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Post by merry27 on Mar 13, 2020 17:45:10 GMT
I think it’s crazy how some are closed for three weeks and the next county over isn’t closing at all. We have had one death in our county and 6 confirmed cases. We live in a heavily populated elderly community (snow birds). Our district just sent out an email saying they have zero plans to close. We are out this week for spring break and school will be open on Monday.
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Post by katlady on Mar 13, 2020 17:48:14 GMT
Schools here are starting to close and combining it with spring break. Many schools here go on spring break in the next two weeks or so, and the closures are lasting about two-three weeks. Kids are getting an extra week off. Some schools are going to online teaching too. My friend is a teacher and they are spending today instructing their kids how to go online and do the assignments.
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Post by finaledition on Mar 13, 2020 17:49:11 GMT
Our district is following the guideline of the county health department and not closing. However, since faster and widespread testing has now become available I am certain that it will change next week for our district and many others. Once the numbers start getting confirmed they will have no choice.
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Post by rodeomom on Mar 13, 2020 17:49:33 GMT
Oklahoma public schools are on spring break starting today and ending on the 20th. So the kids would go back to school on the 23. I guess we will see what things look like then.
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Post by Monica* on Mar 13, 2020 17:50:23 GMT
My sister just told me LAUSD is closing. Over 600K students.
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Post by misadventurous on Mar 13, 2020 18:01:46 GMT
San Diego as well. I'm between LA & SD and would be really surprised if we don't get that same communication by end of day.
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Post by annie on Mar 13, 2020 18:01:54 GMT
Our district told us they're staying open. This is the 3rd largest district in Wisconsin. They also won't do online school because our disadvantaged students don't all have computers. So if we shut down, we shut down with no online, and the missed days would have to be made up. Gah.
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Post by pyccku on Mar 13, 2020 18:02:58 GMT
Our district hasn't officially closed but I expect it. The feeder schools are closed, which means our students will likely stay home to care for little brothers and sisters. Our super did say that they have started making plans for closures of a day, a week, a month or the rest of the year, so it's definitely a possibility.
Before we left on break last week I had a student ask if I thought we would be closing due to the virus. I told him I would say the odds were 50/50 or better based on what I knew so far. He thought I was crazy.
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Post by ghislaine on Mar 13, 2020 18:03:50 GMT
Yes, because once the teachers start getting sick there won't be a choice no matter how stubborn the administration.
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Post by Merge on Mar 13, 2020 18:09:00 GMT
Yes, because once the teachers start getting sick there won't be a choice no matter how stubborn the administration. This. Subs are already scarce in many districts. Does anyone think they're going to be lined up to teach in schools with confirmed cases of the virus? |
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Post by stittsygirl on Mar 13, 2020 18:10:02 GMT
Yes, because once the teachers start getting sick there won't be a choice no matter how stubborn the administration. Exactly. Even if kids aren’t as prone to getting as sick with this virus, we need to protect all of our educators and school staff. We can’t afford to lose any of them. |
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Post by christine58 on Mar 13, 2020 18:10:04 GMT
No.
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Post by lesley on Mar 13, 2020 18:10:42 GMT
I think schools all over the world will end up closing. Apart from possibly Finnish Lapland and the Falklands.
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Post by used2scrap on Mar 13, 2020 18:11:01 GMT
Yes
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Post by breetheflea on Mar 13, 2020 18:13:04 GMT
Ours are still open (SW Washington) but I don't expect that to last long... teachers, paras, office staff, custodians, lunch ladies, bus drivers... Yeah, the kids are not getting it, but what about the adults in all the buildings.
ETA: my neighborhood elementary has 450 kids and 70 teachers and staff. I have no idea about the middle and high school numbers.
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Post by MichyM on Mar 13, 2020 18:13:30 GMT
I think it’s crazy how some are closed for three weeks and the next county over isn’t closing at all. We have had one death in our county and 6 confirmed cases. We live in a heavily populated elderly community (snow birds). Our district just sent out an email saying they have zero plans to close. We are out this week for spring break and school will be open on Monday. Where are you that you're getting a message like that? Just curious. Kids in the Puget Sound region don't go back to school until APRIL 27. |
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Post by stittsygirl on Mar 13, 2020 18:18:22 GMT
I think it’s crazy how some are closed for three weeks and the next county over isn’t closing at all. We have had one death in our county and 6 confirmed cases. We live in a heavily populated elderly community (snow birds). Our district just sent out an email saying they have zero plans to close. We are out this week for spring break and school will be open on Monday. Where are you that you're getting a message like that? Just curious. Kids in the Puget Sound region don't go back to school until APRIL 27. I’m in Tumwater and we haven’t received any school closure notifications for our district, but the Olympia school district right next door is closed until further notice. I think it will take the governor shutting all the schools down for it to happen here. |
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Post by MichyM on Mar 13, 2020 18:20:35 GMT
Where are you that you're getting a message like that? Just curious. Kids in the Puget Sound region don't go back to school until APRIL 27. I’m in Tumwater and we haven’t received any school closure notifications for our district, but the Olympia school district right next door is closed until further notice. I think it will take the governor shutting all the schools down for it to happen here. #MindOfficiallyBoggled |
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Post by maryland on Mar 13, 2020 18:20:48 GMT
Yes, I think all schools will close indefinitely.
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Post by ddly on Mar 13, 2020 18:21:16 GMT
Our principal said today the he thought it would happen at some point. We only have 2 confirmed cases in our state but the government is going into a temporary shut down next week and one of the largest school districts wants to close for a few weeks. We can get a waiver so the days don't have to be made up. In my state we have a statute that states that we can't go to school past June 30th.
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Post by stittsygirl on Mar 13, 2020 18:22:31 GMT
I’m in Tumwater and we haven’t received any school closure notifications for our district, but the Olympia school district right next door is closed until further notice. I think it will take the governor shutting all the schools down for it to happen here. #MindOfficiallyBoggled The district JUST CLOSED, until the 24th. I’m on the phone RIGHT NOW. Funny timing. And good, I’m glad they made the right decision. |
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Post by denda on Mar 13, 2020 18:23:41 GMT
No.
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Post by stingfan on Mar 13, 2020 18:26:13 GMT
The governor shut down WV's schools today indefinitely. And we don't even have one case in the state yet...
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Post by amom23 on Mar 13, 2020 18:26:36 GMT
No I don't think the schools in North Dakota will close.
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Post by ghislaine on Mar 13, 2020 18:28:11 GMT
Our principal said today the he thought it would happen at some point. We only have 2 confirmed cases in our state but the government is going into a temporary shut down next week and one of the largest school districts wants to close for a few weeks. We can get a waiver so the days don't have to be made up. In my state we have a statute that states that we can't go to school past June 30th. I am so anxious for Vermont schools to close. I seriously thought about not sending my kids today but we have a teacher conference this afternoon and Fridays are spelling tests etc. |
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Post by beaglemom on Mar 13, 2020 18:29:44 GMT
We are in Silicon Valley and got notice that we are closed for the next two weeks. Today was an already scheduled Teacher Work Day. They are spending today, mon, tues getting the online learning portals and work set up. The kids will be expected to log in and do online learning from next Wednesday on. We have Spring Break the week before Easter. I doubt we will end up going back for that week before Spring Break. My guess is that we will go back April 14th at the earliest. I think once testing ramps up there will be even more confirmed cases in our area since we are such a travel/work hub and parents routinely travel all over the world.
I think that most places will end up closing schools for a period of time. I think that most things will end up closed. Anything at this point that we can do to slow the spread. I believe by the end most if not all people are going to end up being exposed and we are going to see a lot more deaths before this is over. But if we can slow transmission we will give doctors and hospitals a fighting chance to save as many people as possible.
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Post by Merge on Mar 13, 2020 18:34:24 GMT
The governor shut down. WV's schools today indefinitely. And we don't even have one case in the state yet... I'll tell you what, all of the closures in advance of any confirmed cases makes me believe this is much, much worse than we realize - and that authorities know it. How many thousands of undiagnosed cases are out walking around because we don't have tests for them? *adjusts tinfoil hat* |
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Post by Enna on Mar 13, 2020 18:34:30 GMT
I think schools all over the world will end up closing. Apart from possibly Finnish Lapland and the Falklands. Actually there are already cases in Finnish Lapland and there are discussions of closing schools in the whole country. 🙂 |
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Post by lindah on Mar 13, 2020 18:40:03 GMT
Gov. Edwards just announced all public schools K-12 in Louisiana will close from Monday thru April 13.
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Post by fiddlesticks on Mar 13, 2020 18:44:16 GMT
The governor shut down. WV's schools today indefinitely. And we don't even have one case in the state yet... I'll tell you what, all of the closures in advance of any confirmed cases makes me believe this is much, much worse than we realize - and that authorities know it. How many thousands of undiagnosed cases are out walking around because we don't have tests for them? *adjusts tinfoil hat* Pass me some foil...I have been thinking that for the last few days. |
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