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Back to school in the time of Covid
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There is no safe way to open schools in the current environment.
Obviously, they didn't catch Covid at school because the incubation period is longer than one day. Nevertheless, the student did expose the other students, teacher(s) and staff.
clearly, but an entire classroom and now a teacher is out for 2 weeks on quarantine. This is not sustainable
I'm not really sure what to do about daycare at this point. Leaning toward sending him back. My thought process is the risk of getting exposed by daycare and the risk of being exposed by a nanny over a 6 month period are probably about the same at this point. No daycare and no nanny for another 6 months isn't an option.
our daughter starts back tuesday. it's a fairly small class with no interaction with other classes and they are in their own building.
we are crossing our fingers, but we don't really have any child care options other than that.
our back up is to park her in our conference room if they have to go virtual and do our best.
Yeah that really isn't an option with a 2.5 yr old. I'd have to get a padded room installed.
hell, we are probably going to have to do the same with our 9 year old.
and i consider us lucky, because at least we have that option
I'm not sure what the answer is, honestly.
Memphis city schools decided to go 100% virtual - the problem is a huge portion of Memphis school children are from single-parent households and many of them don't have computers / devices at home (or even full time internet). They're trying to figure out how to broadcast the lessons OTA via local TV stations but even that will leave gaps. And that doesn't even touch the parent(s) of say a six and eight year old that both HAVE to work to just get by - are we expecting those kids to take care of themselves, learn by themselves, etc?
I'm not advocating opening the schools, as it's obvious what's going to happen, but for people who struggle financially, virtual isn't necessarily a possibility.
Memphis city schools decided to go 100% virtual - the problem is a huge portion of Memphis school children are from single-parent households and many of them don't have computers / devices at home (or even full time internet). They're trying to figure out how to broadcast the lessons OTA via local TV stations but even that will leave gaps. And that doesn't even touch the parent(s) of say a six and eight year old that both HAVE to work to just get by - are we expecting those kids to take care of themselves, learn by themselves, etc?
I'm not advocating opening the schools, as it's obvious what's going to happen, but for people who struggle financially, virtual isn't necessarily a possibility.
unfortunately, our collective inaction and the rush to "open up" in april/may left us with no good options vis a vis schools.
Not to mention that the poor are often under-represented. We home school, so it doesn't affect us, but many of those who live near us want the kids to go back to school because they need both incomes to have that extra car, the boat, the jet ski, the lake house, etc. And these people are the ones who donate to candidates running for office.
No one seems to care that this will further hinder those trying to climb out of poverty via education.
my 19 year old decided wisely to not go back to campus in the fall to sit in her dorm room and do virtual classes. To keep her from going out of her mind she is now taking care of my cousin's 3 year old as they also have a 2 month old and have to get back to work. Have had a 3 year old in the house this week and cannot imagine doing it without a break and working
This is unfortunately the case. Atrocious leadership from Trump and the GOP has killed tens of thousands of Americans and stranded this nation in a no-win scenario as the school-year resumes and flu season peeks around the corner. Meanwhile, our friends in Europe made the hard choices and are now restarting normal life.
COVID has only magnified the wealth gap in this country, as even basic work-from-home capabilities requires a certain level of affluence. Add unexpected child care expenses on top of that for "essential" low-wage workers who've relied on public schooling, and a significant percentage of the population isn't going to be able to make this work without financial assistance that the GOP seems unwilling to give.
Yeah the padded room would be for me.
To Charmin's point, we can afford to pay $15-$20/hr for someone to watch our kid here. Problem is we waited too long to figure out what we were doing when our summer nanny left. Then all schools announced virtual and everyone and anyone who was a nanny/full time babysitter got hired to run in home virtual schools for parents. I'm kind of thinking we do daycare now and see how it goes when Fulton opens up. A lot of those people will be available for hire then if we don't like how daycare is going.
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we are going to see a ton of these stories
abcnews.go.com
Students at school touted by Pence for reopening must quarantine due to COVID-19
Students at school touted by Mike Pence for reopening must quarantine after positive COVID-19 test
abcnews.go.com
These Tennessee school districts are already reporting COVID-19 cases after reopening
Just weeks after schools reopened, some have already closed due to reported COVID-19 cases among staff, students.
www.tennessean.com
Neither masks nor social distancing required | First look inside Georgia's schools
A district spokesperson told 11Alive that masks are not required, but are strongly encouraged and recommended.
www.11alive.com
Picture from article, smh-
Neither masks nor social distancing required | First look inside Georgia's schools
A district spokesperson told 11Alive that masks are not required, but are strongly encouraged and recommended.
Picture from article, smh-
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all of the schools in that article are within 15 miles of me
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