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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by garmaine on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:02PM (#23875520)
The alternative option is hybrid remote/on-site schooling, where the kids are on campus half-day, rotating groups a few days a week, on an alternating week schedule. That gets critical face-to-face time, albeit with social distancing, that is necessary (particularly for elementary) to support a workable remote learning plan on the other days.

This is what my school district, for example, was planning on doing until the teachers union organized a walk-out.

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by thatguy0900 on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:36PM (#23876046)
This is what my nephew is doing, and it's 100% incompatible with working parents. How can they work around shifting 4 hour days with alternating weekly schedules?
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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by garmaine on Friday July 17, 2020 @09:31PM (#23878142)
The purpose is to safely achieve learning goals, not to provide daycare.
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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by thatguy0900 on Saturday July 18, 2020 @01:46AM (#23879326)
In an ideal world, yes. In the real world school is also daycare so parents can go to work though.
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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by garmaine on Saturday July 18, 2020 @03:32AM (#23879736)
No, what I mean is that providing daycare is NOT a requirement that has factored into school district or education department decisions at all. It is not something that is being optimized for.
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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by Avicebron on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:29PM (#23875900)
I have mixed feelings about how effective this approach could be, especially in younger populations that don't have the best grasp on what is happening and where the boundaries are in terms of playing together or interacting. I hate to say it but I think it's all or nothing, either no one goes in or everyone goes in. Even if a smaller portion of people get sick, they still have the option of spreading it..especially if they don't work remotely which many people can't.
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