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Anonymous wrote:If we don’t open to Full time F2F in the fall, we won’t open F2F for the whole year. Nothing will significantly change until next fall (fall 2021) at the earliest.

For example, even if we have a vaccine by Jan 2021 it will take time for all the children to get vaccinated, and all the adults. And they won’t be the priority, it will be the high risk populations who will get the vaccine first.

The risk doesn’t decrease without a significant event (like a vaccine) for covid. The funding situation for schools will also get worse due to lost taxes.

We are bracing for 1-2 more years of distance learning at MCPS.

NoVa already announced that Phase 3 means all students are allowed in the school building with protection guidelines (details TBD) They are expected to enter Phase 3 in a couple of weeks assuming the current trend continues. We still have 10 weeks until school starts. If the current trend continues, we'll be even better shape then. If MoCo still does DL, I will riot against the decision maker.

The devil is in the details. My friend in NoVa told me last week that her ES kid will most likely go in person 2 times per week and the other 3 days will be DL.

And hopefully once it gets closer to school starting/after the first couple weeks of school they will realize how ridiculous it is and return to full time in person school. And "your friend" has no idea what the plans are because nothing has actually been decided.

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My daughter so hopes for a few days in school per week asks many questions about remote learning

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Anonymous wrote:Do you folks also think war is unfair? Cancer, car accidents, terrorism? I feel like I’m reading a lot of people on here just shocked that tragedy can be so unfair to them. This is literally a global catastrophe. It doesn’t care how this will “work” for you.

It's not nearly the global catastrophe you are making it out to be.

Also, it's not a catastrophe that required schools to close.

You’re wrong. 465,000 people are dead. 9/11 killed less than 3,000. It is an unparalleled tragedy. You are alone if you think that’s just business as usual.

Huh? No it's not. It might be a paralleled tragedy, but it sure isn't an unparalleled one.

Yeah, it’s awful, but unparalleled tragedy? No. Frankly, our administration’s handling of it is the bigger tragedy. They’re responsible for many needless deaths.

I’ve said it before on here and I’ll say it again: COVID-19 is not the only public health problem right now. Also: kids not going to school for potentially several years is a significant public health problem.

How is distance learning a significant public health problem? Please, enlighten us.

DP. Things that come to mind without much thinking: Mental health of kids due to isolation, child abuse, physical and mental stress related to financial problems.

If your DCUM kid can't handle a few months without every single thing they want then there is a bigger problem here. Is it easy to be socially distant? No, but FOR NOW, it is necessary. Timmy feeling sad because he can't skateboard with his friends is NOT more important than someone else's life. The inability of people here to make even the smallest sacrifice is astounding.