Ugh. These are not hard questions to answer on an individual school level. Obviously specials teachers and office staff should be covering for lunch or in the event of an emergency substitute. Windows should be open and doors should be closed. Children will be socially distanced because they will be in their seats.
I'm not a denier. Covid is real. But the risk for 15 healthy, masked people to share a room for 6 hours a couple of times a week is not a high one. They've been doing it in Europe and Asia just fine. The problem is bars, restaurants and partying--people talking and eating face to face, especially if they have been drinking and thus are sloppy. That doesn't describe the NYC back-to-school plan.
Covid is here to stay. We need to start reimagining our world and the first should be to get kids back into school buildings in places where the active infection rate is low.
I have a little sympathy for them and they are just whining. The rate of infections are low and they are increasing disparities with their stonewalling. They are not trying to come up with solutions but are offering barriers.
The irony that this group says they are committed to equity. Remote school will contribute enormously to inequity. It sucks for all kids but some have resources to make up for it.
Sigh. I think we need to come to terms with the fact that in-person re-opening just isn't happening.
I hope people can finally stop accusing teachers of being lazy and not wanting to work.
Ugh. These are not hard questions to answer on an individual school level. Obviously specials teachers and office staff should be covering for lunch or in the event of an emergency substitute. Windows should be open and doors should be closed. Children will be socially distanced because they will be in their seats.
I'm not a denier. Covid is real. But the risk for 15 healthy, masked people to share a room for 6 hours a couple of times a week is not a high one. They've been doing it in Europe and Asia just fine. The problem is bars, restaurants and partying--people talking and eating face to face, especially if they have been drinking and thus are sloppy. That doesn't describe the NYC back-to-school plan.
Covid is here to stay. We need to start reimagining our world and the first should be to get kids back into school buildings in places where the active infection rate is low.
https://www.wral.com/europe-is-going-back-to-school-despite-recent-virus-surge/19256391/
I have a little sympathy for them and they are just whining. The rate of infections are low and they are increasing disparities with their stonewalling. They are not trying to come up with solutions but are offering barriers.
The irony that this group says they are committed to equity. Remote school will contribute enormously to inequity. It sucks for all kids but some have resources to make up for it.
I just can't with this anymore. I'm so angry. I have to stop reading these things and just accept that school isn't going to happen this year.
@ Anonymous . Same. It's driving me batty. I need to get on the stick and hire a tutor for my 5th grader, and forget about school.
TLDR
What's "TLDR"?
@Anonymous "Too Long Didn't Read"