How long do you think it will be before schools that are full time, 100% capacity end up online? Will they end up online?

I think our timeframe should focus more on how long it will take for the virus to shut us down and more on how much time will expire before we can be securely safe from the virus reaching another grim milestone. I’m sorry but I have grandchildren to worry about and I know at the rate this virus is spreading and we are not in school, it is not at all reasonable to think it will get better when we return to school. How long will it take the federal government to step up with national guidelines that must be adhered to or those in violation face extreme consequences?

The students know what is going on in the world around them. They know we are in the grips of a pandemic that has brought down many, many innocent individuals. They know how scary it is that someone they sit next to in school might have Covid and they could potentially bring it home to their mother or father or sick grandfather who could contract it and die. Children need a safe, nurturing environment to learn and grow as they should. Having to worry constantly about this virus will greatly stifle their learning potential. Any form of education at this point, whether it is in person or online or both, IS crisis learning. The question simply is, which one is safer? You tell me.

I give it a month, tops, before we are fully online. In my opinion, the only good thing about being in person for a little while is the ability to give out laptops, get students signed up for Google Classroom and Remind, help students navigate Google Classroom and answer any questions they have in person, and the ability to have had some interaction together so we won't be complete strangers online.

With all the valuable information Dr. Birx and Dr. Fauci has given to the public as recent as today, I feel that we should not even risk sending the students back only to be shut down after the virus has spread even more. Dr Birx said today that it was spreading, in this new phase, to rural as well as urban areas. We must do something as far as meeting educational needs of our students but our students health has to be the primary concern.

Online education does not work. If we continue our current philosophy of every student must succeed, it will not happen. That doesn't mean there can't be a completely online school, but it has to be a choice school and not required.

Our Superintendent rocks. He said yes, we want our students to learn. He expects them to learn everyday. However, he wants them to learn compassion, empathy, and sympathy. He wants us to help our students emotionally and everyday before we actually start classes, we go over an Emotional Social day. We are 100% online.

I give it a month.

This may not be popular but we need to get on with life. Yes people are dying and will die. They die from the flu, heart attack, strokes, cancer, car / plane/ 4-wheeler-ATV’s, motorcycles boating accidents, TBI, etc. Yes, do I where a mask? Yes, most always or when I feel I need to so others and myself are safe. Do I use good hygiene? Yes. Do I social distance? Yes. But the problem now is that iris here. It is not going away for now. People are going to get togethers, parties, Social gatherings, etc. so if it is okay for children to play with each other, go to the stores without masks,have sleep overs, eat out, movies, etc. then what is the differences between that and going to school? Yes, will I do everything I can to keep the children/ staff/ parents/ etc safe? YOU BET I WILL! Will I clean more on my own time my classroom? Yes! Will I have the children clean more? Yes! Will I continue to teach good hygiene? Yes! Will I keep my students as safe and healthy as I possibly can? Yes! But when you see people/ hospitals/ testing places abuse the system just to get more money, that is not right. One person went and waited to be tested. They were there a long time and said I am out of here. They never were tested. They left before they got to them. Then they get a call they tested positive! This has happened more than once. Another person I know was very ill with cancer. There was nothing more they could do. He passed from the cancer. But guess what, he tested positive. I strongly believe that we did the right thing about shutting everything down so we could get a handle on what was happening, what we needed to do, etc. but now it is time to slowly get back to a “normal “ life. Then we had a person who worked for us during the summer (adult 30’s) called and wanted us to lie about him not able to work due to C-19 so they would get “ free” money. What! Lie. No way! They could of worked if they wanted. Then they were mad and went to get someone else to lie for him. We are making more and more people who believe that they are entitled to everything free and if you have it, then so should they and they steal it. Just praying that there are no spikes with the C-19, parents start stepping up because we can’t do it alone, students love for learning comes out, students want to be back in the physical classroom, and their is respect , kindness, caring, love compassion, helpfulness, honesty, and a positive mindset. I love teaching and the children are so important to me and that they get the best education I can give them filled with manners, respect, kindness, caring, helpfulness, eager to learn and want to learn more, set goals and reach for the stars, etc.

We are already 100% virtual! Our board is the only in the state (that I know of) that voted to do so. Not sure how I feel about it because we have so many parents who seem desperate to have their children in school so they can keep their jobs. 😕

I give it 2 weeks

You could always start a betting pool at your school to see who gets closest to date and time of announcement of return to full distance learning. Winner take all! On a more serious note, this is 🥜

In ND school I teach, all students are provided with chrome book & on- line access. It worked this spring fairly well. We are rural school & going face to face in a few weeks (no masks) Guessing we will be fully back to Google Classroom before Oct 1. I really hope I’m wrong!!

Depends on the infection numbers and transmission rate in each district. I predict we'll see both increase substantially as schools start F2F. Sad students and other community members will have to pay with their health and lives before some decision makers will come to reason.

In areas with high rates of transmission, I give the schools maybe a month before closing. My county is in red and we are opening for in person learning 5 days a week Aug.17th. During preplanning right now, 5 staffers are in quarantine. I work at a small school in a very rural area so this # seems like alot to me.

1 week

I’m so afraid this is the “new norm”

Probably not until December or possibly January for us. We might be able to go hybrid in Oct

If I decide to move from Las Vegas, Nevada to Kansas City, Missouri what school districts would you suggest? I prefer working in the Urban, Inner City, or Neighborhood schools. Please let me know your thoughts.....

I pray never

I think that we will have weak when we will be on online. Quarantined students will need to be online.