All remote until end of September and then sloooow phase in of all grades so that all grades will be in person in mid October. The reasons they gave sounded lame to me..
Also, I don't know who writes their communications, but "copious" community building? LOLOLOL. Seems like a person who has never read a book and tries to make up for it by using the thesaurus function on Word.
So this! They went 180 from in person prioritizing youngest boys to no in person and youngest boys last. By mid Oct the schools will either be closed or about to close. Not. Happy.
Agree, what is the point of having a new huge building with state of the art filtration (which by the way is in the worst, most difficult part of the city to get to) if you are not going to open it? These schools are so lazy and they are clearly keeping fingers crossed that things go badly at other schools that do open so they have an excuse to never show up. Just kicking the can down the road, with really poor communication to families.
@anonymous it seems that at a lot of these private schools that are now saying that they wont open even though they said they would its because the teachers are backing out
I'm a NP but I agree. The far left and far right have politicized everything so much that going back to school seems to signal that you believe in Trump. If you watch CNN you are bombarded with scary COVID news and how the Trump admin is putting lives at risk by forcing schools to open. I'm a NYC liberal, but the science says NYC schools should open (with proper protocols). Cuomo is too scared of pissing off the teacher's union to take a stronger stand but this is going to set NY even farther back. You now have all the Private school parents staying in second homes and in other states with the only upside to them being that they don't have to pay NYC (and in some cases NYS) taxes. NY is setting itself up for a huge financial hit just because they don't want to agree with Trump.
I agree that preschools are not as difficult as ongoings -- they are smaller, and they are dealing with a less vulnerable population and don't need to figure out masks. Nevertheless, there is no reason why a school in a city with a transmission rate of less than 1% which charges $55,000 in tuition per year and has an endowment approaching $100 million cannot figure this out after having MONTHS to plan. Many schools that have less resources than Collegiate are opening. In my mind, it shows the difference between schools that are mailing it in based on their reputations and schools that will really do the work to serve their communities.
I don’t understand why they need to be remote for three weeks! The reason they gave, which is to get students used to remote is completely stupid bc once they transition from remote To in person all that “practice” wont really be remembered. Especially for the younger kids!
That is a weird reason. Kids need constancy, especially young kids. This seems disruptive. Also, our private will be emphasizing technology lessons in the lower school in Sept-Oct to get the kids ready if they have to switch to remote this winter. Why not just teach the kids in school about the technology rather then forcing them into 3 extra weeks of remote teaching?
Can we also talk about how the proposed schedule has them in front of a screen for around 6 hours or more each day?! How is that healthy for the youngest kids?
It's not healthy at all but that's the reality of remote/online school. It's not a healthy option and it should be used only if there is really no other option, which may well be the case later in the Fall, but is not the case right now. Now is the time to open and the private schools that are not doing so are failing to serve their communities.
All remote until end of September and then sloooow phase in of all grades so that all grades will be in person in mid October. The reasons they gave sounded lame to me..
Idiotic. It took them all summer to ...delay? Transmission rates are only going to worse, not better in NYC. What a copout.
Also, I don't know who writes their communications, but "copious" community building? LOLOLOL. Seems like a person who has never read a book and tries to make up for it by using the thesaurus function on Word.
So this! They went 180 from in person prioritizing youngest boys to no in person and youngest boys last. By mid Oct the schools will either be closed or about to close. Not. Happy.
Agree, what is the point of having a new huge building with state of the art filtration (which by the way is in the worst, most difficult part of the city to get to) if you are not going to open it? These schools are so lazy and they are clearly keeping fingers crossed that things go badly at other schools that do open so they have an excuse to never show up. Just kicking the can down the road, with really poor communication to families.
@anonymous it seems that at a lot of these private schools that are now saying that they wont open even though they said they would its because the teachers are backing out
What was the reason given for youngest last? That's the opposite of what everyone else is doing, and doesn't make sense.
Everything has become totally political at this point. I am 100% sure that as soon as Biden is president, school will go back to normal.
can you explain more in detail what you mean by that?
I'm a NP but I agree. The far left and far right have politicized everything so much that going back to school seems to signal that you believe in Trump. If you watch CNN you are bombarded with scary COVID news and how the Trump admin is putting lives at risk by forcing schools to open. I'm a NYC liberal, but the science says NYC schools should open (with proper protocols). Cuomo is too scared of pissing off the teacher's union to take a stronger stand but this is going to set NY even farther back. You now have all the Private school parents staying in second homes and in other states with the only upside to them being that they don't have to pay NYC (and in some cases NYS) taxes. NY is setting itself up for a huge financial hit just because they don't want to agree with Trump.
Yup, funny how all the super liberal schools aren't going back. But the more mixed politically ones are.
I agree that preschools are not as difficult as ongoings -- they are smaller, and they are dealing with a less vulnerable population and don't need to figure out masks. Nevertheless, there is no reason why a school in a city with a transmission rate of less than 1% which charges $55,000 in tuition per year and has an endowment approaching $100 million cannot figure this out after having MONTHS to plan. Many schools that have less resources than Collegiate are opening. In my mind, it shows the difference between schools that are mailing it in based on their reputations and schools that will really do the work to serve their communities.
Oh, I don’t disagree with you at all.
I don’t understand why they need to be remote for three weeks! The reason they gave, which is to get students used to remote is completely stupid bc once they transition from remote To in person all that “practice” wont really be remembered. Especially for the younger kids!
That is a weird reason. Kids need constancy, especially young kids. This seems disruptive. Also, our private will be emphasizing technology lessons in the lower school in Sept-Oct to get the kids ready if they have to switch to remote this winter. Why not just teach the kids in school about the technology rather then forcing them into 3 extra weeks of remote teaching?
Can we also talk about how the proposed schedule has them in front of a screen for around 6 hours or more each day?! How is that healthy for the youngest kids?
It's not healthy at all but that's the reality of remote/online school. It's not a healthy option and it should be used only if there is really no other option, which may well be the case later in the Fall, but is not the case right now. Now is the time to open and the private schools that are not doing so are failing to serve their communities.
Teachers aren't essential workers after all