Not moving. DCPS DL is going fine for our 3rd grader and 1st grader. 3rd grader is self sufficient. 1st grader just needs some prompts with technology. Both do a couple of hours of virtual tutoring per week with 3 of their friends. The kids love sleeping-in.

We do some targeted outdoor/masked/distanced meet-ups so they get socialization. When I say "targeted" only families that are taking Covid precautions very seriously. Several families we have avoided since early in the pandemic have already gotten Covid, but they pushed the boundaries, seemingly just because they really, really don't like this.

But don't get me wrong -- I can't wait for in-person, so long as it is safe. It just seems like school opening is being forced at the worst time of the pandemic -- highest numbers and vaccine right around the corner. And I hate to say it, but the loudest proponents of "open now" seem to be really, really struggling with their kids being home.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.
We've applied our one kid to 7 privates. Hoping one comes through but applications are way up all all schools.
Kid #2 is already in private.
Kid #3 in public and struggling but we don't have the money for more private school so didn't apply. This is our youngest kids and we love our elementary... just need in-person.

I'm thinking we may just move over the summer if things are trending virtual in June (which is when we're locked in for private tuition). It seems to be the easiest option.

Sucks for your third kid. And a good caution to others, not to have more kids than you can comfortably afford.

You are a horrible judgy person. Do you know how much you suck?

NP here. After all the vitriol thrown at teachers and people concerned about spread you have the gall to say this person is judgy? Seriously; This is what you take issue with?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.
We've applied our one kid to 7 privates. Hoping one comes through but applications are way up all all schools.
Kid #2 is already in private.
Kid #3 in public and struggling but we don't have the money for more private school so didn't apply. This is our youngest kids and we love our elementary... just need in-person.

I'm thinking we may just move over the summer if things are trending virtual in June (which is when we're locked in for private tuition). It seems to be the easiest option.

Sucks for your third kid. And a good caution to others, not to have more kids than you can comfortably afford.

You are a horrible judgy person. Do you know how much you suck?

No. The chance of open schools having to close, from lack of healthy staff, is too high.

My kids are older and DL is going fairly well--they are getting more sleep and seem to be less stressed at times than before. The only thing I worry about if lack of socialization, but we are doing more as a family.

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Can we please not argue for the 15th time about whether it is safe to open or not?

JUST ANSWER the question. Do you intend to move or not? What is your plan if all is virtual?

You cannot divorce whether or not it is safe from the decision to uproot your whole life and move to another place so your kids can go to school

I think I am less impressed by the first few weeks of an opening plan, than how it looks a month in.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.
We've applied our one kid to 7 privates. Hoping one comes through but applications are way up all all schools.
Kid #2 is already in private.
Kid #3 in public and struggling but we don't have the money for more private school so didn't apply. This is our youngest kids and we love our elementary... just need in-person.

I'm thinking we may just move over the summer if things are trending virtual in June (which is when we're locked in for private tuition). It seems to be the easiest option.

You do understand that except for Florida, Alabama and South Dakota public schools will be DL for a while on and off right?

I think you should move to Florida or Alabama.

Or Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Georgia
New York
Texas
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine

I could go on.... you sound misinformed and ignorant.

The entire freaking country is getting kids back.

Baltimore is bringing back every K-5 kids who wants to return on Feb 1.
NYC has brought back EVERY KID for 5 days a week in 250 schools out of 878 total schools. 850/878 have brought back some kids 5 days per week.

Chicago Public Schools brought back PK and certain SPED clusters for 5 days a week this Monday (1/11). K-8 starts hybrid on February 1st. HS will remain fully remote.

so if its only staff - they are in the same building; staff are the ones babysitting in our cares classrooms and if one of those teachers gets sicks who then watches the kid if there isn't a back up.

just because you want it doesn't mean it works

one teacher alone in a school with 11 kids - she gets food poisoning what then - she calls 911 and cops watch the kids until the parents come?

and these are little kids

in normal times - the principal or janitor or another adult could mind the children and calls parents but we aren't in normal times so if these staff got it from all this clubbing and indoor eating you think they are doing then what?

we aren't five teachers deep to open and have general life happen

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Anonymous wrote:4 more adults in DCPS are positive.

Are you referring to the 4 notifications of new cases early this week or something else? Those notifications don't state whether they're student or teacher or staff. They don't even quantify/clarify if there is more than 1 positive in the same notification.

Double-post to add the link I wanted to include with my question to PP. https://dcpsreopenstrong.com/category/articles/

Triple-post to answer myself https://coronavirus.dc.gov/page/dc-public-schools-dcps-data
I hadn't looked at this category before. Wow! From January 8 to January 14, staff positives went from 59 to 70.

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Anonymous wrote:4 more adults in DCPS are positive.

Are you referring to the 4 notifications of new cases early this week or something else? Those notifications don't state whether they're student or teacher or staff. They don't even quantify/clarify if there is more than 1 positive in the same notification.

Double-post to add the link I wanted to include with my question to PP. https://dcpsreopenstrong.com/category/articles/

Anonymous wrote:4 more adults in DCPS are positive.

Are you referring to the 4 notifications of new cases early this week or something else? Those notifications don't state whether they're student or teacher or staff. They don't even quantify/clarify if there is more than 1 positive in the same notification.

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Anonymous wrote:4 more adults in DCPS are positive.

Yeah - if cares with small numbers can't stop spread why would schools open not be infestation hubs.

BTW schools only provide 7% of learning to a child. But you keep screaming that you are doing teacher's jobs.

And you have evidence that these 4 adults caught it at work? Bc that is probably right in line with community spread levels right now and actually disproves your point.

Also, what are you on about? Just no.

4 more people have it - so that means 4 more people in dcps aren't coming to work to babysit your kids. it doesn't matter where they got it - if they didn't get it from your child they could give it to your child.

...and unless the testing was fortuitously performed and its result miraculously received on the first day the teacher were contagious, they may already have.

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Anonymous wrote:4 more adults in DCPS are positive.

Yeah - if cares with small numbers can't stop spread why would schools open not be infestation hubs.

BTW schools only provide 7% of learning to a child. But you keep screaming that you are doing teacher's jobs.

And you have evidence that these 4 adults caught it at work? Bc that is probably right in line with community spread levels right now and actually disproves your point.

Also, what are you on about? Just no.

4 more people have it - so that means 4 more people in dcps aren't coming to work to babysit your kids. it doesn't matter where they got it - if they didn't get it from your child they could give it to your child.

We moved to Germany before this school year started. We can stay until this summer, but will have to be back for the fall. God, I hope school is full-time by then! It would be beyond crazy if it wasn't.

Anonymous wrote:4 more adults in DCPS are positive.

Yeah - if cares with small numbers can't stop spread why would schools open not be infestation hubs.

BTW schools only provide 7% of learning to a child. But you keep screaming that you are doing teacher's jobs.

And you have evidence that these 4 adults caught it at work? Bc that is probably right in line with community spread levels right now and actually disproves your point.

Also, what are you on about? Just no.