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Reply to: Thinking about school in the fall Posted July 7, 2020

Hi Kelsey- One question I have is about adequate ventilation calculation for (old) school buildings and how we will know if the school buildings have proper ventilation/air flow for the number of people in the buildings that reasonably mitigates the risk of spreading the virus. What about lunchtime recommendations from the medical experts? Do we only allow students to bring their own food and utensils?

Reply to: Thinking about school in the fall Posted July 1, 2020

Our state will announce one of three possible school scenarios for the Fall. Until they announce the decision in the last week of July, all districts are preparing for all three scenarios. We purchased our 5th grade “only child” a laptop because two of the three scenarios involve distance learning. No matter what happens we will not be using either nutrition services or school age child care. I work in state government and have not been hearing that it is realistic for us to return to school full time with the status of the spread and what would be required for disinfecting, social distancing, transportation system, and personal protection. I am highly skeptical we will return in the Fall. I have given detailed feedback at several levels in my state about what needs to be done to improve distance learning. I am fortunate that I can work from home indefinitely.

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Reply to: Thinking about school in the fall Posted July 7, 2020

Hi Kelsey- One question I have is about adequate ventilation calculation for (old) school buildings and how we will know if the school buildings have proper ventilation/air flow for the number of people in the buildings that reasonably mitigates the risk of spreading the virus. What about lunchtime recommendations from the medical experts? Do we only allow students to bring their own food and utensils?

Reply to: Thinking about school in the fall Posted July 1, 2020

Our state will announce one of three possible school scenarios for the Fall. Until they announce the decision in the last week of July, all districts are preparing for all three scenarios. We purchased our 5th grade “only child” a laptop because two of the three scenarios involve distance learning. No matter what happens we will not be using either nutrition services or school age child care. I work in state government and have not been hearing that it is realistic for us to return to school full time with the status of the spread and what would be required for disinfecting, social distancing, transportation system, and personal protection. I am highly skeptical we will return in the Fall. I have given detailed feedback at several levels in my state about what needs to be done to improve distance learning. I am fortunate that I can work from home indefinitely.