Hoooookay... so... we had a positive COVID in the kids’ school. The principal just emailed stating that DD1’s teacher will be quarantining out of an abundance of caution. But don’t worry parents!! Your kid wasn’t near this kid!! Even though the teacher was! And there’s only one class per grade...
Hoooookay... so... we had a positive COVID in the kids’ school. The principal just emailed stating that DD1’s teacher will be quarantining out of an abundance of caution. But don’t worry parents!! Your kid wasn’t near this kid!! Even though the teacher was! And there’s only one class per grade...
I do not feel good about this.
I’m sure it’s fine. My oldest had a case in one of her classes and they are doing targeted quarantine based on seating charts so we know she was sitting directly next to the person who had it for a full class period. She didn’t get it. I’m assuming the kids and teacher wear masks at school? If the teacher is quarantining, do they get a sub or put the entire class on virtual?
Apparently a school district near me is telling them that they expect to be hybrid next school year too. . So apparently we are just going to do this forever because its for “safety” so it’s acceptable to isolate an entire generation of kids indefinitely.
I think school board elections are only in the fall, we only ever get ballots for November. I should look into it though.
ETA: conveniently the person serving from my district in the school district’s term expires next November. And it looks like I will need to submit my interest or something by September next year.
Hybrid next year too? Yikes!
Yeah so I’m at the point of eff everything and everyone. The long term ramifications will be severe but at least they didn’t get covid (except they are still getting it, they aren’t getting it AT school).
waverly, unfortunatly, easier said than done. We have been in contact with multiple media sources, but it's just nothing that makes a compelling 2 minute news clip. Corrupt is probably the wrong word for it (at least in this instance), but they are definitely being driven by interests other than our kids and public safety.
waverly, I started my career as a public accountant specializing in school districts, local government, and non-profits. So that.. doesn't surprise me. I'd say roughly 1/4 of the schools we audited had items that were incredibly suspicious but we couldn't confirm with any certainty. And 1 that was undeniable and lead to prosecution.
We got notified by the district yesterday that our county numbers are going up and we are now farther away from meeting the metrics now than we were at the start of school. They will review again at the next board meeting. Also we will be having 3 no school Wednesday before the end of the year to teacher in-service days and a virtual conference day.
Who does no school days in the middle of the Fing week! Wednesdays is the only day DD gets work that takes her more than 20 minutes. We also only have 30 minute zooms on Wednesday and they are geared as a mental checkup day/social day.
Welp, in Texas pretty much everything is open, and it’s a cluster. Our numbers stayed high. We’ve been hovering around 10% positivity, and that’s creeping up again. We are trying to figure out if we should pull our kids back out. We don’t want to, but if we will if we start to see community spread in schools or do something really stupid like stop requiring masks in school. And I wouldn’t put it past the assholes who are in the “screw the numbers! Just let old people die! Natural selection!” crowd to push for no masks.
With that being said, if we were under 5% and still not open, I would be equally upset. I don’t know why people can’t be intelligent about this stuff and listen to the experts either way. (Note: I work on environmental issues. This is not my first foray into watching both sides of the aisle ignore science. The grizzly bear in Glacier National Park isn’t endangered anymore, but the left can’t admit any species has recovered and should be delisted. And climate change is real for my Republican friends. So is sea level rise.)
mommyatty , we are 1.8% positivity and still not open. Our covid cases take up <3% of hospital beds. Approximately 4 cases per 100k population. We have met ALL of the metrics for reopening and been eligible to reopen for over a month now.
And our school district refuses to open to any type of in person learning (even for small cohorts for homeless, foster, ELLs, or special ed, who really, truly NEED to be in person) "until it's safe" but they won't provide any metric of "what's safe" - which is really confusing, since the state and county both say it's safe. ETA: The actually announced distance learning through the end of the year because "it's not safe" two weeks after the state and county said they could reopen.
Our public health director even wrote a letter to the superintendent outlining how ALL of their arguments for remaining closed to in person learning are bunk, but the board has not redacted or corrected any of their statements.
So DH and I are going back and forth on whether to apply for an inter district transfer to a district near us that’s open 5 days a week. The main downsides are that the schools are lower rated/more lower income kids than ours. And DS, the one who really needs full time school, loves his current teacher and he doesn’t do well with change. There’s another highly rated district near us open full time, but of course they’re less likely to accept a transfer.
We’re switching the kids from the pod to the Y on asynchronous days and hopefully they’re ok there. I’ve never been that concerned about my kids falling behind academically (my BFF calls me a ‘satisficer’) but I’m starting to get concerned that if my kids only get 40% of the instruction of the kids in nearby open districts or private schools and this goes into next year, they could fall really behind.
From what I can tell, there’s no real downside to applying for the transfer. They may not accept us, but even if they do we could always decline later. If we did switch and changed our minds later, they’d have to let us back into our district if It’s mid year, and into our school if it’s for the next school year. By the time it came through, we’d probably have more visibility into whether we’re actually going back full time in January (the current estimate) and we’d know whether the kids like the y program...
sdlaura I would not. It seems like a lot of bouncing around and transitions for the kids. I know the hybrid model isn't ideal, but you do have a good care plan lined up. I'd care more about them staying in their established school than worrying about them falling behind. It's elementary school, the social impact matters more to me than the academics right now, especially with everything going on in the world.
We are virtual indefinitely. Other districts within the same county are full in person. It makes zero sense to me but what I'm gathering is it all depends on the Supt and school board. We should all be virtual given we are at 20% positive rates and all the local hospitals are at capacity. The heads of the hospital systems are making public pleas and most of the districts, restaurants, bars, etc aren't listening.
We are in a completely different scenario since we are the hottest spot in the country currently. I don't plan to transfer my kids because I figure other schools will be sending kids home to quarantine regardless and will be shut down soon given our community spread. I mean our daycare has three active cases, Y program has an active case and entire class out. Feels like I'm on a sinking ship.
Hoooookay... so... we had a positive COVID in the kids’ school. The principal just emailed stating that DD1’s teacher will be quarantining out of an abundance of caution. But don’t worry parents!! Your kid wasn’t near this kid!! Even though the teacher was! And there’s only one class per grade...
I do not feel good about this.
I’m sure it’s fine. My oldest had a case in one of her classes and they are doing targeted quarantine based on seating charts so we know she was sitting directly next to the person who had it for a full class period. She didn’t get it. I’m assuming the kids and teacher wear masks at school? If the teacher is quarantining, do they get a sub or put the entire class on virtual?
Kids and teachers wear masks at school, but are only spaced about 3 ft apart. Masks are off for snack (in the classroom), lunch (outside) and recess depending on the teacher.
It sounds like two teachers are quarantining because 4th and 5th are team taught. So it sounds like a 4th grader has it and possibly exposed both teachers. My DD1 is in 5th.
The teacher will teach via zoom while the kids are in class. They will have a sub in the room to maintain law and order. We’ll see how that works.
It’s making me want to run for the school board next year though.
I think you definitely should and there may be a local group that helps with training when you are running for office the first time. The one is see is Emerge, but not sure on party affiliation.
I heard a local Ted talk two years ago where this woman encouraged running for office so that we are absolutely at the right place to make decisions. I started small being on a nonprofit board last year and am planning on doing some training in case of a future run for an office. Parents, especially from this board, have the best perspective and intentions to be in charge and leading the community in important decisions. Imagine where we could all be in this pandemic.....
I took the incubator class (free) with She Should Run before I ran for local office (Library Board-7 of us ran for 3 open spots in 2019 municipal elections). It's a non-partisan non-profit that wants women in office at all levels: sheshouldrun.org/ The incubator class is self-paced and also covers things like finding your why so you don't have to wait until you are running to take it. You just have to think about running.
There's also an online community that will connect you to resources and others running for office. They were great for advice and last minute questions. For example, I was going to a League of Women Voters candidate forum and asked for outfit advice and was given some practical help. One member point out that they were on a stage behind an open table so to wear pants and not a skirt. Another said comfortable shoes were a must as she had to stand for over an hour. I wore a pants suit with flats.
Oh and by the way...DO IT. RUN FOR OFFICE. It is worth it. If we want women where the decisions are made, we have to run.
Downer post: after a couple weeks of silence, we got an update on my friend/coworker that she was not expected to make it through the night. No updates yet - I'm sure I'm low on the priority list ("work friend" definitely isn't tops, but for many years, she has been the person I talk to most, even more than DH), but it's basically a game of waiting for when, not if.
And like the true asshole I am.. I found out from someone else, who said her ex called Mike to update him. So I yelled at my boss for letting me be blindsided at work vs. telling me the night before at home. Turns out.. he called a different Mike. Because there are approximately 87 Mikes (and shockingly few Dans) in my office. So I, in turn, completely blindsided him.
I have known that this would come for a long time, but it's still hard. And now to head into jury duty selections, where if it goes like it did Monday, I will have plenty of time to sit and wait and dwell...
I'm in interviewing purgatory. I don't think it would be appropriate to write anything else, but I don't think I have my candidate today. In fact one of the interviews I had to cut short because of their lack of ability to communicate.
Also, my team has unreasonable demands that someone be fast, awesome and perfect. The somehow forgot that they took 3 hours to do a task when they first started and made mistakes as well.