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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 25, 2020 15:09:52 GMT -5
My college classes were pre-recorded and I could do it at any time my schedule allowed. The statistics professor had her core office hours if I needed to see her but I did not have to be at my computer at a certain time. Quite different from my childrens' teachers having to be not only physically in class teaching X amount of students in the classroom but make sure Y amount of students are online/listening AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. Then turn around and do Y in person and X online the next day. I only had a couple classes where it was live time recording and they were just as big a PITA as what is going on with the elementary school. The kids that were remote had to be in designated classrooms in their school and watch the lecture. There were many sessions that were interrupted on our end to attend to IT problems or discipline problems on their end. I am so glad for Utah that they seem to be the pinnacle of advanced civilization in everything from handling the pandemic to working from home to schooling but the rest of us mere mortals don't live in Utah. Guess all the rest of us are just too stupid to live on. Oh and it's not liberal tree huggers here that expect us to have our asses in our seats 40 hours a week. It's 60+ year old white men, so baby boomers, that grew up with the belief that how long your butt is at your desk is how productive you are and they refuse to acknowledge things can be different. There has been a huge push in Omaha to start making people come back into the office to be "more productive". A liberal tree hugger is a unicorn around here. Awesome for you and Utah that apparently every employee is able to stand their ground, demand WFH and get it without backlash but the rest of us don't live in your world some of us have to decide to pick our battles. And I live and work in RED states. So don't try to say it's because of blue states. But please don't let me distract from a good humblebrag.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 15:29:55 GMT -5
I don't completely disagree with you but I want to point out that there may not have been much time before hand to figure it out. For example, this fall instead of having the normal back to school workshop week to prepare, I had to do additional trainings on COVID, health and safety, learn the new protocols on social distancing, re-arrange desks, take down all items, change all lesson plans to accommodate a change to block scheduling. In addition there are multiple systems to learn; Zoom, Google Meets, Schoology, Loom, Flip grid, Padlet, Nearpod. It isn't just as simple as learn on your own time when you aren't given the time to do so before school starts. It isn't appropriate for teachers to take out their lack of planning on their students but at this point everyone should be patient and giving grace as we figure this out. On the one hand, the teachers had all summer to prepare for this. On the other hand, schools often force teachers to use the most glitchy, overly complicated, unreliable software imaginable. And you have no way of knowing if the teachers have reliable PCs to work on. Oh, wait! You guys (not you in particular) have always argued that teachers only work 9 months a year but get paid for 12. You can't have it both ways. I'm retired so I don't even really know how it's being done. But part of the problem is that teachers here are being forced to juggle. It's not either/or for them. They are teaching virtually and bricks-and-mortar at the same time . . . plus with a ton of safety protocols including disinfecting (one canister of wipes for the year, which is not a joke). And as Cyanne says, there are a ton of different systems to learn. Many teachers are in over their heads.
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Post by raeoflyte on Sept 25, 2020 16:36:27 GMT -5
Our district specifically pulled online students into a separate program, district wide, but no overlap with in person classes. So the kids dont get to see many kids or (any) teachers they know if they went with the online option, but I think makes for a much better experience for everyone than trying to do both simultaneously.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 17:29:58 GMT -5
Our district specifically pulled online students into a separate program, district wide, but no overlap with in person classes. So the kids dont get to see many kids or (any) teachers they know if they went with the online option, but I think makes for a much better experience for everyone than trying to do both simultaneously. I agree. Our system here said everyone could switch back-and-forth every 9 weeks. So there aren't really dedicated virtual teachers. There are teachers trying to juggle both because when a student reenter or exits, they have to be at the same place. To make it worse, the brick-and-mortar kids are split into groups with them only going 2 days a week and virtual the other 3. I am so glad I don't have to do ANY of that. Our district had a strong online presence before the pandemic so it is probably ok. But I just don't wanna. And I don't hafta.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 25, 2020 17:36:18 GMT -5
We have a 100% virtual that is a separate company contracted with the school.
If you opted for hybrid you kid attends via Google classroom with their district. The teachers live record as they teach the in person class.
From what I remember of similar classes when I was in HS and college they had the same problems with technology probably more in comparison to today and issues with behavior in the remote classrooms.
And this wasn't all kids being expected to do it at home. In the good ole days it was a given most houses didn't have internet. Now the schools have to figure out how to online educate more than just a privileged few. Most of our system's summer was spent figuring out just how to get everyone internet access.
Add onto that all the other stuff they have to do now to protect themselves and the, ids from the virus. Do we need to dog on them and act like six months was enough when we got private companies who haven't managed to figure it Out? Why are teachers expected to but not Tyson?
My beef is with the 5th grade teacher's personality and I'm pretty sure we'd have the same issue 100% in person she strikes me as that Type A. I don't expect perfection but I do expect no yelling long and loud enough parents join to see what is going on.
Otherwise I feel for her and the other teachers they are winging it just like we are. If we meet state guidelines I'm considering this year a win. They've done their job and I did mine.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Sept 25, 2020 19:55:31 GMT -5
I don't completely disagree with you but I want to point out that there may not have been much time before hand to figure it out. For example, this fall instead of having the normal back to school workshop week to prepare, I had to do additional trainings on COVID, health and safety, learn the new protocols on social distancing, re-arrange desks, take down all items, change all lesson plans to accommodate a change to block scheduling. In addition there are multiple systems to learn; Zoom, Google Meets, Schoology, Loom, Flip grid, Padlet, Nearpod. It isn't just as simple as learn on your own time when you aren't given the time to do so before school starts. It isn't appropriate for teachers to take out their lack of planning on their students but at this point everyone should be patient and giving grace as we figure this out. On the one hand, the teachers had all summer to prepare for this. On the other hand, schools often force teachers to use the most glitchy, overly complicated, unreliable software imaginable. And you have no way of knowing if the teachers have reliable PCs to work on. That's a bit harsh. I've tried to stay out of this thread because I attempt to accept that non-educators need a place to vent about schools and government policy which actually comes out as being frustrated with educators.
Most states didn't decide what the plans were for returning to school until late in August. How is one supposed to prepare when there is no way to plan for it? And I take issue with "schools force teachers". Really? Schools are inanimate objects. They're run by educators. Educators can be teachers or administrators. And I will have words for anyone who implies I'm not a teacher simply because I have an administrative license also. We're doing the best we can.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Sept 25, 2020 19:56:43 GMT -5
We have a 100% virtual that is a separate company contracted with the school. If you opted for hybrid you kid attends via Google classroom with their district. The teachers live record as they teach the in person class. From what I remember of similar classes when I was in HS and college they had the same problems with technology probably more in comparison to today and issues with behavior in the remote classrooms. And this wasn't all kids being expected to do it at home. In the good ole days it was a given most houses didn't have internet. Now the schools have to figure out how to online educate more than just a privileged few. Most of our system's summer was spent figuring out just how to get everyone internet access. Add onto that all the other stuff they have to do now to protect themselves and the, ids from the virus. Do we need to dog on them and act like six months was enough when we got private companies who haven't managed to figure it Out? Why are teachers expected to but not Tyson?
My beef is with the 5th grade teacher's personality and I'm pretty sure we'd have the same issue 100% in person she strikes me as that Type A. I don't expect perfection but I do expect no yelling long and loud enough parents join to see what is going on.Otherwise I feel for her and the other teachers they are winging it just like we are. If we meet state guidelines I'm considering this year a win. They've done their job and I did mine. That's not Type A. That's just bitchy.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Sept 25, 2020 19:59:53 GMT -5
DD16's public school has completed 9 weeks already. They started hybrid, then went to full attendance, with the option from the beginning to go virtual. We chose virtual, along with about 20% of the student body. Although this may have been much higher, but 40% of our students do not have capable home internet service. She takes 4 classes through a contractor that the school chose, 1 dual enrollment from a local CC, and one from the local Uni - all online. Here's the thing - they are letting the virtual students choose every 9 weeks if they will remain virtual or come on to school. We have about a week to decide if she is going to attend in person now. They have done a good job managing Covid, and they post the results weekly (even though our state does not require them to report anything). It was hard enough the first time, but we're right back to decision time again. In my building, we're letting distance-only learners reconsider coming in every five weeks. I've just spent two weeks scheduling students by hand. My brain and my eyes get a four-week break now.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Sept 25, 2020 20:02:56 GMT -5
Our district specifically pulled online students into a separate program, district wide, but no overlap with in person classes. So the kids dont get to see many kids or (any) teachers they know if they went with the online option, but I think makes for a much better experience for everyone than trying to do both simultaneously. And our state announced that separating kids like that wasn't equitable. Distance learners at a traditional school are supposed to be "in" the regular classroom with the kids who are physically there. I don't know if I agree or disagree with that because the state made the decision, and I otherwise have more than enough decision fatigue . It's just another example how there are sooo many versions of how states and districts are approaching all of this craziness.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Sept 25, 2020 20:06:46 GMT -5
To all you all you teachers out there, doing the online instruction could open some doors for you. I know several people who have side hustles doing online education, both for students in this country and also teaching students in other countries English. I don't have time for a side hustle, and I'm already good at online education--as a student, as a teacher, and as an administrator. This is incredibly stressful right now. I know you don't seem to think it is, and I know you've acknowledged that hybrid teachers have the right to struggle. I'm getting confused as to your meaning towards educators. Maybe it's because I'm exhausted.
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Post by jeffreymo on Sept 25, 2020 20:51:29 GMT -5
Our school just completed the 3rd full week of in person at about 60% capacity - the others are virtual full time.
Still zero cases amongst students, faculty, guests.
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Post by irishpad on Sept 25, 2020 21:11:11 GMT -5
To all you all you teachers out there, doing the online instruction could open some doors for you. I know several people who have side hustles doing online education, both for students in this country and also teaching students in other countries English. I don't have time for a side hustle, and I'm already good at online education--as a student, as a teacher, and as an administrator. This is incredibly stressful right now. I know you don't seem to think it is, and I know you've acknowledged that hybrid teachers have the right to struggle. I'm getting confused as to your meaning towards educators. Maybe it's because I'm exhausted. Knee Deep in Water Chloe you and all teachers, administrators, other school staff are the superheros of our day. Thank you for all the work and extra effort you are doing to make the education of our children possible!
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Post by jerseygirl on Sept 25, 2020 21:32:05 GMT -5
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Post by raeoflyte on Sept 26, 2020 6:41:50 GMT -5
Our district specifically pulled online students into a separate program, district wide, but no overlap with in person classes. So the kids dont get to see many kids or (any) teachers they know if they went with the online option, but I think makes for a much better experience for everyone than trying to do both simultaneously. And our state announced that separating kids like that wasn't equitable. Distance learners at a traditional school are supposed to be "in" the regular classroom with the kids who are physically there. I don't know if I agree or disagree with that because the state made the decision, and I otherwise have more than enough decision fatigue . It's just another example how there are sooo many versions of how states and districts are approaching all of this craziness. That seems odd to me, but there definitely are a ton of differences between states and even districts. I guess I can see where the logic to separate the different learning types could be misapplied to other areas in the future and maybe this is a pre-emptive way to avoid it. But families had the choice in person or online so I really think having instructors dedicated to the kids in class or on screen would be better for everyone.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Sept 26, 2020 9:35:08 GMT -5
And our state announced that separating kids like that wasn't equitable. Distance learners at a traditional school are supposed to be "in" the regular classroom with the kids who are physically there. I don't know if I agree or disagree with that because the state made the decision, and I otherwise have more than enough decision fatigue . It's just another example how there are sooo many versions of how states and districts are approaching all of this craziness. That seems odd to me, but there definitely are a ton of differences between states and even districts. I guess I can see where the logic to separate the different learning types could be misapplied to other areas in the future and maybe this is a pre-emptive way to avoid it. But families had the choice in person or online so I really think having instructors dedicated to the kids in class or on screen would be better for everyone. Again, I'm not interested in debating anyone. I'm just explaining. Also, I don't think you were debating/arguing--just continuing the conversation. I just want to be overly-clear about my intentions in participating in this thread. Not everyone feels like they have the choice as to whether or not they can attend in person. Children who are medically fragile may have to stay home. If they're used to interacting with students on a daily basis and now they can't because the risk of COVID is too high for them to be out in public, our state education department says its not fair to socially exclude them. I'm so tired--even after having slept most of the night--that I couldn't think of the word exclude. All I could come up with was disclude. Took me at least 30 seconds to remember the correct prefix.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2020 9:57:15 GMT -5
I just want to be overly-clear about my intentions in participating in this thread. Not everyone feels like they have the choice as to whether or not they can attend in person. Children who are medically fragile may have to stay home. If they're used to interacting with students on a daily basis and now they can't because the risk of COVID is too high for them to be out in public, our state education department says its not fair to socially exclude them. I'm so tired--even after having slept most of the night--that I couldn't think of the word exclude. All I could come up with was disclude. Took me at least 30 seconds to remember the correct prefix. Chloe, I really appreciate your explanations. I don't have a direct stake in public schooling- my grandchildren are home-schooled- but I'm a taxpayer and after this is over (please, God, soon) we'll all need to take a fresh look at the public school system- what aspects of the forced changes worked, what didn't work, what we've learned, who mismanaged it and who did the best they could given ever-changing information and short time frames, even if the result wasn't perfect.
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Post by raeoflyte on Sept 26, 2020 10:14:57 GMT -5
That seems odd to me, but there definitely are a ton of differences between states and even districts. I guess I can see where the logic to separate the different learning types could be misapplied to other areas in the future and maybe this is a pre-emptive way to avoid it. But families had the choice in person or online so I really think having instructors dedicated to the kids in class or on screen would be better for everyone. Again, I'm not interested in debating anyone. I'm just explaining. Also, I don't think you were debating/arguing--just continuing the conversation. I just want to be overly-clear about my intentions in participating in this thread. Not everyone feels like they have the choice as to whether or not they can attend in person. Children who are medically fragile may have to stay home. If they're used to interacting with students on a daily basis and now they can't because the risk of COVID is too high for them to be out in public, our state education department says its not fair to socially exclude them. I'm so tired--even after having slept most of the night--that I couldn't think of the word exclude. All I could come up with was disclude. Took me at least 30 seconds to remember the correct prefix. I definitely agree that it sucks to not get even screentime with your friends under our system. And you bring up a good point about choice. Everything this year has been choosing between equally bad options.
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 27, 2020 12:08:58 GMT -5
My kids find a raw red onion in the street and play with it for a full 18 minutes while I answer emails on my phone. That is so hilarious, and so terrible all at the same time.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Sept 27, 2020 12:21:27 GMT -5
My kids find a raw red onion in the street and play with it for a full 18 minutes while I answer emails on my phone. That is so hilarious, and so terrible all at the same time. IKR? It's so random, it had to have really happened.
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Post by formerroomate99 on Sept 28, 2020 16:27:08 GMT -5
On the one hand, the teachers had all summer to prepare for this. On the other hand, schools often force teachers to use the most glitchy, overly complicated, unreliable software imaginable. And you have no way of knowing if the teachers have reliable PCs to work on. That's a bit harsh. I've tried to stay out of this thread because I attempt to accept that non-educators need a place to vent about schools and government policy which actually comes out as being frustrated with educators.
Most states didn't decide what the plans were for returning to school until late in August. How is one supposed to prepare when there is no way to plan for it? And I take issue with "schools force teachers". Really? Schools are inanimate objects. They're run by educators. Educators can be teachers or administrators. And I will have words for anyone who implies I'm not a teacher simply because I have an administrative license also. We're doing the best we can. You’re right. It’s completely unrealistic to expect someone to instantly become an expert in some software because their employer waited until the last second to tell them what they were going to be using. In that case, the only thing a teacher could do would be to learn the methods of doing online instruction and online classroom management, which are very different animal than doing it in person. Some of the tools the teachers in my school district are being forced to use are unnecessarily glitchy and complicated. I’ve been working from home for several years, so I know for a fact that there are better tools out there. The fact that the teachers are being forced to use crappy tools causes a lot of unnecessary frustration in an already frustrating situation, and I feel bad for them.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 28, 2020 16:39:43 GMT -5
We finally said something about Gwen's teacher. We had both kids stay home today as a precaution and the office told us that was totally fine.
So Gwen attended online. The teacher put her on the spot asking why she was online instead of in class. Gwen told her and she dismissed it saying Gwen probably forgot to show up. Yes we heard it.
DH went to get Gwen's workbook at the school and had words with the office. He said based on the reaction we're likely not the first parents to complain about her.
Next step he told them is we meet with the principal. We tried being gracious and assuming it was stress, now DH has made one comment in person. Next time we do it my way. She's going to meet her match if we have to do it my way.
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Post by formerroomate99 on Sept 28, 2020 16:52:38 GMT -5
Drama, sorry you’re having such a hard time with your kids schooling. And I agree with you that expecting teachers to be teaching and in person class, and a bunch of kids online simultaneously sounds like the seventh circle of hell. My oldest child school is doing just that, but he’s in junior high in a technology charter school. Both the teachers and students are much more technologically savvy. Forcing this on an ordinary elementary school seems incredibly difficult.
By the way, the point I was making about the tree huggers and working from home is that I don’t remember seeing environmentalist putting a lot of pressure on employers to allow their employees to work from home. Instead, they accepted without question the idea that all office workers have to go into the office. Had environmentalist pushed for more working from home, they could’ve prevented a lot of fossil fuel use without asking anyone to destroy their quality-of-life.
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 28, 2020 17:39:34 GMT -5
Drama, sorry you’re having such a hard time with your kids schooling. And I agree with you that expecting teachers to be teaching and in person class, and a bunch of kids online simultaneously sounds like the seventh circle of hell. My oldest child school is doing just that, but he’s in junior high in a technology charter school. Both the teachers and students are much more technologically savvy. Forcing this on an ordinary elementary school seems incredibly difficult. By the way, the point I was making about the tree huggers and working from home is that I don’t remember seeing environmentalist putting a lot of pressure on employers to allow their employees to work from home. Instead, they accepted without question the idea that all office workers have to go into the office. Had environmentalist pushed for more working from home, they could’ve prevented a lot of fossil fuel use without asking anyone to destroy their quality-of-life. The first few weeks in lock down, I had never seen the sky so blue. It smelled so good outside. I had no idea I was living in **that much** pollution. It has been creeping up ever since. But, I agree that now that we have all worked from home, I won't be surprised if we never all work a mandatory full office 40 again. I think the real lesson is that anyone trying to save the world goes after the common man, asking them for changes and sacrifices. Thry don't bother asking industries and companies because they know fighting against corporate America is a losing battle. If every home consumer did half of what was asked of them, the world wouldn't get much better. If 15 corporations did half of what they should, there would be significant progress.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2020 18:30:12 GMT -5
One of the things I have seen with the pandemic is kids out playing again in the parks and neighborhood. I think that's fantastic. The world needs more of that.
I also see couples walking their dogs way more than they otherwise likely would.
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Post by formerroomate99 on Sept 28, 2020 18:44:42 GMT -5
To all you all you teachers out there, doing the online instruction could open some doors for you. I know several people who have side hustles doing online education, both for students in this country and also teaching students in other countries English. I don't have time for a side hustle, and I'm already good at online education--as a student, as a teacher, and as an administrator. This is incredibly stressful right now. I know you don't seem to think it is, and I know you've acknowledged that hybrid teachers have the right to struggle. I'm getting confused as to your meaning towards educators. Maybe it's because I'm exhausted. Chloe, I never said this wasn’t going to be a difficult year for teachers. My only criticism was that they had all summer to get familiar with whatever tools they were using, and shouldn’t expect the district to spoonfeed them when there’s plenty of free training on the Internet. But even that statement assumes that teachers were told in advance what tools they would actually be using. I’ve spent the last 20 years being expected to learn new skills on my own time and on my own dime, but I’ve never done well in situations where they expect me to do several months worth of training in a couple of days. I don’t know where you’re getting the idea that I would expect anyone to instantly become an expert in some software they were told they would be using at the last minute, or that teaching and in person class while simultaneously teaching an online class with tools you’re not familiar with is going to be a walk in the park. And yes, I did dare to mention that colleges have been successfully teaching hybrid classes for years, and it’s not a new thing. But colleges have had decades to work out the kinks, and they’re teaching adults. Everybody knows this.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2020 15:29:39 GMT -5
It would be nice if as a country we trusted the CDC and scientists on safety of opening schools. I guess we no longer do. I can't believe people are willing to sacrifice their children and lives to the Brokahontas's lies and bullshit. "Washington — Top White House officials over the summer pressured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to downplay the risk of the coronavirus among young people and encourage the reopening of schools, according to two former CDC officials who were at the agency at the time. The Times also reported that Birx pushed the CDC to include data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency inside the Department of Health and Human Services, which said that extended school closures could affect children's mental health and argued that transmission of the virus among family members was low. The Times obtained an email from Birx to CDC Director Robert Redfield asking him to incorporate the document as "background" in CDC guidance for reopening schools.President Trump over the summer repeatedly argued that schools should be reopened for in-person learning. At an event in July, he said "we want to get them open quickly, beautifully, in the fall." A second former CDC official involved in writing the guidelines told CBS News that Birx was influential in shaping the message surrounding schools reopening, and pushed to focus on the risk factors involved for kids if they stayed home instead of the risks linked to going back to class. This official said that the White House was "slicing and dicing our data to fit its narrative."This person said that CDC scientists were most alarmed by the "preamble" to guidance posted on the website, which stressed the potential negative impact on children if schools did not reopen quickly. While the CDC had incorporated some of the data about that into their own guidelines, they were against making it the top focus." www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-pressured-cdc-reopening-schools-new-york-times/
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Post by raeoflyte on Sept 29, 2020 17:40:51 GMT -5
It would be nice if as a country we trusted the CDC and scientists on safety of opening schools. I guess we no longer do. I can't believe people are willing to sacrifice their children and lives to the Brokahontas's lies and bullshit. "Washington — Top White House officials over the summer pressured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to downplay the risk of the coronavirus among young people and encourage the reopening of schools, according to two former CDC officials who were at the agency at the time. The Times also reported that Birx pushed the CDC to include data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency inside the Department of Health and Human Services, which said that extended school closures could affect children's mental health and argued that transmission of the virus among family members was low. The Times obtained an email from Birx to CDC Director Robert Redfield asking him to incorporate the document as "background" in CDC guidance for reopening schools.President Trump over the summer repeatedly argued that schools should be reopened for in-person learning. At an event in July, he said "we want to get them open quickly, beautifully, in the fall." A second former CDC official involved in writing the guidelines told CBS News that Birx was influential in shaping the message surrounding schools reopening, and pushed to focus on the risk factors involved for kids if they stayed home instead of the risks linked to going back to class. This official said that the White House was "slicing and dicing our data to fit its narrative."This person said that CDC scientists were most alarmed by the "preamble" to guidance posted on the website, which stressed the potential negative impact on children if schools did not reopen quickly. While the CDC had incorporated some of the data about that into their own guidelines, they were against making it the top focus." www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-pressured-cdc-reopening-schools-new-york-times/Not everyone has the option to keep kids home. It doesn't mean they're sacrificing their kids for Trump. Even if they CAN stay home, putting the kids in the online only option is incredible time consuming and difficult for many kids and parents. We were able to keep our kids home this year and not do the schools online option which I'm very grateful for. But the kids school is doing everything they can to keep the kids safe, and with class sizes down to 12 - 15 per class its pretty feasible.
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wvugurl26
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Post by wvugurl26 on Sept 29, 2020 17:45:27 GMT -5
Good luck drama!!
She's still a child it is the parents responsibility to get her to school so that bs about she forgot to show up is uncalled for. I hope they are listening to parent complaints and you don't have to go crazy on her.
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formerroomate99
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Post by formerroomate99 on Sept 29, 2020 18:14:03 GMT -5
Looking at the data in my state, 90% of the Covid cases in the school-age crowd are high school students. Some of the high schools that have had big breakouts have gone online. I wish they would just have all the non special ed high school kids go online.
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