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Children Going Back To School This Fall

Josie said:
Yes, that does work for kids who have parents like you who actually care.
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It can easily be mandated and even get people to donate water bottles for kids to the schools so they can distribute to those who need them.

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mrjurrs said:
Based on his record of decision making this pandemic, why would anyone follow this suggestion, it is so clearly tied to his dream of a 3rd qtr economic boom?
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Why would anyone listen to anything he says? We can see it's nonsense.
 
tres borrachos said:
I think Trump needs to stop demanding that the schools reopen and stop getting involved in the international students in college horse****. It has nothing to do with him. The school districts have the say here, not him. The colleges have the say, not him. His opinion is not relevant.

My kids all go off to their colleges next month, assuming all of their colleges will be open to welcome them back. I don't know how I feel about it.
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If they stay home, do community college for basic classes and they will have more time to party, take interesting electives, avoid working as a student when they do get to go away.
 
mrjurrs said:
If they stay home, do community college for basic classes and they will have more time to party, take interesting electives, avoid working as a student when they do get to go away.
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Two of them are on hockey scholarships. The other is an incoming freshman on a partial soccer scholarship. They don't want to stay him.
 
roguenuke said:
It can easily be mandated and even get people to donate water bottles for kids to the schools so they can distribute to those who need them.

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Well, that ought to solve everything.
 
Risky Thicket said:
You state that unequivocally? Show us your information. Links please so that we too can know the facts you know.
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Children are a high risk group for complications from flu, but this doesn't seem to be the case for COVID-19 — few children have been hospitalized with the new coronavirus.

How does the new coronavirus compare with the flu? | Live Science


Even though the reported number of deaths during the 2017-2018 flu season was 187, CDC’s mathematical models that account for the underreporting of flu-related deaths in children estimate the actual number was closer to 600.
Children & Influenza (Flu) | CDC

AS compared to Coronavirus - 26 deaths through June 16.

Coronavirus: COVID Deaths in U.S. by Age, Race | American Council on Science and Health
 
Taylor said:
Thus far, the data suggests that kids are much less likely to get the virus and much less likely to transmit the virus. I would only have reservations if I had a kid with underlying conditions, or if someonein the household had underlying conditions or was otherwise more susceptible.

Everything I've read has suggested that closing schools has had only a minor impact (if any) on the spread of the virus. Schools should be among the first things to reopen.
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The evidence for that is weak. There are some hints, but that might not be the case.
 
roguenuke said:
It can easily be mandated and even get people to donate water bottles for kids to the schools so they can distribute to those who need them.

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Depends on your state. I don't think we can even require parents to purchase a pencil.
 
mrjurrs said:
A source is the source, not interested in the opinion associated with it. Look at studies and find one that says just read the article to find the source...I guess that worked last at Trump University.
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Are you too dumb to realize that the link in the article was the study.
 
tres borrachos said:
Two of them are on hockey scholarships. The other is an incoming freshman on a partial soccer scholarship. They don't want to stay him.
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That puts them in the same group as every graduating senior in America. Hopefully the sport doesn't force them into tough decisions. Take care.
 
mrjurrs said:
That puts them in the same group as every graduating senior in America. Hopefully the sport doesn't force them into tough decisions. Take care.
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Oh they will. Hockey will happen. Soccer, who knows. But they all want to go to their respective schools and be normal college kids.
 
avatar said:
Are you too dumb to realize that the link in the article was the study.
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No, but apparently you don't understand how you source information. Perhaps you just need the article to tell you what you should think about what the source is saying...
 
mrjurrs said:
Separate teachers from where? How large of classrooms?
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Elsewhere in the district, not from their home school. Supposedly they've been receiving training over the summer. I think each teacher manages something like 60 students.
 
Taylor said:
Depends on your state. I don't think we can even require parents to purchase a pencil.
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Hence giving them as part of school supplies or providing water in cups if need be or simply having water bottles to hand out. All you have to do is close the water fountains.

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roguenuke said:
Hence giving them as part of school supplies or providing water in cups if need be or simply having water bottles to hand out. All you have to do is close the water fountains.

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You can't shut off the water fountains (at least not in my state). The district has made this explicit. Use is to be "severely limited" and kids will be "strongly encouraged" to bring water from home.
 
Rexedgar said:
Florida, Texas and Arizona seemed to have opened a little too early.

It’s not safe for Manafort and Cohen to stay in jail. But kids need to return to school?

I’m not getting the logic behind this pressure.

Now CDC advice is “too restrictive.”

Mixed messages ‘R’ us!
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Don't forget also "too expensive".

What I see is the CDC set up guidelines with phases for states to begin reopening. Then some states leapfrogged right over that and their numbers are going crazy, shutdowns are being put in place again. Hospitals are running out of beds. It's been a complete failure for our country regardless of people who did the right thing because too many have fought restrictions tooth and nail.

But we learned a lesson right? We learned all that rush to open was a poor choice.

Well no. Once again the CDC has given guidelines in how schools should go about opening and what's coming from the president is no, he doesn't agree and is suggesting he will bully schools into opening. The same crap that took place with states reopening.

There is certainly no easy answer in reopening schools, but to once again cry about the CDC when we're literally living through the first failure due to ignoring them is beyond stupid.
 
Taylor said:
It's much stronger than "hints".
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Can you provide a source to a peer reviewed article on it from a medical journal?
 
Like every other issue to confront this Administration, there is NO ****ING PLAN, but get re-elected!
 
If it comes down to it, students could attend class every other day, or even every three days, to keep the class sizes smaller

Children currently in first or second grade are going to be extremely disadvantaged if we keep schools closed completely
 
Taylor said:
You can't shut off the water fountains (at least not in my state). The district has made this explicit. Use is to be "severely limited" and kids will be "strongly encouraged" to bring water from home.
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Then donate water bottles or water to your district.

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Josie said:
Yes, that does work for kids who have parents like you who actually care.
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Turn off the fountains and keep a fresh supply of chilled water on hand for students who's parents neglect to send one with them. Also issue each student their own personal water bottle to fill with the generic bottle so there is no confusion on who is who. The school might even save money with kids not needlessly standing there with fountains on for the hell of it.
 
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