Back to School during the pandemic ...a discussion thread

[Madame]

It definitely has. DH’s uncle’s LTCH is not currently listed as having an outbreak, but the sister LTCH is listed as “ongoing outbreak” on the public health site. It could just be community spread too. All of these workers live/shop/etc alongside us so who knows. I shouldn’t assume, because I am not sure. It’s a guess I suppose that since there is an ongoing outbreak in one that the did not allow visits in the other. Maybe the company made that decision. If so it was wise as the other greenhouse community 5 mins down the road still has one of their LTCHs listed as “outbreak ongoing” too.

DH’s uncle passed yesterday. I didn’t think it would hit me this hard, but it has. I’m going off social media for a good bit. Take care everyone.

 

[Madame]

Looks like GECDSB. Every point you made was addressed in admin meetings.

Great. Maybe it should be shared with staff so we can stop panicking. Oh & parents too. I’m one of those as well.

 

[bababear_50]

Madame

With deepest sympathy and healing thoughts
Hugs
Mel

 

[AngelDisney]

DH’s uncle passed yesterday. I didn’t think it would hit me this hard, but it has. I’m going off social media for a good bit. Take care everyone.

Sorry for your loss, Madame!
Take care and stay well!!

 

[FigmentSpark]

DH’s uncle passed yesterday. I didn’t think it would hit me this hard, but it has. I’m going off social media for a good bit. Take care everyone.

So sorry to hear of your loss. May he rest in peace.

 

[TammyLynn33]

DH’s uncle passed yesterday. I didn’t think it would hit me this hard, but it has. I’m going off social media for a good bit. Take care everyone.

sorry for your loss .

 

[Debbie]

DH’s uncle passed yesterday. I didn’t think it would hit me this hard, but it has. I’m going off social media for a good bit. Take care everyone.

I'm so sorry for your family's loss, Madame. Please take cared
of yourselves.

 

[uandmfan]

I took a quick look at all the GTA board websites .. all are showing September 8/20
I thought maybe I had misrepresented so I watched the video of the press conference again.
Here are the words from the mouth of the Premier at today’s press conference. At 33 minutes in, he gets to announcing the date.

Just to circle back to this as the Premier caused some confusion about when kids go back to school.....we had an email on Friday from the Ottawa English Public Board and it confirmed classes start September 3. So when Ford said kids go back to school on September 8 he wasn't changing the date for boards that had already announced an earlier start.

 

[chrispeto]

Great. Maybe it should be shared with staff so we can stop panicking. Oh & parents too. I’m one of those as well.

My husband is admi staff at a high school in GECDSB that’s where my information comes from
Im going to try to put your mind at ease first of all last Thursday the Administration staff his school met with the custodians and they walked through the school where all the safety protocols have been put in place. His school is ready to receive students, I’m assuming the other schools are ready or soon will be ready for school.
Also the school board meets on August 11 and the back to school plan is on the agenda and I’m sure once it’s been approved it will be released to the public.
For parents at GECDSD there is a back to school picture click on it, takes you to a timeline on one side and FAQ on the other side. I’m sure other school boards have similar information on their websites

 

[mkmommy]

I know this thread is mostly about K to grade 12 but questions for parents with University kids.

I have 2 going to different Universities one in residence the other sheared House, how are we supposed to deal with Thanksgiving/Christmas breaks the residence will be closed and they will have to come home, but that makes the social bubble More than 10 when you factor in their roommates.

 

[wdwmom3]

I know this thread is mostly about K to grade 12 but questions for parents with University kids.

I have 2 going to different Universities one in residence the other sheared House, how are we supposed to deal with Thanksgiving/Christmas breaks the residence will be closed and they will have to come home, but that makes the social bubble More than 10 when you factor in their roommates.

I will have 2 kids in university as well. One will be living at home though. My oldest will be away (currently not living at home because of co-op). I’m not sure if they will actually come home during their reading week in October. For Christmas I may ask him to limit his interaction with other family members for the first few days he’s home, and limit interactions with friends for a couple days before he leaves to come home. He only has one roommate. It’s not the perfect solution but figured it’s better then nothing.

Back in March we had to fly him home when the university closed residence. We just kept our distance for the first few days and I disinfected everything a lot more. You are taking some risk because that’s the age groups spreading the virus right now. But all you can do is try and reduce it. And be willing to change things based on what’s happening then.

 

[Madame]

My husband is admi staff at a high school in GECDSB that’s where my information comes from
Im going to try to put your mind at ease first of all last Thursday the Administration staff his school met with the custodians and they walked through the school where all the safety protocols have been put in place. His school is ready to receive students, I’m assuming the other schools are ready or soon will be ready for school.
Also the school board meets on August 11 and the back to school plan is on the agenda and I’m sure once it’s been approved it will be released to the public.
For parents at GECDSD there is a back to school picture click on it, takes you to a timeline on one side and FAQ on the other side. I’m sure other school boards have similar information on their websites

I know who your husband is. I have seen what has been released. I prefer not to name my employer/my spouse’s employer on social media, but I guess we all have different views on what is acceptable.

 

[FigmentSpark]

My husband is admi staff at a high school in GECDSB that’s where my information comes from
Im going to try to put your mind at ease first of all last Thursday the Administration staff his school met with the custodians and they walked through the school where all the safety protocols have been put in place. His school is ready to receive students, I’m assuming the other schools are ready or soon will be ready for school.
Also the school board meets on August 11 and the back to school plan is on the agenda and I’m sure once it’s been approved it will be released to the public.
For parents at GECDSD there is a back to school picture click on it, takes you to a timeline on one side and FAQ on the other side. I’m sure other school boards have similar information on their websites

Our board hasn't communicated with us since July 30 when they posted what Lecce and Ford had to say. They haven't even said when they will give us more information. Oh, and all that is under the note saying the board is closed right now.

While I'm sure there are things going on behind the scenes, it would be nice to see even a note saying they will have more on a certain day. We know nothing. And the only other thing I found was from the minutes of the board meeting on July 23 - before the gov't announcement, which laid out (in the very broadest of terms) a possible weekly schedule for cohorts, but no information on what those cohorts would look like or what semesters would look like or what type of remote systems will be put in place to supplement (or supplant) in class learning.

That is frustrating.

 

[wdwmom3]

Our board hasn't communicated with us since July 30 when they posted what Lecce and Ford had to say. They haven't even said when they will give us more information. Oh, and all that is under the note saying the board is closed right now.

While I'm sure there are things going on behind the scenes, it would be nice to see even a note saying they will have more on a certain day. We know nothing. And the only other thing I found was from the minutes of the board meeting on July 23 - before the gov't announcement, which laid out (in the very broadest of terms) a possible weekly schedule for cohorts, but no information on what those cohorts would look like or what semesters would look like or what type of remote systems will be put in place to supplement (or supplant) in class learning.

That is frustrating.

That is frustrating. I think many boards have released more detailed information. We have to give them our decision about in class or online by the end of this week. I can’t imagine making a decision with no information.

 

[chrispeto]

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I know who your husband is. I have seen what has been released. I prefer not to name my employer/my spouse’s employer on social media, but I guess we all have different views on what is acceptable.

Well it was my husband whom said
Looks like GECDSB. Every point you made was addressed in admin meetings.

 

[TammyLynn33]

I would like to know my social needs child placement. he could be a 2/3 split or a 3/4 which I assume the older class would be masked. I also would like to know whether his IEP is in place or irrelevant, before I make any choices but ion unsure if I will have this info prior to being forced into a decision.. a teacher fr our board was like teach your kid to do zippers and kunchpails bc I sent be able to..my son cant do fine motor I cant send him to school if he has no assistance

 

[chrispeto]

That is frustrating. I think many boards have released more detailed information. We have to give them our decision about in class or online by the end of this week. I can’t imagine making a decision with no information.

We have to make decision next week too.
I honestly don’t know what platform our board is using for online learning
all I know is the platform they used when schools closed sucked

 

[wdwmom3]

We have to make decision next week too.
I honestly don’t know what platform our board is using for online learning
all I know is the platform they used when schools closed sucked

We haven’t been given a huge amount of information about online. But I do know our board is planning a mix of synchronize and non-synchronized and the teachers will touch base with each student at least once a week on a one on one basis. No other information about what “platform” but I think our board mainly uses google classroom. Google classroom was used a lot by our board before covid.

 

[chrispeto]

We haven’t been given a huge amount of information about online. But I do know our board is planning a mix of synchronize and non-synchronized and the teachers will touch base with each student at least once a week on a one on one basis. No other information about what “platform” but I think our board mainly uses google classroom. Google classroom was used a lot by our board before covid.

Our board used Edsby which wasn’t meant for online teaching. Also a lot of our teachers where not trained to teach online.

 

[FigmentSpark]

That is frustrating. I think many boards have released more detailed information. We have to give them our decision about in class or online by the end of this week. I can’t imagine making a decision with no information.

Honestly, no one has even asked us to tell them if we're coming back or going remote. We had a 3 question general survey to do last month, but I didn't get the impression it was in any way binding.