No word from Tate today on schools...
- Thread starter Requiem For A Dawg
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I agree, but he said he was reviewing plans all weekend and was going to give his recommendation today. Then.... nothing from him.
A lot of people in political circles I know claim he doesn’t wanna push the start date back but is getting pressured heavily to do so.
I wonder what conversations are going on behind closed doors.
A lot of people in political circles I know claim he doesn’t wanna push the start date back but is getting pressured heavily to do so.
I wonder what conversations are going on behind closed doors.
Yes, I agree, and I really don't understand it at all. Two weeks, three weeks a month really isn't going to change anything. It's time for teachers and students to go back to school. Distance learning is in place so there is really no reason not to work. He's talked out of both sides of his mouth so I don't think anyone knows for sure. He has to know many districts had teachers return today.
We went back today. Everyone is nervous as hell. Our school has a great plan on how to social distance, but it’s still not enough. It’s impossible. There will be an outbreak and we will be sent home again. It’s just a matter of time. I don’t know what the answer is, and kids can’t stay home forever, but outbreaks will happen and more people will die. It’s a no win situation with no right solutions.
That’s my thing. What if he delays until after Labor Day and the numbers are just as bad or worse? Delay again?
Covid isn’t going anywhere. It’s something we are going to have to live with and keeping kids at home isn’t the answer.
Covid isn’t going anywhere. It’s something we are going to have to live with and keeping kids at home isn’t the answer.
Dobbs came out today saying schools should delay even though a week or two ago he was saying schools could be reopened safely. Whether schools open next week or next month, there will be outbreaks. Delaying just kicks the can down the road and doesn't solve any problems. The risk is not going to be minimized in the span of 3 or 4 weeks.
Oktibbeha county pushed start date back to 8/24. Word was many parents want virtual instead of in class. If Tate ordered stricter controls and/or shut down the state for one month in order to open up schools by September 15th would this be agreeable to many? Reasoning would be to get positive cases under control and then he could re-open systematically instead of opening the flood gates.
Schools should not start until after Labor Day, this will save millions on electricity cost.
Why did schools start earlier and get out earlier I do not understand?
Why did schools start earlier and get out earlier I do not understand?
Wisconsin teachers are using their bulletin board decorating skills to make tombstones for their students in anticipation of school re-opening.***
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A lot teachers have proved to be pretty dramatic about possibly starting schools. Do they not consider what they do to be essential?
For families that have young kids (younger than 7th or 8th grade) and both parents work, how is distance learning even an option? I got a 6 year old going in 1st grade. First of all, neither her mom nor I will be able to stay home and keep her on task. Second, no way she’s going to sit down and focus on an IPad for several hours a day.
Walmart and Kroger employees have never stopped working....We can't look at teaching post-covid era as we did prior, there will be positive cases and that's just a risk educators will have to accept if they want to keep working.
So what about a poor kid that lives with grandma? Kid will bring it home for sure.
We're in Georgia in a county NW of Atlanta. While many other districts have already gone 100% virtual this fall, we offered a choice between face-to-face and virtual. Our son, a senior, started back today in person.
We will see how long it lasts. A note went out from the principal over the weekend explaining that a couple of football players had tested positive.
We'll deal with as many reasonable (and even unreasonable) precautions as we can manage to follow in order to give him and this senior class the best chance at having this year go forward.
HS football is scheduled to start a month from tomorrow. I hope we get to see a single game and that he gets to conduct even a pep band in the stands one time this year.
We will see how long it lasts. A note went out from the principal over the weekend explaining that a couple of football players had tested positive.
We'll deal with as many reasonable (and even unreasonable) precautions as we can manage to follow in order to give him and this senior class the best chance at having this year go forward.
HS football is scheduled to start a month from tomorrow. I hope we get to see a single game and that he gets to conduct even a pep band in the stands one time this year.
Then that kid that do distance learning. I don’t think a one size fit all will work. Some kids probably can do distance learning and some parents will probably want their kids to. That’s fine with me. Districts need to be flexible. And if parents can pull off distance learning then great. But for some, it’s not even an option. I really have no clue what we will do if Madison decides on all distance learning.
Exactly. Some of you snowflakes that want to shut the world down forever but do not care about the stress and pressure it is putting children and parents through. I don't give a damn about sports but my kids need to be in school. If you're scared, you can homeschool your kids. If I get it and die, so be it.
First I sincerely hope you don't get it and die. Secondly that's a pretty dumb statement. You'd rather you're kids go to school, come home with the virus (god forbid), you catch it and die and they grow up without a father! Or worse both parents get it and die. Not smart.
My kids go to a public school(pre-k thru 8) where my sister teaches, so I get to hear about all the crazy from the teacher side. My wife works with school boards and state policy making so I get to hear about all the crazy from the administration side.
One of the constants that I hear is a general shoulder shrug of 'who the 17 knows' when i ask what parents who both work out of the home will do. Neither side(schools or state government) has a plan because there is no good solution.
2 teachers at the school have resigned because they have kids at home who will need an adult at home for learning. It sucks. Instead of each teaching 20, both teachers will each be teaching 1.
I would rather my kids go to school and learn. I will take my chances with a virus that has about a 1% mortality rate.
This is me. I’m a single dad of 8 and 7 year olds, and work in healthcare, so I’m “essential.” Since spring break I’ve spent $1,500 - $2,000/month cobbling together babysitters and nannies to keep my kids, but between that and work I’d be lying if I said it hasn’t drained me emotionally and financially.
If they move it back to Labor Day, I’ll have a whole new set of problems. I primarily used 3 girls: one is a rising high school senior, and the other 2 are about to start jobs as teachers. If they switch to distance learning, that will knock out availability of all 3 of them, since they’ll all be busy with school. I live in Oxford, and one of the advantages of a college town is an abundance of babysitters, but that supply chain got interrupted when they all went home for spring break and never came back. And this isn’t even getting into the problems we had doing distance learning from spring break until May ... my youngest in particular really struggled with it and I worry about her falling behind.
Having said all that, it’s a real conundrum w/ no easy answers. I’m trying to keep my head up with a positive attitude no matter what happens, and focus on being thankful for what I have.
If they move it back to Labor Day, I’ll have a whole new set of problems. I primarily used 3 girls: one is a rising high school senior, and the other 2 are about to start jobs as teachers. If they switch to distance learning, that will knock out availability of all 3 of them, since they’ll all be busy with school. I live in Oxford, and one of the advantages of a college town is an abundance of babysitters, but that supply chain got interrupted when they all went home for spring break and never came back. And this isn’t even getting into the problems we had doing distance learning from spring break until May ... my youngest in particular really struggled with it and I worry about her falling behind.
Having said all that, it’s a real conundrum w/ no easy answers. I’m trying to keep my head up with a positive attitude no matter what happens, and focus on being thankful for what I have.
Me to however my two are in high school and I left it up to them to decide. They both chose to go to traditional school. The virtual school was going to be OK but it just wasn't going to be great. A video would be posted in Cassavas that they watch then do the work. They would be able to email teacher with questions. They would have to do the work during regular school hours and be in front of their computers during the class times watching the video and doing the work. Rankin County Schools will let you switch to distant learning after the first 9 weeks. If you were doing distant learning you could switch to traditional after first 9 weeks. You can technically switch back and forth every 9 weeks.
Fr the record I have two kids in daycare and they never stopped going. Not one person has gotten sick the last five months
My first cousin is a MS Public School Superintendent. I just got off the phone, thinking he might have some insight. He has no idea..... My cousin "thinks", that Reeves will push back all public school start dates in the counties that have the mandatory mask mandates. What is it, 23 counties now?
I suspect that if you were able to see a socioeconomic census, you would find some interesting data. I know in my area the mask stuff if being very well adhered to; much better than during the actual lock down when they were not mandated by the state.
Poorest state in the nation(high infection rate) = impossible for a 8 - 12 person household living in a very small space to social distance. Thus, go outside and hang with neighbors in the same situation.
Unhealthiest state in the nation = high death rate
Poorest state in the nation(high infection rate) = impossible for a 8 - 12 person household living in a very small space to social distance. Thus, go outside and hang with neighbors in the same situation.
Unhealthiest state in the nation = high death rate
Coast? Way to be specific.
Hancock, Bay/Waveland, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, Harrison County, Jackson County, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula/Gautier, Moss Point
So we'll just assume you're Moss Point. That fair enough?
Hancock, Bay/Waveland, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, Harrison County, Jackson County, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula/Gautier, Moss Point
So we'll just assume you're Moss Point. That fair enough?
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