tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post190981169147067721..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: How Schools Work: A Practical Guide for Policymakers During a PandemicDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-70688496104273460322020-07-09T20:32:06.288-07:002020-07-09T20:32:06.288-07:00Thanks for the great article. It led to my petiti...Thanks for the great article. It led to my petition, started last night to Governor DeSantis to keep Florida schools closed this Fall. In 24 hours we've gotten 3,000 signatures. If you are in Florida, please sign on and pass this to other Floridians. https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/keep-florida-school-buildings-closed-in-2020-2021/davefinniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263830429315856302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-91686475502497710182020-07-09T19:55:36.580-07:002020-07-09T19:55:36.580-07:00Mark, I've retweeted this blog post extensivel...Mark, I've retweeted this blog post extensively. <br /><br />When push comes to shove (and that's what I think Trump is trying to do), my money would be on teachers and parents rather than on any elected official trying to force schools to re-open this fall.Steve Muratore aka Arizona Eagletarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404761986345385458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-53798876825224378012020-07-09T19:33:43.310-07:002020-07-09T19:33:43.310-07:00Thank you so much for publishing this very importa...Thank you so much for publishing this very important information. I am a grandmother of an autistic 5 yr old and I can tell you now that he is not wearing a mask for an hour let alone 8 hrs. He's clostrophobic at times and its really hard to keep his mask on even for his appts. Elementary students are going to find ways to touch and breath on eachother.They have too much energy to burn and you can not keep them in the same position for very long. Iam really terrified about them reopening schools at this time. Thanks again and will be sharing this as much as possible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06004202156020941374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-16734761141253168202020-07-09T05:59:01.923-07:002020-07-09T05:59:01.923-07:00Thank you for writing this article. This is what w...Thank you for writing this article. This is what we real teachers know the actual logistics of a school day. Everything you have said is bang on. Policy makers have little knowledge of how a school functions un real life.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13086119295509254544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-10051323111465976092020-07-07T09:43:05.644-07:002020-07-07T09:43:05.644-07:00Thank you! I'm a SAHM and I feel equipped to f...Thank you! I'm a SAHM and I feel equipped to facilitate home school/ distance learning and can see the problems going back in. Think of this = what happens if my husband comes in contact with a COVID positive co-worker and we're supposed to self quarantine as a family? Even if none of us end up sick or symptomatic, we would have to be able to be home to keep from spreading what we potentially have. So will I be able to quickly jump back to distance learning while my children's classmates are still in the classroom? Will they just be missing school and curriculum every time there's a potential exposure? Will other parents extend the same courtesy to us and keep their children home if the person they had lunch with yesterday comes back COVID positive? Are we going to get those truancy letters for missing school because we're trying to be safe not sorry, respecting our teachers, administrators, bus drivers, custodians and classmates? We will just be rotating kids in and out of the classrooms, and the teachers will have to be individually instructing kids who were out last week to catch them up, while missing other kids this week. Teaching curriculum that's already feeling pressure from the weight of teaching to the tests will be crushing to our teachers. Until we have herd immunity, there won't be normal. :(Kaitlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874163639624471989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-33881540920975376542020-07-06T15:53:58.958-07:002020-07-06T15:53:58.958-07:00Thank you for your clear and unabated insight. The...Thank you for your clear and unabated insight. These are serious issues, and for those of us who got to read your message are certainly more informed, although we still have more questions than answers. We should have questions and proceed with caution.<br /><br />This is the most serious issue that any of us has experienced in our lifetime. I am 72 years old and I only read about epidemics. I never lived through one!<br /><br />Again, thank you for doing such a wonderful public service.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Donna M. Israe(ESL teacher)l Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843176132104828934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-74579620974450536182020-07-06T14:26:03.100-07:002020-07-06T14:26:03.100-07:00Thanks for mentioning the substitute teachers. Man...Thanks for mentioning the substitute teachers. Many of us are older (over 60) and would then not be able or willing to even enter the school. This only exacerbates the problem of finding subs. <br /><br />And all of this presupposes that children themselves do not have any pre-existing conditions. My granddaughter is diabetic. There are others with diabetes, with compromised immune system, etc. The conditions would preclude them fro even being in the school, never mind six feet apart. As dictated by the ADA compliances, this would then mean homebound instruction of some sort. Where are you going to find these specialists?miscellaneousmusingsruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660745412113129236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-23553089327156704202020-07-06T12:44:49.660-07:002020-07-06T12:44:49.660-07:00Thank you from a middle-school French 1 teacher an...Thank you from a middle-school French 1 teacher and expat Jersey girl. I can manage 16 conversations among 32 students x multiple partner changes much more effectively and safely in online breakout rooms than in a physically distanced classroom. And even though I am credentialed in two other subjects, it's been nearly a decade since I've taught them and I'd be un poisson hors de l'eau if thrown into either tank with no advance preparation time. Thank you for raising awareness of the complexities involved. To most people the adult side of K-12 education is a mystery box.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642889322405473755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-29488321407200616472020-07-05T13:02:33.704-07:002020-07-05T13:02:33.704-07:00THANK YOU =) from a secondary teacherTHANK YOU =) from a secondary teacherAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692163434312271213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-33056820530447949252020-07-05T06:50:00.185-07:002020-07-05T06:50:00.185-07:00As a longtime kindergarten teacher, getting kids f...As a longtime kindergarten teacher, getting kids from one place to another, usually accomplished by lining up in twos, creating two lines that go to lunch, gym, Art, dismissal, morning pickup, or anywhere else the entire class has to move to. The logistics that currently define an American school day cannot apply in this pandemic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924970390541442114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-54977885436213109812020-07-04T14:22:35.390-07:002020-07-04T14:22:35.390-07:00One key factor that nobody seems to be talking abo...One key factor that nobody seems to be talking about is the rising cases of pediatric multi organ inflammatory post COVID syndrome. Even with all the closed schools there are still new cases every day. This syndrome strikes kids WITHOUT pre existing conditions 4 to 8 weeks after a mild or asymptomatic original infection. What's going to happen after schools reopen?? Skyrocketing cases in september and October I would be willing to bet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225396646062804340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-34796309892785094592020-07-04T11:03:15.434-07:002020-07-04T11:03:15.434-07:00Thank you from an elementary school teacher! These...Thank you from an elementary school teacher! These are all points we have brought up over and over as plans are discussed. Most common response we get is talk to HR. No joke. Have a reason to not be in the classroom? Talk to HR. Have our own children who will only be in school a couple days themselves while you are expected to be at school all day/week with other children? Talk to HR. Want to know how an absence will be handled if you need to be out (Covid-19 is NOT the only reason teachers may be out...unfortunately the regular old flu and colds are still going around plus many other illnesses)? Talk to HR. Seriously. Zero actual real answers. Plus they keep mentioning the good of social interaction for children - how do you interact with others when you are not even allowed to be near them (we are not having recess, PE, any rotations, etc.)?! We have already been told we may not assign partner/group work and it all must be individual. I keep saying this is physical distancing in a school building that has recirculated air and no opening windows...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12876726718388873819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-47259601356290088272020-07-04T09:58:49.884-07:002020-07-04T09:58:49.884-07:00Yes! I'm a preschool teacher with my classroo...Yes! I'm a preschool teacher with my classroom in my home and trying to study and decide how and if to open. There is no way a 3-yr-old is going to wear a mask all day And social distance. And I don't think it's even emotionally healthy if not just physically impossible. And I think destroys all the benefits of preschool- it's all about social learning, sharing, working with others, feeling loved and secure. I also wonder and concerned about what it does to a young child if their teacher wears a mask all day and they don't get to read their facial expressions and see their smile and hear a friendly, unmuffled voice reading them a story. Especially at the beginning of the year when they are meeting them for the first time and they can't see their face or shake their hand or connect. I think I'd rather not open if these are the conditions, it's sad and probably more harm than good. May I share your post on my Instagram?Gina Rochellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283683041313566851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-22491060892668425372020-07-04T08:53:56.594-07:002020-07-04T08:53:56.594-07:00Just a note from a parent: thank you very much!Just a note from a parent: thank you very much!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481083228530496983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-88352161935185668092020-07-04T07:59:35.079-07:002020-07-04T07:59:35.079-07:00What happens if a child tests positive? Will the w...What happens if a child tests positive? Will the whole class be required to quarentine? If so, for how long, will the teachers have to use sick days, some only get 10 for the year. And if it happens a second time?Charleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17048859049866255728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-15537630360327564612020-07-04T07:18:26.660-07:002020-07-04T07:18:26.660-07:00You made some good valid points that even as a par...You made some good valid points that even as a parent I didnt think about.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261735754225885142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-15416017051328738162020-07-04T06:46:57.529-07:002020-07-04T06:46:57.529-07:00Your observations are accurate and timely. I am fo...Your observations are accurate and timely. I am forwarding your blog entry to my colleagues and student parents. We, as teachers, know these real-life facts and barriers to reopening. In Louisiana, a very recent law prevents teachers or parents of students from suing a school system if an illness is contracted from the classroom/school setting. Cynically, this new law seemed to make reopening in early August a certainty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01756662471975009039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-30853558916260034012020-07-04T04:16:31.697-07:002020-07-04T04:16:31.697-07:00Great article and thanks so much for going to bat ...Great article and thanks so much for going to bat for substitute teachers. Conductor71https://www.blogger.com/profile/07413049694840112833noreply@blogger.com