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Home schooling our district educators are fantastic (Original Post) Duncanpup Jan 2022 OP
I think the vast majority of teachers Diamond_Dog Jan 2022 #1
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Schools Stayed Opened Here In Illinois ProfessorGAC Apr 2022 #3

Diamond_Dog

(34,646 posts)
1. I think the vast majority of teachers
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 08:52 AM
Jan 2022

Really do care about their students’ education and try hard to make it happen. I’m glad, too, Duncanpup, that your school system doesn’t bow to the MAGATs.

Response to Duncanpup (Original post)

ProfessorGAC

(69,894 posts)
3. Schools Stayed Opened Here In Illinois
Thu Apr 7, 2022, 05:13 PM
Apr 2022

I don't object to added caution but 2 separate IDPH studies showed schools to not be superspreader events. One of those was before 12 year olds & up could get vaxxed.
During omicron, only 17 schools made the outbreak list, over 8 weeks in a state with over 2 million elementary & high school students. An outbreak is defined as 5 positives in one week, no matter the size of the school.
One of those schools has 4,800 students.
5 more were special needs schools where masking, distancing, & sanitation compliance is inherently more difficult.
In the 15 schools in which I sub, NONE still provided an online option.
And, the teachers I know prefer it this way. Any suggestion that these teachers don't care about their students would be both ludicrous & insulting.

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