We won't do the work to open elementary schools, but we are opening up colleges (an age-group that transmits efficiently that we're putting in dorms & lecture halls—and pretending they won't socialize, lol) and forcing people into haphazard childcare. Sad chapter in history book.
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It wasn’t their first plan, but our district is doing all virtual, but some schools open as drop in centers for families who need them, for the kids to do virtual school in the building.
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This needs to be a thing. I don’t know how to make it fair, but somehow incentivize distance learning, yet allow the schools to remain open for those who cannot. I fear this pandemic is going to “privatize” public schools by forcing poor children into bad daycare.
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I'm pretty sure the dead teachers and parents in the districts that do reopen will be the story.
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Wrong. Childcare centers for those who must work serve less than 10% of the #'s that schools do. The risks of opening schools lands most heavily on people who can't work from home. Opening schools is not the answer. Pay parents to stay home. Extend UI benefits. Stop evictions.
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Correct on all points. First point is especially important. OP makes the patently false assumption that all working-class parents use mass daycare.
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This is a story, but it is a complicated one. "Whatever risks there are" hides a lot. And schools aren't closed. I agree that schools should provide more options, but not all kids are low risk, teachers & their families also count here (schools are also workplaces).
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Looking at/working in the back end of a lot of this now, and I *really* worry about "the story" swinging this completely away from safety based on the idea that "closing schools is untenable." Poor kids also tend to be more vulnerable, medically. Nuance/complexity is important.
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