COVID-19

lastexitlondon said:

I still believe vit d3 is vital in not getting severe covid.
Just take  a supplement if you are reading  this.

I agree- it sure can't hurt.  I take 2,000 i.u. every morning- more if I feel ill, and 50,000 i.u. for 3 days when actually sick (thankfully, I have not been sick in quite a while!)

F Me In The Brain said:

Just announced they were changing the schoop district plan here from optional to full remote....one week before school starts.
What fucking clowns.  So predictable.
We expected this to happen and picked home anyway but this is making people's heads explode.
Who gets the worst of it?
Students and Teachers, since the planning was a mashup instead of planning for full remote.

I'm sorry.  I know that your family planned for online, but still . . . 

The school plans changed so many times for K.  She had 4 different start dates.  She just started back yesterday.  She did her M/T in-school.  She has W-F online.  And you know what?  She's feeling okay about it.  We know that at any time the governor can shut it all down again.  We're prepared for that, but I'm hoping they keep the hybrid plan for the year.  For now it is through the first 9 weeks, but to acclimate the kids to a particular schedule and then to change it up every 9 weeks or who knows would be tough for transition no matter the age.  

It's important to do what is best for you and for your family.  My guess is that there will be plenty of changes yet to come.  As I told K, "Just because it is what they say today . . . "

F Me In The Brain said:

Glad they got her started and she is comfortable so far!

And it fucking sucks when direction is being fragmented down to the school district level. Ideally the goal should have been (shoulda woulda coulda, I know) to have a plan in place/be prepared to open schools on time with the necessary remediation/precautionary efforts in place, and then plan to close schools at the height of flu season (~winter break through spring break). But, nope, here we are.

deadendp said:

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Jearlpam0925 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Glad they got her started and she is comfortable so far!

And it fucking sucks when direction is being fragmented down to the school district level. Ideally the goal should have been (shoulda woulda coulda, I know) to have a plan in place/be prepared to open schools on time with the necessary remediation/precautionary efforts in place, and then plan to close schools at the height of flu season (~winter break through spring break). But, nope, here we are.

In our case, the governor kept changing mandates.  The schools had to change to go with that.  Specs changed up to a week before they were supposed to start the first time.  I was impressed that they kept us up-to-date on what the plans were.  They even sent out a few surveys throughout the summer to help with their planning.  They apologized for not being able to give firm information on certain things that were questioned, but they kept referring to it as "a fluid situation."  It was indeed.  

The governor is giving forgiveness for the couple of weeks they shifted for the start of school.  Holidays and breaks are maintained.  End of school date is maintained, probably only to change with snow days. 

Understood - but it boggles my mind that this wasn't at the top of the list of priorities back in May or June when school was letting out from last year. From planning standpoint I think schools should be making A/B/C/D/.../Z alternatives, and I know that's hard. It's all hard right now, but overall I get the impression that from top to bottom the planning process didn't start until like August. And leaving it up to the individual school districts is silly - this whole mess needs less chiefs and more, uh, native americans (?). But since overall leadership has sucked this is kind of expected. Again, I know I'm crying over spilt milk here and yelling at a cloud, but so it goes.

And so it begins. My daughter has gone to school for 2 days. 

She WAS NOT on the contract tracing list, but she was in the building. She doesn't eat lunch because it would require her to take her mask off. 

^ Ha. That made me smile. I told me we'd look online ahead of time and compare with 2 besties so she could cry beforehand.

The last minute crap around here is we get more money for educating programs from home and can stagger enter the kids in until mid-November. BC's e-school is starting K-4 as well! Probably no French Immersion, though.

My child is prepared for a let's wait and see go at this.

tish said:

This is how the teacher set up my kids' class. I'm gonna cry for a bit now.

Is it possible that they are creating plexi carrels and that they haven't been installed yet?  

The distance learning thing could be so much worse if our boy's teacher wasn't really good.  We lucked out.  The one last year was horrible - having a teacher who is very good has made the start of this much better than we expected.  
Thank FSM we got her and not the dipshit we had in the spring when this stuff started.

tish said:

Those desks are labeled with each kids' name. They are all full. No plexiglass is coming with the huge $$ in funding the district received that I am aware of.

I can pull her and she can lose out on French. No parents have sued for not providing French distant learning. I could be the first.

Would it be less costly to augment her learning with an online French curriculum you buy into for now? 

deadendp said:

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tish said:

Those desks are labeled with each kids' name. They are all full. No plexiglass is coming with the huge $$ in funding the district received that I am aware of.

I can pull her and she can lose out on French. No parents have sued for not providing French distant learning. I could be the first.

Would it be less costly to augment her learning with an online French curriculum you buy into for now? 

Less costly for whom?

Lives are at stake!

In a lawsuit, you at least have the possibility of recouping your legal expenses (and maybe then some) if you win your case.