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Our School Reopening Plans

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  • LuFins DadL Offline
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    LuFins Dad
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    #9

    And that lasted all of two weeks.

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    The Brad

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      • LuFins DadL Offline
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        #11

        In other words, the teacher’s union won.

        The Brad

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        • CopperC Offline
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          Copper
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          #12

          unless physical distancing and face covering recommendations are implemented with extremely high levels of consistency

          Yup, the teachers won more days at home with pay for doing nothing

          Because covid

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          • jon-nycJ Offline
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            jon-nyc
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            #13

            I do hope you enjoyed it while it lasted.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • 89th8 Offline
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              89th
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              #14

              Not to plug it again, but the NYT’s podcast The Daily had a good episode about school reopenings. Link below.

              Anyway, @LuFins-Dad looks like Fairfax County is doing the same. The ripple effect this has throughout the region and workplaces is enormous!

              https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000485711785

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              • CopperC Copper

                unless physical distancing and face covering recommendations are implemented with extremely high levels of consistency

                Yup, the teachers won more days at home with pay for doing nothing

                Because covid

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                #15

                @Copper said in Our School Reopening Plans:

                unless physical distancing and face covering recommendations are implemented with extremely high levels of consistency

                Yup, the teachers won more days at home with pay for doing nothing

                Because covid

                Not sure this is true for all school districts in the US. In talking with some friends, the school may have remote learning, but the teachers are required to be in the building to do the remote teaching. For them, it will be a regular day schedule.

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                • CopperC Offline
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                  #16

                  Right, every State, City and County make their own rules.

                  And the feds can threaten to take away money when they want to make some rules.

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                  • HoraceH Offline
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                    Horace
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                    #17

                    Our Japanese foreign exchange student is coming in three weeks to stay with us again. Not clear why. As far as I know, she'll be taking online classes from her room here, rather than doing so from her room in Japan. But we'll take the money.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                    • CopperC Copper

                      Right, every State, City and County make their own rules.

                      And the feds can threaten to take away money when they want to make some rules.

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                      Rainman
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                      #18

                      @Copper said in Our School Reopening Plans:

                      Right, every State, City and County make their own rules.

                      And the feds can threaten to take away money when they want to make some rules.

                      True, Copper. But don't forget the average percentage from the feds is around 12%, mostly going towards Title I. So, it's not huge.

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                      • CopperC Copper

                        unless physical distancing and face covering recommendations are implemented with extremely high levels of consistency

                        Yup, the teachers won more days at home with pay for doing nothing

                        Because covid

                        OptimisticO Offline
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                        Optimistic
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                        #19

                        @Copper Sorry to hear you have such a low opinion of teachers, Copper. All the teachers I know are working harder than ever to make learning still happen, no matter what situation we find ourselves in.

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                        • CopperC Offline
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                          Copper
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                          Teachers that aren’t teaching aren’t teachers.

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                          • CopperC Copper

                            Teachers that aren’t teaching aren’t teachers.

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                            Optimistic
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                            @Copper Do you consider virtual learning programs teaching?

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                              #22

                              I'm not really familiar with all of them.

                              I imagine they go anywhere from 100% live teaching to 0% live teaching.

                              Calling the ones that are 0% live teaching and just playing canned videos teaching would be a stretch.

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                              • 89th8 Offline
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                                I doubt many teachers are doing that, @Copper

                                All of the teachers I know are working their ass off to teach, whether online or in person. And most say online is way harder and exhausting. This includes my mom who, somehow (?), teaches special ed students. She actually had a medical incident due to the stress involved in trying to successfully teach April.

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                                • 89th8 89th

                                  I doubt many teachers are doing that, @Copper

                                  All of the teachers I know are working their ass off to teach, whether online or in person. And most say online is way harder and exhausting. This includes my mom who, somehow (?), teaches special ed students. She actually had a medical incident due to the stress involved in trying to successfully teach April.

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                                  @89th said in Our School Reopening Plans:

                                  I doubt many teachers are doing that, @Copper

                                  All of the teachers I know are working their ass off to teach, whether online or in person. And most say online is way harder and exhausting. This includes my mom who, somehow (?), teaches special ed students. She actually had a medical incident due to the stress involved in trying to successfully teach April.

                                  Your mom's still teaching?? I'm not surprised about the stress, it's rough for teachers right now, too. Your mom okay?

                                  Please love yourself.

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                                  • 89th8 Offline
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                                    Yup, she’s retiring next spring though (planned before COVID, it’s just odd her last year will be virtual). She’s fine, thanks for asking. Docs think it was a mini stroke of some sort...this was back when teachers were scrambling to learn online teaching technology, and particularly tough as my mom had to also update all of her special ed students’ individual education plans as well. Combine that with an unhealthy amount of screen time (teaching), just a bad combo of events!

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                                    • 89th8 89th

                                      Yup, she’s retiring next spring though (planned before COVID, it’s just odd her last year will be virtual). She’s fine, thanks for asking. Docs think it was a mini stroke of some sort...this was back when teachers were scrambling to learn online teaching technology, and particularly tough as my mom had to also update all of her special ed students’ individual education plans as well. Combine that with an unhealthy amount of screen time (teaching), just a bad combo of events!

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                                      Rainman
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                                      #26

                                      @89th said in Our School Reopening Plans:

                                      Yup, she’s retiring next spring though (planned before COVID, it’s just odd her last year will be virtual). She’s fine, thanks for asking. Docs think it was a mini stroke of some sort...this was back when teachers were scrambling to learn online teaching technology, and particularly tough as my mom had to also update all of her special ed students’ individual education plans as well. Combine that with an unhealthy amount of screen time (teaching), just a bad combo of events!

                                      I tip my hat to your mom, 89th. Great teachers are worth their weight in gold. And there is nothing more difficult than being a special ed teacher, let alone the paperwork for IEP's. Always underfunded. Hell hath no fury like a special ed student's mom, demanding and demanding, knowing that screaming loud enough is the best way to elicit beneficial change for her kid. And if that doesn't work, threaten a lawsuit.
                                      I don't understand how someone like your mom can put up with that level of stress, for so many years.

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                                        Thanks @Rainman and you’re right. My mom has often talked about how the parents of special ed parents are usually either very kind and thankful, or unsatisfyingly demanding. Yes I made up that adverb.

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                                          89th, your mom may have a tendency for TIAs, the small strokes. This one could have been the warning shot. Please have her do everything her doctor says to prevent any more of these. They can gradually, or quickly, result in permanent damage and loss of mental functions. It would be tragic for her and your family. She sounds like a lovely woman. 🙂

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