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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 19, 2020 5:11:42 GMT
My kid does 100% online, but our local middle schools and high school are switching from hybrid to distance this week and the school board will decide tomorrow if the elementary schools will switch to distance next week (which seems highly likely).
The word we have heard is that it isn’t so much due to the number of kids getting sick but the teachers, custodians, office staff, paras and food service staff numbers are getting dire due to the number of people in the district that are having to quarantine from being exposed to Covid themselves or someone in their family has to quarantine and there aren’t nearly enough subs to cover everyone that is out at any given time. If they do go to distance, it’s likely they won’t go back to hybrid until sometime after winter break at the earliest.
I can’t state enough how glad I am that we had the option to choose 100% online from the start. It has worked out great for our family and my kid is thriving and doing well. Yes, she misses seeing her friends in person, but her friends who are in hybrid now have said that they are in different groups and go to school on different days so they don’t get to ever see each other anyway, so IMO DD really isn’t missing much. Her teacher is great, the kids in class are getting to know each other and they have time to socialize online and work together in small groups. It has turned out so much better than I expected.
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Nov 19, 2020 23:42:37 GMT
Wow. We aren't supposed to eat together. Small school. The only other real option is to force the teachers to eat in their cars Since the kids are eating in the classrooms they can't take their lunch there. I believe the principal is going to divide the library into a couple areas for staff lunches since the library isn't in use right now. That makes sense.
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Post by cade387 on Nov 20, 2020 0:02:03 GMT
We are still 5 days in person. We did DL last year in March and it was hell. Absolute fucking hell.
It will probably happen again but only if our school has multiple cases. We don’t rely on any other school to make the choice.
I don’t know what to do. Home is ridiculous but I’m not entirely happy in person either. With us working I also don’t know how we would manage online again as we both almost lost our jobs while trying to teach our kids.
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Post by mom on Nov 20, 2020 0:21:56 GMT
My area is almost at a 40% hospitalization rate right now and my mayor, the school superintendent and our Governor have all doubled down on not ever closing again. In fact, the school is requiring in person unless you have a medical reason to stay home.
For reference, 15% and lower was supposed to be the cutoff point for staying open or closed. But we've been over 30% for over a week, with no dropping.
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Post by Merge on Nov 20, 2020 2:09:07 GMT
My area is almost at a 40% hospitalization rate right now and my mayor, the school superintendent and our Governor have all doubled down on not ever closing again. In fact, the school is requiring in person unless you have a medical reason to stay home. For reference, 15% and lower was supposed to be the cutoff point for staying open or closed. But we've been over 30% for over a week, with no dropping. This is horrifying. Requiring in-person learning? With a 30% positivity rate? North and west Texas are in my thoughts, sincerely. Stay safe.
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Post by mom on Nov 20, 2020 2:30:50 GMT
My area is almost at a 40% hospitalization rate right now and my mayor, the school superintendent and our Governor have all doubled down on not ever closing again. In fact, the school is requiring in person unless you have a medical reason to stay home. For reference, 15% and lower was supposed to be the cutoff point for staying open or closed. But we've been over 30% for over a week, with no dropping. This is horrifying. Requiring in-person learning? With a 30% positivity rate? North and west Texas are in my thoughts, sincerely. Stay safe. Its a shit show. Amarillo has the highest number of Covid cases in schools in the state (last time I looked, maybe a week ago). I have never been so thankful my boys are old enough to be done with school. www.newschannel10.com/2020/11/02/amarillo-isd-has-most-covid-cases-within-texas-district/
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Post by ~summer~ on Nov 20, 2020 3:02:21 GMT
Our district is online. Supposed to return to hybrid in January but that is up in air. My sister in Orange County has been back at hybrid school for a while.
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Post by MaryMary on Nov 20, 2020 4:21:23 GMT
Our district is back full-time for elementary. The MS/JH kids just started back this week on a hybrid schedule. Our district is the only one I know of in our state to be back M-F. I was talking to the lady taking school pictures (who travels all across the state) and she said she couldn’t believe we were open 5 days a week. I honestly don’t know how long this will last.
But... It is a very weird reality where I really enjoy this job and kind of hope it holds out a bit longer so that I can get some real experience. And obviously having a paycheck is quite lovely. I love the kids and can see that they really want to be in school, as well.
Yet I still think we are probably making a huge mistake. My uncle died of Covid a few days ago. This is still a deadly disease to a percentage of our population. There are no easy solutions.
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