will see

My guess is the economy simply cannot handle the down turn any longer

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

28 cases (https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources) has got to be more that limited to only a few classes. That's more than 10% of their student body.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

+1. Do they know how it was spread?

Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, the next wave is here. It's going to be an ugly end to the school year.

I have this fear as well.

I have a kid graduating this year and I feel like it'll be 2020 all over again where my kid who graduated that year didn't get a ceremony.

I hope this is not the case or for you. This sucks not just for the children but also for the parents.