dicapr
Well-Known Member
We are fighting lack of common sense at this point. You got parents fighting to not have to wear masks and participate in a shut down, and then because they refuse to sit still, schools are opting not to open at all. I think that if the option were only open to people who's job truly prevents WFH options, you'd see at most about 15% of kids returning.
In my district we made a last minute decision to keep my rising 1st grader home. We knew she'd have a super small class size of less than 15. Her Kinder class at max capacity was 16. My issue was they literally said and I quote: "We can't guarantee we'll be shutting down a classroom or the school if a teacher or student tests positive for COVID." They said the contact tracers will contact the students exposed (possibly if the parent can identify all the students) and then if its a teacher, they plan to bring in a substitute. Had they had better plan, we would have considered it. But nope.
And now, parents who originally opted to send their kids are demanding to be allowed to choose the virtual platform because the deadline to choose was Monday.
I see your point but you see the way things are in your area as the demographic for the rest of the country. I live in an area where a high percentage of the population work in the 1000 bed hospital, doctors offices, law enforcement ect. About 40% of the local jobs are in that arena.
Work from home is less of an option than most would like for it to be. The hospital I worked from has even canceled PTO except for emergencies during the outbreak. Those in the business offices are able to work from home more often but even they need to come in a few times week to a few times a month.