Are you sending your kids to school next month?

[justafigment27]

Read this article about a teenager who feels numb, disassociated from society, depressed. Mental health disease are rising and this isn't helping. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry...bXG77onZpArIx8k0WXu3_Y-uC7cqTLZ82s_DoSTsqaGks

That’s a powerful film. As the Mom of 2 high school aged daughters, I can’t tell you how much that resonated with me. I was seriously moved to tears. Everything about the film was SO familiar and SO relatable and SO spot on. The platitudes, the sameness of every day, the isolation, the previously vibrant & involved kid living life from a rumpled bed. Wow.

 

[GreatLakes]

So your thinking is the whole world is treated as one big group and we shouldn't individualize? I agree people will travel, but I respectfully disagree with your thinking. This virus isn't going away any time soon and we need to adjust as a society. Continuing to stay home and quarantined is having a negative impact of people losing jobs, children not getting a education and businesses closing. These negative impacts will take many years to reverse.

The whole world, no. States or metropolitan areas that cross state boundaries, yes. Businesses come and go, they will come back but lives do not.

 

[RogueX]

MA just released a 34 page update to the guidelines. One student per bus seat is one of the things mentioned which I don’t know how any school will be able to do. They say a bus that seats 77 can only have 25. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/what-w...achusetts-issues-facilities-guidance/33403925

I'm in MA and I read about that too. I'm really curious to see what the classrooms would look like. My daughter is moving up to high school, so I don't know how they have their rooms set up.

 

[motherof5]

I agree with you but we have to keep things in perspective too. It has literally only been a few months. It is not like we have all been locked up quarantining for years on end. We also can’t just let this thing run unchecked because so many more will get sick and die needlessly.
Kids are more resilient than adults and feed off our cues. If we, as adults can keep a positive spin on things children will be much better. Unfortunately, we are seeing a lot of adults acting like children.

Nicely said.

 

[motherof5]

The whole world, no. States or metropolitan areas that cross state boundaries, yes. Businesses come and go, they will come back but lives do not.

Some people's lives depend on their businesses. Some people are so depressed and financial strain is going to increase suicide rates, and mental health needs. So alot of this does go hand in hand.

 

[motherof5]

The whole world, no. States or metropolitan areas that cross state boundaries, yes. Businesses come and go, they will come back but lives do not.

Some private schools around us already stated full return to school in September the public school kids are the ones that are currently suffering not being given the option.

 

[LSUmiss]

We use Google Classroom usually, but not sure if that will change. We have next to no information yet and school starts August 10th. Ugh.

Is that Ascension? I work in Jefferson & all they have said is that there will be a hybrid model unless we go back to phase 1 as a state. But staff starts 8/3 & we have gotten no info about how or if we will go back In-person before the kids. Kids are supposed to start 8/13. Ebr & orleans are virtual til after Labor Day. But, if surrounding districts don’t do the same, then that doesn’t do much. Today I saw we are number 1 in the country for per capita cases now . I was disappointed that JBE didn’t do anything more restriction wise after saying the hospitals are almost full.

 

[LSUmiss]

So your thinking is the whole world is treated as one big group and we shouldn't individualize? I agree people will travel, but I respectfully disagree with your thinking. This virus isn't going away any time soon and we need to adjust as a society. Continuing to stay home and quarantined is having a negative impact of people losing jobs, children not getting a education and businesses closing. These negative impacts will take many years to reverse.

The thing is things are just as bad & possibly worse than when all this started so if s schools were closed in March here, then they should remain closed.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Last update-the remaining school district of the big 3 (the one my house is in) in my county voted today to delay until September 8th. They are also joined today by the largest school district that is located elsewhere in the state though an exact date wasn't given for them (just that it would be after Labor Day). There are still several smaller school districts within my county that haven't weighed in yet.

So far in total roughly (estimates of enrollment from what I could find and number of students in the state) 30% of the state's students from 5 districts are opting to delay. To give an idea why IMO I understand why school districts in my state want the decision rather than a unilateral decision---there are 309 total public school districts in the state and 5 comprise of 30% (roughly) of the student body. That's just over 1.6% of the school districts accounting for roughly 30% of the students within the state.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

The thing is things are just as bad & possibly worse than when all this started so if s schools were closed in March here, then they should remain closed.

I don't disagree with your comment necessarily about schools at least in mulling over all the possible ramifications of schools returning to in-person learning but I don't think we should be using what metrics were in the spring to now. What we did in the spring was basically a dart thrown at a board. We were hoping that what we were doing was the right decision in various things.

Just the mere fact that schools were closed in March doesn't mean they should be closed now. If a school should be closed now it should be because that given area simply cannot realistically return to in-person learning at that time given the state of their given area not that they were forced to close by virtue of a mandate at the state government level back in March.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Is that Ascension? I work in Jefferson & all they have said is that there will be a hybrid model unless we go back to phase 1 as a state. But staff starts 8/3 & we have gotten no info about how or if we will go back In-person before the kids. Kids are supposed to start 8/13. Ebr & orleans are virtual til after Labor Day. But, if surrounding districts don’t do the same, then that doesn’t do much. Today I saw we are number 1 in the country for per capita cases now . I was disappointed that JBE didn’t do anything more restriction wise after saying the hospitals are almost full.

Ascension is full steam ahead on preK through 5th going in person on the 10th. My kid is staying home and we will do the virtual program. She’ll sit in on class from home.

JBE was furious today. I haven seen him like that in months. We have hospital space but he said staffing is the real issue.

 

[LSUmiss]

Ascension is full steam ahead on preK through 5th going in person on the 10th. My kid is staying home and we will do the virtual program. She’ll sit in on class from home.

JBE was furious today. I haven seen him like that in months. We have hospital space but he said staffing is the real issue.

Yeah Jeff is saying that for pre-k-5th. Admittedly, didn’t see JBE. It was a 2nd hand report. What was he mad about?

 

[SaintsManiac]

Yeah Jeff is saying that for pre-k-5th. Admittedly, didn’t see JBE. It was a 2nd hand report. What was he mad about?

Conspiracy theorists and the anti mask brigade.

 

[LSUmiss]

Conspiracy theorists and the anti mask brigade.

Oh yeah that’s crazy. I was one who wanted to open & see what would happen. Well now I see. I don’t think all things should close up again, but I definitely don’t think schools should open here. The CDC & the White House recommended in-person learning, but specifically said NOT in hotspots. So how are we not a hotspot again with hospitalizations & deaths up & the most cases per capita in the country?!

 

[imjustafatkid]

Is that an option in your community? It’s not one here.

Yep. Glad for it. My kids are ready to get back.

 

[Happyinwonerland]

To me, the argument to reopen sounds like this:

Let's send our kids to school and risk catching covid. Sure, thousands of kids will die as a result, but at least they will be well educated, socialized, mentally healthy, and financially stable on their deathbeds.

 

[5lilfish]

Opposite experience here... My 13 yr old twins want to go back to school. They hated remote learning. They want to go back badly enough that they are saying they can manage wearing masks for 7 hours a day. I laugh at that because they can’t wait to take the mask off after running into a store quickly and they haven’t worn them for any more than 15 minutes at a time yet. I predict they won’t be so happy with the reality of the new rules, but I am trying very hard to keep my comments and my attitude neutral around them.

I’m still not sure... I want the kids to go back. They need to be in school, but it also needs to be safe or i won’t send them. Remote learning was pitiful, but my hope is with more planning time it will be much improved.

I guess for now we just wait and see how the next month goes...and hope! I do agree though, that overall this will be a blip for most kids, but not for all. I think there will be a ripple effect for a while (even for kids that do handle all of this well). There’s no way, from what we have witnessed, that kids won’t be behind and need some help catching up. In classes that build from year to year, that is bound to show.

Jess

I also think many parents are projecting their feelings about this. I know I was doing that until I realized that my kid could not care less whether she goes in person or not.

This year will be a blip on the radar for most kids. I went to 4 different high schools in 4 different states, sometimes moving in January. Then I was out of my senior year for 4 months due to knee surgery. It didn't scar me for life emotionally.

Kids missed entire academic years after hurricane Katrina.

It's going to be ok in the long run. Everyone will get through this.

 

[mjkacmom]

There was a release of a rough draft on how schools will open here, seemed pretty darned confusing, but it looks like kids will have one or two mornings of school a week, go home at lunchtime, and then have a couple of hours of virtual school in the afternoons. My kids will be seniors so I’ll let them deal with it.

 

[handinpocket]

To me, the argument to reopen sounds like this:

Let's send our kids to school and risk catching covid. Sure, thousands of kids will die as a result, but at least they will be well educated, socialized, mentally healthy, and financially stable on their deathbeds.

The head of CDC AND the American Pediatrics both recommended sending kids back to school, IN PERSON. The virus poses a very small risk to them. Do you think YOU know more than them?

 

[mjkacmom]

The head of CDC AND the American Pediatrics both recommended sending kids back to school, IN PERSON. The virus poses a very small risk to them. Do you think YOU know more than them?

And how much risk are teachers and other employees, plus the parents/caregivers? My 19 year old is going to her college apartment, taking virtual classes, she will be more at risk (college town), but less of risk to us.