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The latest data I've seen indicates that kids of that age are veritable 'germ factories' (like we haven't already seen that?) with [when infected with CoViD] a 3x higher viral load and 3x higher transmission rate despite showing no, few, or mild symptoms (in many cases).
Lately, I have read too many accounts of children being left orphaned when the virus is brought into the home.
I don't have kids, but if I did they would absolutely *not* be going to a school...not for at least the next two years (absent an effective vaccine). No level of risk is acceptable, if it can be avoided.
My kids go to high school and middle school. I want them to stay home, but I don't want them to be the only few that stay home, so want to get a sense of how other parents feel.
I think I would only go back to normal life when the confirmed case increase rate goes down to maybe 0.05%
Fair enough and understandable. In our school district there was a survey sent to parents asking what they would like for their children. Approximately 70% of parents that responded wanted their children back in school 5 days a week. Now we have no choice based on the governor's decision that all schools will start the year remotely. My spouse does not want our son to attend school in person so he will most likely attend remotely even after students can attend in person.
Fair enough and understandable. In our school district there was a survey sent to parents asking what they would like for their children. Approximately 70% of parents that responded wanted their children back in school 5 days a week. Now we have no choice based on the governor's decision that all schools will start the year remotely. My spouse does not want our son to attend school in person so he will most likely attend remotely even after students can attend in person.
Maybe I am extra risk-adverse, but I just think it's more important to stay alive. Wasting one year's time is bad but not worth risking life for.
If kids bring the virus home the adults are more at risk of death; but the kids has high chance of suffer permanent damage from what I read.
College kid has chosen to just finish up on line, while living at home. Only 3 courses left, anyway.
High school kid will attend if held (kid's choice), but will live separately from us in an auxiliary unit on our property, and own car.
That's the problem, who wants to pay $70k to go to remote learning. Why not just get remote learning from some no name place for $7k. The college scam doesn't work for remote learning because most people want to go to a school setting. Many college kids will just be goofing off and be on twitter all day while remote learning.
It will be interesting to read this thread in say six months to see what happened.
Thankfully, I don't have to worry about this problem - I would probably quit my job and go on welfare before I put my kids at risk in a school.
This is an option that doesn't exist. You can't "go on welfare" if you quit your job. You can't qualify for unemployment if you quit your job. Many working parents simply have no choice other than to send their kids to in-person schools.
What if you get fired because you can no longer do your job, thanks to not having child care? Probably looking at that within the next couple of months... I can't keep putting in 2-4 hours a day when I need 6-7 hours, no one wants to assign me any work because they assume I can't handle anything time sensitive, and the vacation hours I'm using to bridge the gap will soon be used up.
Just had our reopening plan zoom meeting for the 1st grader.
-Sent home if a temp over 99.5, they will take temps everyday (thats a lot of missed days, kids wake up with inexplicable fevers all the time)
-Health questionnaire everyday and any symptoms they will be sent home (ever seen kids without a runny nose??)
-Must be fever free for 24 hours with documentation to return to school. Which is 2 school days out if they are sent home in the morning
-Masks all day
-Plexiglass enclosures around their desks
-No recess
-Lunch in their desks
-No cooperative projects
-No sharing supplies or snacks
-No physical interaction
All the fun stuff is gone and all the boring stuff is left.
I don't have kids, but we have a local thread about this. Our district started back this week. Overwhelmingly positive reactions from the students even with all the new protocols in place. 1200 in the district, 1030 going to school, 170 doing online.
Our university has also already returned to 100% staffing on campus.
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