No school this fall?

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ev4989

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What is the norm for many is just not true for all and many can not see or understand that fact.
Just because your kids continued their school work at home on the internet does not mean that all have that choice.
Many do not have internet. Some do not have electricity. Some do not have parents that can or even care to help them learn. School is or was their life and now that is gone.

Some say they will meet 2 or 3 days a week. If 2 or 3 why not 4 or 5? Some schools went to 4 day weeks with longer days in recent years, why not continue?

My concern is for those kids, and many in my area, that have been left out and will continue to be if schools do not open.
The reason school is every other day is because they only have 2 grades go each day.
 
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DWR

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Oh, I was referring to doing 70% of that work in school. You said that the schools are opening where you live. The only problem with our schools is we don't have air conditioning and it is very hot 5 months of the year. Makes it incredibly hard to concentrate...
Here is the problem.
IF, and that has not been decided yet, IF the schools open, it will only be for 2 days a week.
Students will be expected to do the other 3 days work at home on the internet.
BUT, the problem is that many are to poor to have internet so will not be able to do all their work.
So many local students missed out on completing their work when schools closed in March that ALL students we just passed to the next grade. What was missed will not be made up.

Please find a way to open the schools so these kids do not miss an opportunity to get an education.
There must be a way.
 

Billyd

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How does that work?
Do the kids have to have a cellphone account.
Not really knowledgeable in this stuff.
The school system has the account. When the student signs in, the tablet automatically connects to the school's account. Check with local providers.

I don't know about your area, but most the cellphone providers are providing unlimited 4g lte internet tablet connections for around $20. They limit hot spot BW to 15G. After that hot spot speed is reduced 600K.
 
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The school system has the account. When the student signs in, the tablet automatically connects to the school's account. Check with local providers.

I don't know about your area, but most the cellphone providers are providing unlimited 4g lte internet tablet connections for around $20. They limit hot spot BW to 15G. After that hot spot speed is reduced 600K.
But what if the kids do not have cellphones?
 

Nehemiah6

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I see on the news that many public school will not have in school instruction this fall.
UN Officials Cite Study That Finds Lockdowns, School Closures Killing More Kids Than COVID
In a presentation seeking extra funding for coronavirus efforts, UNICEF director Henrietta H Fore said Monday, “The repercussions of the pandemic are causing more harm to children than the disease itself.”

UNICEF nutrition program chief Victor Aguayo noted that the most harm is being done “by having schools closed, by having primary health care services disrupted, by having nutritional programs dysfunctional.”

The officials pointed to a study published in The Lancet that notes “physical distancing, school closures, trade restrictions, and country lockdowns” are worsening global child malnutrition...
 

ev4989

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UN Officials Cite Study That Finds Lockdowns, School Closures Killing More Kids Than COVID
In a presentation seeking extra funding for coronavirus efforts, UNICEF director Henrietta H Fore said Monday, “The repercussions of the pandemic are causing more harm to children than the disease itself.”

UNICEF nutrition program chief Victor Aguayo noted that the most harm is being done “by having schools closed, by having primary health care services disrupted, by having nutritional programs dysfunctional.”

The officials pointed to a study published in The Lancet that notes “physical distancing, school closures, trade restrictions, and country lockdowns” are worsening global child malnutrition...
In my town, they are still serving lunch.
 
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Godsgirl83

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Our school district was throwing around the idea of opening schools and giving families the option of attending in person or taking virtual classes.....
the final decision is that they will not open ALL district enrolled students will be virtual. Instead of going to the school building, the teachers will be in the classrooms providing lessons online.
The district put out a lot of questioners these past several months to determine what the need for internet and devices are.
Wifi hotspots will be provided to those who apply for them, as well as devices.

Now, this doesn't affect us to much as I am a stay at home mom, BUT we're seriously questioning how this will affect those who work and rely on school hours as a sort of "babysiter", the ones who use before and after care services......

this decision was just made this week and the district is now working out finalizing plans, including meal options.
 

Nehemiah6

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Please find a way to open the schools so these kids do not miss an opportunity to get an education. There must be a way.
Yes, there is a way, but it will require MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.

1. All the top current medical professionals in government agencies in the USA will need to be immediately suspended and/or fired. They have been part of a criminal conspiracy regarding the Wuhan virus and its treatment.

2. A totally independent INVESTIGATIVE Commission will need to be set up outside the Swamp, to include people who are committed to the truth regardless of consequences. It would need all the medical and forensic people who should be there, in order to determine if indeed a criminal conspiracy was in place since January 2020. A major case will need to be built.

3. All the data and recommendations which have been presented (from all sources) will need to be thoroughly checked to determine if lock downs are indeed harmful, and HCQ is indeed a very effective treatment (not cure) for COVID-19. There is a growing consensus that both things are true. Also all the statistics regarding confirmed cases, hospitalizations, and death will need to be thoroughly checked for bogus information.

4. There will need to be sufficient personnel on this Commission in order to conclude their investigation within one month or less. Commission tend to drag things out, therefore they must be given a strict deadline.

5. Their findings will need to be summarized in plain English within one or two pages. If it is determined that lock downs -- particularly school lock downs (since children are at minimal risk according to the data available) -- are (1) unnecessary, (2) harmful, and (3) part of a conspiracy, then a Presidential Executive Order will be needed to enforce the opening of all schools throughout the land, upon pain of prosecution.

6. Their findings will also need to show that the HCQ package should be made freely available , and free of charge, to anyone who is showing symptoms of infection, and the Executive Order will need to remove all restrictions on this treatment, as well as deal with sabotage by the various agencies and medical boards.

7. Any court actions against these Executive Order will need to be quashed within those orders. The judiciary has been exceeding its limits of powers and encroaching on the administrative branch. This will need to be stopped.

As you can see, this is the total reverse of what the President has allowed to happen under his watch.
 
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it's so sad to imagine how parents have had to alter their lives-jobs-income
while having to keep their children at home in order to school them,
while and if they still have their jobs -
it's quite a travesty really, and the stress has had to have gone 'beyond' for
many, many, families...
may we all pray for them...
 

blueluna5

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I see on the news that many public school will not have in school instruction this fall.
All instruction will be on the internet.
What are the thousands of students without internet to do?
There are many families in my area that can not afford internet.
I have to pay $90 a month and that is the lowest price available in my area.

Will we pay these teachers that do not teach?
Will we have a reduction in school taxes?
They should offer a stipend for internet.
 

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I see on the news that many public school will not have in school instruction this fall.
All instruction will be on the internet.
What are the thousands of students without internet to do?
There are many families in my area that can not afford internet.
I have to pay $90 a month and that is the lowest price available in my area.

Will we pay these teachers that do not teach?
Will we have a reduction in school taxes?
Teachers should not get paid if they don't teach. Good luck on that reduction in taxes that goes towards education.
 

Billyd

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But what if the kids do not have cellphones?
You don't need a cellphone. My tablet connects to Verizon when I power it up and log into the tablet. Using the tablet only, I have unlimited 4g lte access and I pay $17 month. I can use my tablet as a hot spot, but it reduces the hot spot bandwidth to 600K after I use 16G of hot spot. I'm not sure, but I suspect that the school system has a plan similar to mine for each tablet. They just don't allow the tablets to be used as hot spots. They issue each student a tablet at the beginning of the school year. Each student is responsible for damages to the tablet, just as they were responsible for books. The tablets are collected at the end of the school year.

Most school district are paying at least $6K per student per year. The savings on books alone can pay for tablets.
 

ev4989

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Teachers should not get paid if they don't teach. Good luck on that reduction in taxes that goes towards education.
Most of the funding for schools comes from Colorado lottery sales. How I know this is because my dad was furious when he saw on the ballot that people had to vote whether that money went to schools or building a new prison. Besides, Trump was on the news saying that he signed a bill for 101 Billion dollars to go to only the schools that open...
 

Oncefallen

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Most of the funding for schools comes from Colorado lottery sales. How I know this is because my dad was furious when he saw on the ballot that people had to vote whether that money went to schools or building a new prison. Besides, Trump was on the news saying that he signed a bill for 101 Billion dollars to go to only the schools that open...
You might want to research this statement in depth. NONE of Colorado school funding comes from the lottery. 100% of Colorado Lottery proceeds goes to parks, trails and open spaces (mostly to fund acquisition of land with a small percentage going to maintain those lands).

A percentage of taxes on marijuana sales in Colorado go directly to education but still nowhere near "most"

"Most" of the tax revenue (78%) from gaming (casinos in Cripple Creek and Blackhawk) goes to education at the college level but still does not come close to "most" of the funding for education.

"Most" of the funding for education in Colorado comes locally from property taxes (roughly 1/3) and from the state (roughly 2/3) in the form of income and sales taxes.


All of this information is available on Colorado State government web pages.
 

ev4989

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You might want to research this statement in depth. NONE of Colorado school funding comes from the lottery. 100% of Colorado Lottery proceeds goes to parks, trails and open spaces (mostly to fund acquisition of land with a small percentage going to maintain those lands).

A percentage of taxes on marijuana sales in Colorado go directly to education but still nowhere near "most"

"Most" of the tax revenue (78%) from gaming (casinos in Cripple Creek and Blackhawk) goes to education at the college level but still does not come close to "most" of the funding for education.

"Most" of the funding for education in Colorado comes locally from property taxes (roughly 1/3) and from the state (roughly 2/3) in the form of income and sales taxes.

All of this information is available on Colorado State government web pages.
This was on the ballot. Did you vote here in Colorado?
 

ev4989

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This was on the ballot. Did you vote here in Colorado?
My father was a delegate for the 46th district in our city. he represented roughly 10,000 votes in our city. The candidates for county commissioner were in contact with him daily.
about this issue. He voted for the person for schools system and against building more prisons...
 

ev4989

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You might want to research this statement in depth. NONE of Colorado school funding comes from the lottery. 100% of Colorado Lottery proceeds goes to parks, trails and open spaces (mostly to fund acquisition of land with a small percentage going to maintain those lands).

A percentage of taxes on marijuana sales in Colorado go directly to education but still nowhere near "most"

"Most" of the tax revenue (78%) from gaming (casinos in Cripple Creek and Blackhawk) goes to education at the college level but still does not come close to "most" of the funding for education.

"Most" of the funding for education in Colorado comes locally from property taxes (roughly 1/3) and from the state (roughly 2/3) in the form of income and sales taxes.

All of this information is available on Colorado State government web pages.
I stand corrected, Most of school funding comes from the sale of cannabis. My dad corrected
me. lol...