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Katareen
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Katherine
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CDC Guidelines for Opening School
I don’t understand why they have to do masks AND 6 feet apart. Isn’t it one or the other?
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Lemon76
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
This is NOT realistic at all.
Kids do NOT all bring their own supplies, especially in the poor districts. Supplies are bought by the teacher and are communal for the class. Primary grade students do not sit at their own desks. They sit at cooperative tables. Putting 30 six-year-olds into a tiny classroom 6 feet apart  Nope. Not happening.
Also, what about students with IEPS. How are they supposed to receive speech, OT, PT, reading intervention, etc. Those are ALL pull out or push in programs.
I checked out the CDC website, this is NOT "just a meme", it is quite real and UNREALISTIC. Clearly no one at the CDC has spent any time in a classroom.
Washing hands, yes, attempting to make kids wear masks, yes. Frequent cleaning of the building, yes.
Thats where it ends though. None of the rest of it is doable.
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| Posted 5/21/20 8:48 AM |
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lululu
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Posted by Naturalmama
Posted by lululu
I actually think these guidelines are fine. I made a similar list when I was talking to friends about how they could reopen schools. Everyone on here is going crazy about this but this would not be forever. These would be mostly temporary measures to reopen school. I think the masks might be the only thing that is a little tricky, and depending on the size of the classroom they might not be able to space the desks all exactly 6 feet apart but they could space them out as much as possible. We all grew up sitting at desks in rows facing forward for the most part and we all turned out fine. Also, I went to catholic school K-8. We had no gym so we had half assed phys ed in the cafeteria and we ate lunch and had recess in the classrooms when the weather was bad. It wasn't the end of the world. I don't think anyone wants this to be the guidelines FOREVER, just the temporary guidelines until they have a handle on things. If our kids have to go to school like this for a few months to a year it's really not the end of the world. Kids are very resilient.
I would rather these rules than not going to school at all. It just sounds so sad.
Me too. I have friends that say they will keep their kids home if they are confined to the classroom all day but I wouldn't. I think getting them back into some sort of routine around other children would be better than nothing. Also, under this plan they would probably have staggered start times and a shorter day.
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| Posted 5/21/20 8:59 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Posted by Katareen
I don’t understand why they have to do masks AND 6 feet apart. Isn’t it one or the other?
Yes.
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| Posted 5/21/20 9:03 AM |
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Lemon76
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Also, lets address the elephant in the room. School districts all over the country are talking budget cuts, laying off staff, furloughing teachers etc.
Each and every single one of these CDC "guidelines" is going to require MORE staff... smaller classes, more teachers, more classrooms, updated facilities (especially in NYC where the buildings are literally crumbling) more bus drivers, more busses, more janitors, more nurses. If they expect every child to have their "own" supplies, then teachers are going to need a bigger budget because NO, Not "all kids" come with their own supplies. I spend hundred of dollars a year purchasing pencils, folders, crayons, scissors etc for communal classroom use. If they are going to demand that each kid has his/her own everything, the schools will have to provide that. Where is this money coming from?
Thankfully it comes across as "suggestions" and each district will have to adapt to what they can make work.
Message edited 5/21/2020 9:12:26 AM.
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| Posted 5/21/20 9:11 AM |
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SecretlyTTC14
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Posted by Lemon76
Thankfully it comes across as "suggestions" and each district will have to adapt to what they can make work.
Even as suggestions, schools will have to follow the guidelines. If they don't, they open themselves up to lawsuits for not providing a safe environment. Schools won't risk it.
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| Posted 5/21/20 9:18 AM |
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Naturalmama
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Christine
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CDC Guidelines for Opening School
I call schools not reopening until September 2021. Makes me want to vomit, but I don't see this playing out any other way.
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| Posted 5/21/20 9:31 AM |
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busymomonli
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CDC Guidelines for Opening School
My kids went to an elementary school with no cafeteria. They had a fire a few years before and did not rebuild the cafeteria (they since have), and the entire time my kids attended they had lunch delivered to the classroom. Worked fine, not one complaint from the kids.
Someone suggested in my local moms groups to have the high schoolers do online learning and separate the younger kids into smaller classrooms using the high schools classrooms. I don't think its a bad idea. They would need more teachers though I supposed unless they can utilize student teachers or subs.
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| Posted 5/21/20 9:44 AM |
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olive98
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CDC Guidelines for Opening School
is this for opening Today or 3 months from now? Who knows where this virus will be in 3 months. Im thinking these are guidelines for schools to open in the next couple of weeks
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| Posted 5/21/20 10:01 AM |
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beachbabe
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Posted by Diane
Of course China flattened their curve, they know more about this virus than they are probably sharing.
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| Posted 5/21/20 10:06 AM |
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seaside
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Swaths of China are shut down like Wuhan again. And the CDC and many states have been less than accurate/honest about numbers. Corruption, impatience, and heads in the sand are going to keep us all shut in for way longer than should have been necessary. The numbers are higher than ever.
I honestly think that misdirected rage, incompetence, and the people who exploit those things and foment idiocy, recklessness. and a mob mentality will ensure that life as we knew it eludes us for as long as possible. It's actually painful to watch.
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| Posted 5/21/20 10:27 AM |
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Naturalmama
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Christine
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Message edited 5/21/2020 10:41:24 AM.
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| Posted 5/21/20 10:38 AM |
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firsttimer
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CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Say goodbye to sports and after school activities too IF we re-open.
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| Posted 5/21/20 11:04 AM |
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SecretlyTTC14
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Posted by beachbabe
Posted by Diane
Of course China flattened their curve, they know more about this virus than they are probably sharing.
exactly!
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| Posted 5/21/20 11:13 AM |
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JennP
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Jenn
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Posted by seaside
Swaths of China are shut down like Wuhan again. And the CDC and many states have been less than accurate/honest about numbers. Corruption, impatience, and heads in the sand are going to keep us all shut in for way longer than should have been necessary. The numbers are higher than ever.
I honestly think that misdirected rage, incompetence, and the people who exploit those things and foment idiocy, recklessness. and a mob mentality will ensure that life as we knew it eludes us for as long as possible. It's actually painful to watch.
Agreed
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Re: CDC Guidelines for Opening School
Posted by firsttimer
Say goodbye to sports and after school activities too IF we re-open.
There’s a good chance we’ll lose some of that due to budget cuts anyways
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| Posted 5/21/20 11:59 AM |
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alli3131
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Allison
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CDC Guidelines for Opening School
This is from that one page graphic that is circulating FB and such. While it’s generally what the CDC said there are inaccuracies in it and you should read the CDC document before being up in arms.
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