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CWO3 Us Marine
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Saw an article that alluded to an entire "generation" of challenged students. Due to access to tech. Really? One mentions re-norming GPAs. Our parents cut wood and did chores, then walked 3 miles to school through snow, uphill both ways. They survived.
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LTC Eugene Chu
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Teachers and staff have also died since reopening due to the ongoing pandemic and lack of support for safety precautions

https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/education/tulsa-public-schools-confirms-deaths-of-two-employees-who-tested-positive-for-covid-19/article_f397a188-3663-11eb-8960-1b1e8fc299af.html
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Col Joseph Lenertz
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Yes, unfortunately, people from every career field have died. Firemen, hairdressers, waiters, police, truck drivers, and back-hoe operators all have died from COVID. Individual cases are tragic, and sadden us all. But that does not mean it is sound policy to keep all schools closed, or that there is no way to make in-person school attendance reasonably safe.
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SSG Robert Webster
SSG Robert Webster
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LTC Eugene Chu And your point would be? The article that you linked is not relevant to your statement about lack of support for safety precautions, in the one case exactly the opposite, where they did a full contact tracing.
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LTC Kevin B.
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Where I live, it's the exact opposite. The administrators want to keep them open, but the community wants them shut down. The only reason they did eventually shut down was because of too many teachers catching Covid, and then running out of backup teachers, substitutes, and volunteers.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Col Joseph Lenertz
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I live in Virginia, so the article resonates with me and is accurate here. What state do you live in, where the teacher's union wants them to open?
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LTC Kevin B.
LTC Kevin B.
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Col Joseph Lenertz - I live in Pennsylvania.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Col Joseph Lenertz
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LTC Kevin B. - Thanks! Looks like Pennsylvania is in relatively good condition for reopening schools, but the PA Association of School Administrators is worried they are being set up for failure upon reopening. It does not appear that school administrators are fighting to keep them open, at least at the state-wide school administrator level. https://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-pennsylvania-schools-reopen-dirocco-20200808-umxnbmozyndqnkp3btn6k5p7gu-story.html
https://www.pennlive.com/reopeningpa/2020/09/pa-one-of-the-safest-states-for-schools-to-reopen-study-says.html
There also seems to be no indication that the majority of parents want their kids to stay at home.
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LTC Kevin B.
LTC Kevin B.
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Col Joseph Lenertz - I don't try to speak for all of PA. I only speak for our community and what we're experiencing with our schools. Maybe we're an outlier, but then again, maybe we're representative of many other communities.
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