When will public schools open with in person classes, and will you let your children attend?

They will open in the fall at normal time. Parents want it and kids want it.

Schools are already planning to be open brick-and-mortar for the fall. That decision, unless things go south dramatically, has already been made. The people with the boots on the ground, even in the absence of a formal announcement, are already working in that direction as they start planning for next year.

When will public schools open with in person classes, and will you let your children attend?

In August and any parent would let their children attend, like they have a choice unless they decided to put their kids in home school

In August and any parent would let their children attend, like they have a choice unless they decided to put their kids in home school

Technically Moore Schools has a few options instead of being forced to in class. https://www.normantranscript.com/news/moore-public-schools-announces-three-option-plan-for-coming-school-year/article_21d61fb4-a804-11ea-8eff-bba9f5664e73.html

Most school age parents will be happy about the reopening of the schools. There may be a slight increase in home schooling, but unfortunately that's just not possible for most families.

We still have over two months away to see what happens during the summer with the evolution of this virus.

This was released last week by the Oklahoma State Department of Education: https://sde.ok.gov/sites/default/files/Return%20to%20Learn%20Oklahoma.pdf

Technically Moore Schools has a few options instead of being forced to in class. https://www.normantranscript.com/news/moore-public-schools-announces-three-option-plan-for-coming-school-year/article_21d61fb4-a804-11ea-8eff-bba9f5664e73.html

Thank you, those are good options

I had heard some parents talk about the possibility of doing an A and B week with students where one half would come in one week and the other half would do distance learning and then they would flip the next week. Is that still a possibility or are they just going completely back to normal classes?

Los Angeles and San Diego Schools Will Go Online-Only in the Fall
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/world/coronavirus-updates.html#click=https://t.co/g1zig8iSOQ

Florida is opening schools, this is interesting.

Can we bet on how long until they go back online?

A lot of year book advisers are thinking about how they're going to cover all of the students and teachers who die because of prematurely reopening about now.

A lot of year book advisers are thinking about how they're going to cover all of the students and teachers who die because of prematurely reopening about now.

Man, something that nobody probably *ever* thought they'd have to consider. Black borders around their pics?

Man, something that nobody probably *ever* thought they'd have to consider. Black borders around their pics?

I guess it just depends on how many die. COVID will at least be getting a spread in the yearbooks. Most schools are going to have at least one faculty member who doesn't survive the coming semester.

I wonder what OKC PS plans to do about the schools that are overcrowded. Prairie Queen Elementary and Jefferson have portable buildings and Grant has been chronically overcrowded. I'm sure there are others with too many students for the facilities.

I guess it just depends on how many die. COVID will at least be getting a spread in the yearbooks. Most schools are going to have at least one faculty member who doesn't survive the coming semester.

i think this is overstating things a bit

What are we going to do from October to March every year during the flu season. If we are treating COVID the same as the flu, then can children ever attend school again?

From the CDC, “ However, for children (0-17 years), cumulative COVID-19 hospitalization rates are much lower than cumulative influenza hospitalization rates during recent influenza seasons.”

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html

What are we going to do from October to March every year during the flu season. If we are treating COVID the same as the flu, then can children ever attend school again?

From the CDC, “ However, for children (0-17 years), cumulative COVID-19 hospitalization rates are much lower than cumulative influenza hospitalization rates during recent influenza seasons.”

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html

With Covid, the worry isn't that the kids themselves will die (though the long-term impact of Covid is still unknown) but that they will then transmit it to adults and high-risk groups (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html).

Seriously, for the umpteenth time, stop comparing this to the flu. It displays a total lack of understanding of the issue.

With Covid, the worry isn't that the kids themselves will die (though the long-term impact of Covid is still unknown) but that they will then transmit it to adults and high-risk groups (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html).

Seriously, for the umpteenth time, stop comparing this to the flu. It displays a total lack of understanding of the issue.

Not that I'm advocating that Nextdoor has good policies overall, but they do have one - they remove reported posts that contain voting, COVID, etc. mis/dis-information, wonder if Pete/Martin would be amenable to that here?

With Covid, the worry isn't that the kids themselves will die (though the long-term impact of Covid is still unknown) but that they will then transmit it to adults and high-risk groups (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html).

Seriously, for the umpteenth time, stop comparing this to the flu. It displays a total lack of understanding of the issue.

I was commenting on the hospitalization rate of the children that get Covid. Where in my comment did I talk about spreading and a lack of understanding of a spreading issue? No where. Kids are germ factories and spreads all kinds of germs all over each other. Especially the younger kids. I have no doubt COVID spreads amount children the same as the flu/cold or any other type of virus.

Not that I'm advocating that Nextdoor has good policies overall, but they do have one - they remove reported posts that contain voting, COVID, etc. mis/dis-information, wonder if Pete/Martin would be amenable to that here?

How is quoting something from the CDC misinformation. Please explain?

I was commenting on the hospitalization rate of the children that get Covid. Where in my comment did I talk about spreading and a lack of understanding of a spreading issue? No where. Kids are germ factories and spreads all kinds of germs all over each other. Especially the younger kids. I have no doubt COVID spreads amount children the same as the flu/cold or any other type of virus.

Focusing on the hospitalization rate of kids (which thank God is low) is again missing the bigger issue with reopening schools, which is that they spread COVID to teachers and other adults who may be at risk. And COVID is a disease multiple times more deadly than the flu with many more long-term effects, some of which we don't yet fully understand.

So by not mentioning the spreading, you're ignoring the whole darn point of the argument since folks aren't saying we need to close schools or else a whole lot of kids will die, but rather schools will become the epicenters of outbreaks than could profoundly impact the adult population. See Israel as an example (https://www.wsj.com/articles/israelis-fear-schools-reopened-too-soon-as-covid-19-cases-climb-11594760001)

How is quoting something from the CDC misinformation. Please explain?

Nice deflection. This is the part of your post that's misinformation, your own personal words, and it's misinformation because COVID-19 is *not* the same as the flu and we're not treating it like that:

"What are we going to do from October to March every year during the flu season. If we are treating COVID the same as the flu, then can children ever attend school again?"

Nice deflection. This is the part of your post that's misinformation, your own personal words, and it's misinformation because COVID-19 is *not* the same as the flu and we're not treating it like that:

"What are we going to do from October to March every year during the flu season. If we are treating COVID the same as the flu, then can children ever attend school again?"

It seems to me it is misinformation in your own mind. I was stating facts. COVID has a lower hospitalization rate than the flu according to the CDC. Every year there are numerous children that are out of school and hospitalized due to the flu. There are numerous news articles of teachers who died from the flu. If there is a segment that does not allow children to attend school due to COVID, so why is this different than the flu season when children are at greater risk from the flu than COVID.

Focusing on the hospitalization rate of kids (which thank God is low) is again missing the bigger issue with reopening schools, which is that they spread COVID to teachers and other adults who may be at risk. And COVID is a disease multiple times more deadly than the flu with many more long-term effects, some of which we don't yet fully understand.

So by not mentioning the spreading, you're ignoring the whole darn point of the argument since folks aren't saying we need to close schools or else a whole lot of kids will die, but rather schools will become the epicenters of outbreaks than could profoundly impact the adult population. See Israel as an example (https://www.wsj.com/articles/israelis-fear-schools-reopened-too-soon-as-covid-19-cases-climb-11594760001)

I understand the adult part of COVID. I am taking about the child part of COVID.

If there is a segment that does not allow children to attend school due to COVID, so why is this different than the flu season when children are at greater risk from the flu than COVID.

And, for the umpteenth time, it's not necessarily the children's health we're most concerned with, but them spreading a new, deadly disease to adults and high-risk folk. The fact that flu hospitalizes more kids than COVID has literally no bearing on this conversation. This is another great example of your drive by trolling derailing conversation.

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I understand the adult part of COVID. I am taking about the child part of COVID.

You can't separate those two things. One infects the other.

It seems to me it is misinformation in your own mind. I was stating facts. COVID has a lower hospitalization rate than the flu according to the CDC. Every year there are numerous children that are out of school and hospitalized due to the flu. There are numerous news articles of teachers who died from the flu. If there is a segment that does not allow children to attend school due to COVID, so why is this different than the flu season when children are at greater risk from the flu than COVID.

COVID has a lower hospitalization rate for children because unlike adults, they have been home since March. I expect this will change once we start putting hundreds of them in the same building.

And the teachers who we know are susceptible will be just die in many cases. I'm in contact with more than one updating their estate plans before going back to school.

Here’s why re-opening schools before next spring will be a disaster (https://www.alternet.org/2020/07/heres-why-re-opening-schools-before-next-spring-will-be-a-disaster/)

And, for the umpteenth time, it's not necessarily the children's health we're most concerned with, but them spreading a new, deadly disease to adults and high-risk folk. The fact that flu hospitalizes more kids than COVID has literally no bearing on this conversation. This is another great example of your drive by trolling derailing conversation.

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You can't separate those two things. One infects the other.

the flu is also deadly to high risk folk so it is not apples and oranges

Here’s why re-opening schools before next spring will be a disaster (https://www.alternet.org/2020/07/heres-why-re-opening-schools-before-next-spring-will-be-a-disaster/)

i covid is still a thing next spring ?? then just cancel school again and then again and then again ??

I say, delay till mid-September than re-evaluate. Other countries have figured out how to reopen without seeing huge spikes.

I say, delay till mid-September than re-evaluate. Other countries have figured out how to reopen without seeing huge spikes.

sweeden never closed elementary schools

i covid is still a thing next spring ?? then just cancel school again and then again and then again ??

Dunno, we don't have kids, so don't have as much at stake, so don't care as much as others, just ran across that a few days ago, thought it was timely.

COVID-19 Poses Another Challenge for Schools: Air Quality (https://oklahomawatch.org/2020/07/27/covid-19-poses-another-challenge-for-schools-air-quality/)