Schools reopening or not

[grupp]

I do not want my taxes being used to subsidize private companies.

Hate to break it to you, but they already do.

 

[SteelerGal]

@Cornell CA has the 14day policy. Our County was doing well until summer and now we have enclaves that ignore any medical advice. So because of this, all of the County must suffer. Our only option is the elementary waiver or to lower our positivity rate to the 8%.

 

[Cornell]

AB 5 causing confusion for tutors, parents

Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) may pose a new threat in plans for at-home learning this fall.

www.10news.com

 

[TravelTime]

AB 5 causing confusion for tutors, parents

Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) may pose a new threat in plans for at-home learning this fall.

www.10news.com

I guess it depends. Hiring a tutor that is officially self employed or employed by a company, who is working for other families and only works for you for a few hours a week may not cause a problem. The IRS criteria is pretty clear on what constitutes an employee vs an IC. However, I could see if the family is hiring a full time tutor or teacher. That would be like hiring a full time nanny. Then they should probably be an employee. I think many families have gotten in trouble for hiring full time nannies and not paying them properly or paying taxes for them. I am in an industry where many of my competitors are hiring ICs when they should not be. They are misclassifying employees. Tutors were allowed pre-Covid so the only difference I could see now is circumstances when a family hires a tutor for more hours than the government agencies would deem appropriate for a tutor to still be classified as an IC.

 

[travelpager]

Hate to break it to you, but they already do.

I don't have a problem with this across the board. For example, I don't have problem with government subsidizing R&D for vaccines. Much depends on the objective, who/how many benefit, scope of losses, etc.

 

[TravelTime]

I don't have a problem with this across the board. For example, I don't have problem with government subsidizing R&D for vaccines. Much depends on the objective, who/how many benefit, scope of losses, etc.

I have read that companies underfund R&D so it is necessary for the government to step in for this. I do not mind the government paying for or subsidizing things for the common good. However, we are supposed to be paying for public schools, not private schools. I prefer using my taxes for public schools but the government needs to step up and improve the public school system.

 

[bogey21]

The government needs to step up and improve the public school system.

Which Government, Federal, State or Local...

George

 

[TravelTime]

Which Government, Federal, State or Local...

George

All of them. They all play a part in education is some way.

 

[rapmarks]

My grandsons just went in for registration and picture day. They start in person soon

 

[bogey21]

All of them. They all play a part in education is some way.

Maybe that's part of the problem. Too many cooks...

George

 

[Cornell]

My grandsons just went in for registration and picture day. They start in person soon

Another bad thing about social media....My kid's peers are now seeing pics of their friends in other areas / states with back to school pics on social media and it's making the situation even worse (in terms of their attitude towards this).

 

[TravelTime]

Maybe that's part of the problem. Too many cooks...

George

Good point. We need one clear leader.

 

[bbodb1]

Maybe that's part of the problem. Too many cooks...

George

Too many entities to answer to...

 

[travelpager]

I have read that companies underfund R&D so it is necessary for the government to step in for this. I do not mind the government paying for or subsidizing things for the common good. However, we are supposed to be paying for public schools, not private schools. I prefer using my taxes for public schools but the government needs to step up and improve the public school system.

(I agreed with your post, TravelTime)

 

[rapmarks]

Another bad thing about social media....My kid's peers are now seeing pics of their friends in other areas / states with back to school pics on social media and it's making the situation even worse (in terms of their attitude towards this).

They are young, kindergarten, third and fifth grade. Don’t know what high school is doing

 

[DeniseM]

Multiple posts from the dark side deleted.

 

[mdurette]

Also, I have heard that enrollments are up at traditional private schools.

I had a google Q&A with my DD private school last night (k-8) and they noted that they have restricted admission for their upcoming year due to Covid and trying to exceed requirements. Example: the "farmhouse' which hold PreK and K can handle 24 kids....they held enrollment this year at 16.

I must say as a parent of child there I was impressed hearing this as they easily could have gone for money (tuition) over safety and they didn't.

 

[jehb2]

Another bad thing about social media....My kid's peers are now seeing pics of their friends in other areas / states with back to school pics on social media and it's making the situation even worse (in terms of their attitude towards this).

At the end of the school year my daughter wanted to get together with friends and then this happened not too far from us. She understands.

Hundreds of teens at 'pong fest' party exposed to coronavirus, officials say | CNN

About 300 teens were exposed to Covid-19 at a "pong fest" party in Lakeway, Texas, on June 20, local officials say.

www.cnn.com

 

[TravelTime]

Why Parents, With ‘No Good Choice’ This School Year, Are Blaming One Another (Published 2020)

Every choice on what to do about schooling amid a pandemic is potentially risky or unfair. Even if the problem is systemic, the angst is personal.

www.nytimes.com

It’s the newest front in America’s parenting wars.

Parents, forced to figure out how to care for and educate their children in a pandemic, are being judged and criticized on message boards and in backyard meet-ups and virtual P.T.A. meetings. If parents send their children to schools that reopen, are they endangering them and their teachers? If they keep them home, are they pulling support from schools and depriving their children? If they keep working while schools are closed, are they neglecting their children in a time of need? If they hire someone to help with remote school, are they widening achievement gaps and contributing to inequality?.....

....In some places, schools have disavowed tutoring pods because they say they contribute to inequity....

 

[Cornell]

Why Parents, With ‘No Good Choice’ This School Year, Are Blaming One Another (Published 2020)

Every choice on what to do about schooling amid a pandemic is potentially risky or unfair. Even if the problem is systemic, the angst is personal.

www.nytimes.com

It’s the newest front in America’s parenting wars.

Parents, forced to figure out how to care for and educate their children in a pandemic, are being judged and criticized on message boards and in backyard meet-ups and virtual P.T.A. meetings. If parents send their children to schools that reopen, are they endangering them and their teachers? If they keep them home, are they pulling support from schools and depriving their children? If they keep working while schools are closed, are they neglecting their children in a time of need? If they hire someone to help with remote school, are they widening achievement gaps and contributing to inequality?.....

....In some places, schools have disavowed tutoring pods because they say they contribute to inequity....

I attended yet another school board meeting tonight. Incredibly divisive. Everyone mad at each other. It's not good. Massive community divides.

My gut is telling me , too, that school will not be open in Illinois during '20-'21 at all.

 

[Cornell]

Another school district shaming parents for unenrolling children and finding alternatives to "virtual learning".

This same district also uses similar talking points we are hearing in Illinois -- over time , students will be re-introduced into the school starting w/the most vulnerable. Our board has been asked multiple times as to which metrics will be used to determine when students can return & they can never answer the question.

"For every student who unenrolls, the district loses approximately $10,600."

Board of Education Statement on ‘Learning Pods’ and Their Impact on the Community | Denver Public Schools

www.dpsk12.org

 

[TravelTime]

I attended yet another school board meeting tonight. Incredibly divisive. Everyone mad at each other. It's not good. Massive community divides.

My gut is telling me , too, that school will not be open in Illinois during '20-'21 at all.

I think you are right. I can’t see schools opening until the virus disappears. I do not see that happening until at least late 2021.

 

[Cornell]

I think you are right. I can’t see schools opening until the virus disappears. I do not see that happening until at least late 2021.

How will it ever "disappear"?

 

[TravelTime]

How will it ever "disappear"?

At some point, we will reach herd immunity or a vaccine will be available. Also with the new research on T cells, they are finding that many people already have some level of immunity so reaching herd immunity may happen with or without a vaccine. I am optimistic about the long run but I do not think we will have a solution in 2021 yet.

 

[TravelTime]

Another school district shaming parents for unenrolling children and finding alternatives to "virtual learning".

This same district also uses similar talking points we are hearing in Illinois -- over time , students will be re-introduced into the school starting w/the most vulnerable. Our board has been asked multiple times as to which metrics will be used to determine when students can return & they can never answer the question.

"For every student who unenrolls, the district loses approximately $10,600."

Board of Education Statement on ‘Learning Pods’ and Their Impact on the Community | Denver Public Schools

www.dpsk12.org

I do not have kids but this makes me angry.