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There have been more students attempting to skip class and wandering through the school. They are tired of masks and social distancing - I get it. But they obviously aren't going to be honest about where they've been and who they have exposed. How is that Contact Tracing going to take place?

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I just want to share that while we all may have (very real and valid) fears and concerns, I appreciate working in a school where the administration is compassionate and listens. They might not have control over everything, but it is clear they care and probably share the same fears we do. They're in the mud with us, as are paras, aids, counselors, secretaries, custodians. Everyone is scared and exhausted. I'm grateful to be in the mud with this particular crew. I hope we can get through this safely. I appreciate everyone's relentless hard work.

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I think it would be good to survey students on reopening plans and get their voices at the table. Many are having feelings as complex and strong as the faculty, and this needs to be respected. In addition, kids are on the ground with us, and they might have effective suggestions on ways to remain as safe as possible that we'd miss if we don't ask

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When/should we be talking to students about this? Do we need to wait until the letter goes out to parents first or can we talk to students now? A lot of students already know about it but what can we say to them/what should we not say to them?

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Could we rent tents and set lunch up out on the football field?

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Could we rent tents and set lunch up out on the football field?

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there is no equity in the size of rooms and numbers of bodies that will be in those rooms at the HS. Also there are a number of spaces that had been used for zooming  or additional room for students that have been converted to offices while we don't have enough room in some academic spaces. 

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there is no equity in the size of rooms and numbers of bodies that will be in those rooms at the HS. Also there are a number of spaces that had been used for zooming  or additional room for students that have been converted to offices while we don't have enough room in some academic spaces. 

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When will the BOE begin meeting in person?

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When will the BOE begin meeting in person?

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I have had several students in my room this year test positive for covid.  I know because the students themselves tell me so when they email me to let me know they're going to be out and about workload while they're sick or recovering.  In none of these cases (I know of at least 5 who have told me, including one student just today) was I ever called and told that I am a close contact, even though these children have been in my small room for up to 85 minutes.  I'm assuming it's because we are, of course, masked and socially distant.  (That's with 12 in the small room.)

Now, I'm imagining 24 in the small room for 85 minutes.  We will all be masked, but that's now our only defense.  We will no longer be socially distanced.  If one of those kids ends up positive, am I still not considered a close contact?

I have people at home I am worried about.  Parents in their late sixties, a child with a lung issue.  I wish we could get our 2 shots in us before we have 24 adult-sized people in these small enclosed spaces, all of us talking and using our breath for 85 minutes together.

Feels like the mental health of parents and students are the only consideration. Teachers - deal with it.

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My wife is an at risk person that does not qualify for the vaccine yet.  Even though I will be getting the vaccine soon, my wife will not - I don't want to bring the virus home to her.  Will the district allow teachers to switch to remote now if they have at risk family members at home ?

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My wife is an at risk person that does not qualify for the vaccine yet.  Even though I will be getting the vaccine soon, my wife will not - I don't want to bring the virus home to her.  Will the district allow teachers to switch to remote now if they have at risk family members at home ?

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I am happy that the HS Seniors have the potential of ending their school year with some semblance of normalcy - perhaps an outdoor Senior Picnic/Bonfire/Beach Dance or even a prom.

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As many have mentioned, keeping the option of allowing students to continue to be virtual Vikings is no different than the current hybrid model from a planning perspective for teachers - which we all now know requires extra time to plan, grade and administer.  If we eliminate Wednesday as a planning day, then eliminating the virtual Viking option should also be considered.

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As many have mentioned, keeping the option of allowing students to continue to be virtual Vikings is no different than the current hybrid model from a planning perspective for teachers - which we all now know requires extra time to plan, grade and administer.  If we eliminate Wednesday as a planning day, then eliminating the virtual Viking option should also be considered.

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It's frustrating that we spent the first half of the year scrambling for PE space due to study halls and now we have to read that gyms are used for lunch. I'm guessing the rationale is that the weather will be nice and we go outside, but what about the cold or rainy days? We would have 3 classes in one space that could be up to 100 people. I just predict a lot of anxiety.

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I have seen very relaxed enforcement of appropriate mask wearing in Staff. Who/how do we make sure everyone is wearing them appropriately - covering both NOSE and MOUTH at all times when in a room with others?.

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Will the security staff wear their masks properly and appropriately at all times?

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Are teachers and students going to be allowed in offices again (main office, etc) or will those restrictions still be in effect?

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I want to echo many of the things here.
How is it safe to have 20+ adult-sized people in a room where social distancing is not possible? Are we going to make it clear to parents that we will no longer be social distancing and that masks are not required at lunch, where they will also not be able to distance?

Is the Board going to meet all in person with no social distancing?

Where is the concern for teacher and staff mental health?

Why can't we wait at least until our vaccines have taken effect?

How is taking away the flex time on Wednesdays going to negatively affect teachers and students?

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Can we have tarps or blankets and more radios, along with designated areas to go outside so that we can take whole classes outside for extended periods of time to work as the weather gets nicer?

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As many have said, time on Wednesdays is invaluable to our mental health.

My first choice, by far, is to have Wednesdays stay remote through the end of the year. But it sounds like the parents and the board are uninterested in creating this balance.

If we are being told to be at school for the whole day, another suggestion is to structure Wednesdays as whole Advisory day. Students could stay put in their advisory room, but have time for advisory activities, club meetings as scheduled by teachers, appointments with teachers (perhaps scheduled the way counselors do their appointments), and study hall. It would eliminate the need for everyone to move around every 30 minutes, give students and teachers work time, and each group would have two teachers monitoring them.

It could also be split into four blocks of Advisory, Study Hall, Clubs, and SEL/Conferences/etc. That way we could have work time and contact time, but not have to prep another day of classes.

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In order for someone to be completely vaccinated, the CDC states that a person must be 2 weeks post their second shot.  This means that all staff who are 'in process' of getting vaccinated can still be quarantined for close contact exposure until after April break. Has this been taken into account?

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In order for someone to be completely vaccinated, the CDC states that a person must be 2 weeks post their second shot.  This means that all staff who are 'in process' of getting vaccinated can still be quarantined for close contact exposure until after April break. Has this been taken into account?

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Is there a critical mass of quarantined staff/students that will revert us back to remote?

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School is already not being cleaned as well as it should (or as well as we were told it would be) -- what is the plan for all in?

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We've got this lovely slow rollout for elementary, which is inherently cohorted. Then the high school which is much larger and inherently not cohorted is being rushed back? Why? Can we get vaccinated first? Why the sudden rush??

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Is there a plan in place to address the many behavioral issues that will probably occur? Some negative behavior was reduced at the beginning of this year since "partners in crime" were in different Cohorts. Now they will be coming together.

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I love the idea of having a check-in day midweek with students. A lot of students aren't utilizing my online office hours, and they should be, so this is a guaranteed check-in.

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I am concerned about the accuracy of our Contact Tracing - especially since it will be some time before we are all vaccinated. It appears as though there is little effort to identify all (or even most or some) people that have been exposed to an infected individual.

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If we go with the 8-block Wednesday, assignments really couldn't be due that day, or students would have 8 assignments due on the same day, which would be overwhelming for them in an already overwhelming year. How would the expectations around Wednesdays for teachers and students be clearly established to avoid this type of situation?

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Students who enter the building with poor quality masks should be stopped as they enter and given appropriate PPE for their own safety and the safety of the school community, especially now that we will not be social distancing in the classroom. Checking masks as students walk in and giving them proper ones would clearly establish the expectation for proper masks, remove the burden from teachers to evaluate masks, and keep everyone safer.

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Managing Virtual Vikings with larger numbers of students physically in the classroom is going to be a significant challenge. Are we going to be supplied with better technology (multi-directional speakers as an example) to make it easier for these students to engage with their in-person classmates?

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Has there been consideration to shortening the day to allow teachers to have prep time at the end of the day and dismiss students early with a bag lunch to get them out of the building and alleviate the lunch issue?

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Being given "permission" to use Wednesdays' thirty-minute periods for a check-in rather than instruction would be helpful.

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Will there be stricter guidelines about the types of masks students are allowed to wear? Buffs, bandanas, and masks with filters do not provide the same level of protection. Before fully reopening, there is an opportunity to establish clear, specific mask requirements for all students.

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Looking forward to being closer to normal!

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Looking forward to being closer to normal!

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How will contact tracing be handled with the large number of potential 'exposures' a student or teacher has during the day.  Currently, we rely on the student to identify close contacts and this can sometimes be unreliable in identifying all possible close contacts.

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How will contact tracing be handled with the large number of potential 'exposures' a student or teacher has during the day.  Currently, we rely on the student to identify close contacts and this can sometimes be unreliable in identifying all possible close contacts.

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The biggest risk of transmission is during lunch when masks are removed and there is less overall supervision based on student:adult ratio.  A lot of schools around the country that are successfully doing in-person learning are eliminating in school lunches and providing to-go meals so that students can complete classroom learning earlier and have lunch block last.  Only athletes would be allowed to remain in the building and eat before games/practices.

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The biggest risk of transmission is during lunch when masks are removed and there is less overall supervision based on student:adult ratio.  A lot of schools around the country that are successfully doing in-person learning are eliminating in school lunches and providing to-go meals so that students can complete classroom learning earlier and have lunch block last.  Only athletes would be allowed to remain in the building and eat before games/practices.

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this will cause first semester and second semester to have different # of days

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this will cause first semester and second semester to have different # of days

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we are going to be trading one set of mental health issues for another with the change happening so quickly

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we are going to be trading one set of mental health issues for another with the change happening so quickly

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I agree that there needs to be a stricter policy regarding mask wearing and social distancing (especially at lunch). It would be great if the administration would remind both students and parents of the importance of these measures prior to 3/22.

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Hoping the direction the students walk will finally be all in one direction one classes change for everyone’s safety

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What number of students/staff quarantined or sick with Covid will result in going remote? We have not gone remote since November due to numbers so is there a number or a percentage that would cause us to go remote?

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Consequences for students not abiding by mask wearing guidelines - what should be a behavioral rule once we come in full - must be severe. I have at least three students that I have to remind about covering the nose. I am simply going to dismiss them from my class. I will not put up with it.

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I agree with many of the teachers who have responded below regarding the necessity to have teachers vaccinate before we move forward with this plan. The thought of having 23 nearly adults in my classroom for over 80 minutes a block is terrifying. It is important for the teachers to feel safe before we reopen so that we can provide the best possible instruction for our students

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I agree with the sentiment, expressed in many of these comments, that waiting a few more weeks, until we all have the second dose of the vaccine, seems like a "no brainer." It's a lot of stress to create for teachers just for a few more days in the building for kids. I'd also feel much more comfortable about returning if the folks at Ledge Light and our medical advisor would share some of the studies they've looked at to determine that we'll be safe back at full capacity. I keep seeing headlines about studies that show schools are safe, but when I click on the studies mentioned in the articles, they always seem to be studies of hybrid schools, not full capacity schools. Are there studies I can read in order to reassure myself? Are there schools in our state that are the same size as us that have been doing it without incident? I only know of schools that are much smaller than us, where they have smaller class sizes anyway.

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I like the idea of making all students eligible to be viking IVs rather than making all students come in.  

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I like the idea of making all students eligible to be viking IVs rather than making all students come in.  

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Will the gyms be used for lunch?  I just read that online- where will the 3 PE classes that are scheduled to use the gyms do? Not too mention set up ‘ clean up before and after classes will cut into the blocks before & after. 

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Will the gyms be used for lunch?  I just read that online- where will the 3 PE classes that are scheduled to use the gyms do? Not too mention set up ‘ clean up before and after classes will cut into the blocks before & after. 

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I agree with others.  We have been hybrid for a long time.  Why can't we wait 2 extra weeks so we can be vaccinated.  It seems like a slap in the face for us. If the vaccination was far off I could understand this decision a bit more.  Surely the board of Ed could stomach pushing this back a tiny bit.  Pushing it back 2 weeks would cost students 4 days of being in the building.  Are those 4 days worth putting us at this risk?  I get reopening, but just push it back 2 weeks.  

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I agree with others.  We have been hybrid for a long time.  Why can't we wait 2 extra weeks so we can be vaccinated.  It seems like a slap in the face for us. If the vaccination was far off I could understand this decision a bit more.  Surely the board of Ed could stomach pushing this back a tiny bit.  Pushing it back 2 weeks would cost students 4 days of being in the building.  Are those 4 days worth putting us at this risk?  I get reopening, but just push it back 2 weeks.  

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Lunch and being so close together is my only concern.

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I think that having Wednesday with students gives us a chance to catch up students with quizzes, late work, extra help, questions, etc.

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Everybody should keep wearing mask until the end of the academic year. 

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Everybody should keep wearing mask until the end of the academic year. 

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I totally trust the administration with the decisions being taken.  Our leaders have done  great job during the pandemic. 

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I totally trust the administration with the decisions being taken.  Our leaders have done  great job during the pandemic. 

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What infection and transmission criteria will determine a switch to remote learning? Thirty cases in January and sixteen so far this month seems excessive and begs the question of the wisdom of going full in.

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I think it is wonderful and students will love it.

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I think it is wonderful and students will love it.

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Floating Teachers - Transitions between classes 

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Floating Teachers - Transitions between classes 

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As a floating teacher, I am also packing up my own belongings and sanitizing my own work space before moving to the next room where I need to start from scratch setting up technology and logging into multiple devices to zoom, prep my slides/lesson, and prepare to take attendance. Sometimes the teacher who is leaving isn’t 100% ready to give me their space when I arrive either. I lose about 10 minutes of instructional time for each block currently. 30 minute blocks would be impractical.

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that we have to be transparent to parents and the public about the fact that we will not be social distancing in the classroom.  I am also concerned about ventilation. Are we at least allowed to open windows?

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Can we invest in wipes for classrooms (in addition to just the spray)? It would be a lot easier, if we're going to have 8 blocks of kids packing into these small rooms in 1 day, if we could give each kid a wipe at the last minute of class and they could wipe their own desk right before the next group comes in. Otherwise, we are now sanitizing 8x a day between classes and we're now cleaning double the desks since they're coming back full. Don't forget that between classes, we also have to set up our next Zoom, our next PowerPoint/Prezi/Kahoot/Padlet/magic trick, transfer to our next lesson plan, maybe check email, get ready to punch in new attendance on new roster, etc. If we could at least eliminate the cleaning of 24 desks in between X8 times by having each kid wipe their own, that would help.

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We have to be honest about the fact that social distancing will not be happening, not in classrooms and not during passing time.

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Hybrid might be ending for students, but it's not ending for teachers. We still have to plan lessons that are effective in-person AND virtual, since some students will remain virtual. Please don't forget how that has changed our lives, our craft, and our daylight hours. Not much changes for us - it still takes so much more time than it ever has before. Are we just not going to give teachers autonomous time to handle all that anymore?

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I think meeting with all students for 30 minutes would be exhausting and unproductive for both teachers and students.  I would rather just go back to a day 1, day 2 schedule (after teachers are fully vaccinated).  I agree that Wednesdays have become essential to do all the extra online record keeping, planning, correcting and meeting with students that the Hybrid model has required of us. Another valid point that was made...if we allow Virtual Vikings to continue to Zoom into our classrooms, we are not permanently ending the model.  It will be just as much work (if not more) for teachers to attempt to manage a large group in front of us in the classroom, yet still try to navigate the three screens and present the material to the VV at home, so that they are getting a similar experience. I understand that some students can't come to school because of an underlying condition, but those students should be prioritized in the vaccine distribution, so that they can come to school with the rest of the students. In my opinion, parents should not be given the option to allow their students to stay at home because they are uncomfortable having them in the building with all the other students.  Many of us are  nervous and uncomfortable returning to full time school, but we're being asked to do it anyway.

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I agree that 30 min classes on Wed were a waste of time for large group instruction. That time has been much better spent providing individual feedback to student work.

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I agree that 30 min classes on Wed were a waste of time for large group instruction. That time has been much better spent providing individual feedback to student work.

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I keep hearing about the importance of quality masks.  I've been wearing two close fitting masks, yet I see some students being allowed to wear thin gators.  I feel like those should definitely not be allowed. I've heard experts say that they do nothing at all.  Enforcement of quality masks needs to be consistent (among students and staff).

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My kid's middle school has taken out the lunch waves and send lunch on the go. Teachers send in the count during 2nd period, and distribute a lunch/raffle ticket so there is no waste and ensure that students that ordered a lunch will have a lunch. Would that aleviate the crowding during lunch waves when all students go back? My kids have been full 4 days since the beginning of January, with Wednesdays as a asynchronous remote learning day, where teachers have the option to meet with students individually or in small groups (like office hours) could this work for us, as well?

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My kid's middle school has taken out the lunch waves and send lunch on the go. Teachers send in the count during 2nd period, and distribute a lunch/raffle ticket so there is no waste and ensure that students that ordered a lunch will have a lunch. Would that aleviate the crowding during lunch waves when all students go back? My kids have been full 4 days since the beginning of January, with Wednesdays as a asynchronous remote learning day, where teachers have the option to meet with students individually or in small groups (like office hours) could this work for us, as well?

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I don't understand why we are reopening without all teachers being fully vaccinated. We have been so careful for almost a year now, why not wait a little longer, so we can feel safe? It seems like a big risk to take. Also, I think it's a good idea to have students eat lunch at home. Having all those students in the Commons at once without masks has the potential to be a super spreader gathering, and doesn't seem safe or smart at all.

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There are schools in the area already have their vaccines set up for their teachers. Perhaps we should not be waiting for Ledge Light and be more proactive like other districts. I addition the sheer number of students an average high school teacher sees in both days is high. For most close to one hundred or more. It seems like exposure is not being considered. Cleaning is not happening like was talked about in the summer and if a janitor is out, there is no sub. 

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There are schools in the area already have their vaccines set up for their teachers. Perhaps we should not be waiting for Ledge Light and be more proactive like other districts. I addition the sheer number of students an average high school teacher sees in both days is high. For most close to one hundred or more. It seems like exposure is not being considered. Cleaning is not happening like was talked about in the summer and if a janitor is out, there is no sub. 

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Social Distancing in Classrooms--How is this going to be followed?

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Social Distancing in Classrooms--How is this going to be followed?

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Classrooms are already struggling with social distancing in the hybrid model, so how are we going to ensure safe distancing when bringing all students back everyday? Are we just going to ignore the guidance from the CDC? The regular education classrooms are going to be out of compliance for sure, but also the special education and related services room that are half the size or even smaller than half the size of a typical classroom space are going to be packed. There is no way to socially distance in most of these smaller spaces now. Some blocks, even if we weren't dealing with Covid, the rooms are too full to function, focus, or feel comfortable. When all students return these rooms will be extra crowded each block, in addition to the extra students who come in for accommodations throughout the day.

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I thought it became clear that 30 minute classes on Wednesdays did not work at all… Why would we return to that model?

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I thought it became clear that 30 minute classes on Wednesdays did not work at all… Why would we return to that model?

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The though of what Wednesdays are going to look like, makes me hyperventilate. Just to give you an idea what it is going to look like . . basically a big mess . . .trying to teach for 30 minutes and being depressed after the fact because it didn't go like planned. Well there is a scenario we already went through before: Trying to plan and teach  20 minute classes on Wednesday (btw, I never got to do my attendance during that time, I always did it after 11am, and being in a daze for the rest of my day). I confess that it was nothing but stress. If you want to look out for us and our mental health please reconsider this option. The same "bad move" (I am not calling it a "mistake" because we know that much planning goes into these actions and just like our teaching, some is good and some not so much) does not need to be repeated! There are other solutions: please consider leaving it the way it is, it would relieve many teachers and give them the time they need to plan. I know I need the planning time. . . Thanks for listening to us and I hope you can re-think some of the decisions and consider some of the suggestions being made. 😍

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The though of what Wednesdays are going to look like, makes me hyperventilate. Just to give you an idea what it is going to look like . . basically a big mess . . .trying to teach for 30 minutes and being depressed after the fact because it didn't go like planned. Well there is a scenario we already went through before: Trying to plan and teach  20 minute classes on Wednesday (btw, I never got to do my attendance during that time, I always did it after 11am, and being in a daze for the rest of my day). I confess that it was nothing but stress. If you want to look out for us and our mental health please reconsider this option. The same "bad move" (I am not calling it a "mistake" because we know that much planning goes into these actions and just like our teaching, some is good and some not so much) does not need to be repeated! There are other solutions: please consider leaving it the way it is, it would relieve many teachers and give them the time they need to plan. I know I need the planning time. . . Thanks for listening to us and I hope you can re-think some of the decisions and consider some of the suggestions being made. 😍

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Will the staff who are remote be returning to the building?

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If Wednesdays have to be in person and the need to do 8 blocks is to satisfy the schedule staying fixed because of meetings and ppt’s being booked out already just make the first in full Wednesday a day 1, the next a day 2 and so on.  Gives longer duration of planning blocks for teachers and is less of yet another drastic change for everyone to stomach this year.  Easier to manage and adjust to for everyone .  30 minute classes are a waste and not useful we already learned that from the start of the year.  Please hear us out on this rather than just moving forward with something that doesn’t work.

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If vaccinations are pushed back, and we are not vaccinated even with one shot will we push back the reopening? If we still reopen will staff be allowed to opt out of in person teaching?

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I have mixed emotions here. I am happy to hear that the students come back but I am also very anxious about not being fully vaccinated before this happens. It would be such a huge relief to wait just a tad longer and get our teachers vaccinated. Mental health is a real thing for educators too!

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I have mixed emotions here. I am happy to hear that the students come back but I am also very anxious about not being fully vaccinated before this happens. It would be such a huge relief to wait just a tad longer and get our teachers vaccinated. Mental health is a real thing for educators too!

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Not really a question, but I am not comfortable having all students back without having both doses of the vaccine. I have too many vulnerable people at home.

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Lunch and PE seem impossible to keep safe at the HS with the numbers of people needed

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Lunch and PE seem impossible to keep safe at the HS with the numbers of people needed

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Could we get the building cleaned on Wednesdays

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Could we get the building cleaned on Wednesdays

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I know at a school in Rhode Island they are taking lunch out and ending the day earlier and offering to go lunch as the students leave… This might be much safer in the long run and take out the amount of planning it will take to make lunch safe which seems doubtful in any case

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Might might be a much better idea to add Wednesdays back after spring break ...Having said that it’s hard to imagine teachers not having the planning time that they so desperately need… Things will not change that much for them because they still will be teaching live, to many more students and online at the same time to virtual Viking students… It might actually be harder for them

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Although it is very exciting to have the students all back in the building I think it will be very stressful and anxiety producing for the staff not to have been vaccinated before that happens… It’s a shame that the school system is not waiting until the teachers and staff feel safe

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30 minute classes with everyone moving around the building eight times does not seem like a great idea nor do I think the students would get much benefit… I hope Wednesday comes up with a better plan

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I was relieved to see that in the 4 day model we will keep the schedule as is. I think the consistency is going to be so important for the transition. I hope we can somehow work to keep that for the remainder of the year. The Wednesday schedule fiasco is a real puzzle.

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It seems like it might be a good idea to open up Viking4  Immediately and see how that goes in the next couple of weeks so when students come back fully in a few weeks the change to the student body won’t be so drastic

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Hybrid LEARNING for students might be done, but not Hybrid Teaching for teachers. The teaching experience is incredibly different and challenging with just one student on zoom. Now we will be doing it with potentially 20+ students in the room. Hybrid is only done when Virtual Vikings are no longer allowed. Are we going to continue Virtual Vikings? I agree with many here, maybe we should keep Wednesdays as they currently are especially if virtual vikings are allowed.

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I had 2 cohort classes in the north gym yesterday at once & it felt crowded.  It was only 21 kids- but when we are used to 10 or so- it was a bit overwhelming for myself & the kids.  Why can't we wait until the weather warms up so we can go outside?

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I had 2 cohort classes in the north gym yesterday at once & it felt crowded.  It was only 21 kids- but when we are used to 10 or so- it was a bit overwhelming for myself & the kids.  Why can't we wait until the weather warms up so we can go outside?

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There is a huge difference between 10 students in person (Hybrid model) and a full-blown, class size of 17 +.... the lab courses with daily hands on interaction and experiential activities will not be safe.  Students and the teachers will not be able to safely socially distance per CDC guidelines. This has nothing to do with being encouraged to be a "creativie problem solver", it has everything to do to do with real time- and our class sizes exceeding safe distance protocols per CDC.

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There is a huge difference between 10 students in person (Hybrid model) and a full-blown, class size of 17 +.... the lab courses with daily hands on interaction and experiential activities will not be safe.  Students and the teachers will not be able to safely socially distance per CDC guidelines. This has nothing to do with being encouraged to be a "creativie problem solver", it has everything to do to do with real time- and our class sizes exceeding safe distance protocols per CDC.

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I think it would be a good idea to survey students and staff to see who likes the idea of all 8 classes on Wednesday?  With snow days now being remote you should still be able to have a fixed schedule if a normal day1/day2 rotation was done... so scheduled meetings would not be impacted. Looking at all of the comments it seems that no one wants an 8 block schedule one Wednesday?   So who does want that schedule?  

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I think it would be a good idea to survey students and staff to see who likes the idea of all 8 classes on Wednesday?  With snow days now being remote you should still be able to have a fixed schedule if a normal day1/day2 rotation was done... so scheduled meetings would not be impacted. Looking at all of the comments it seems that no one wants an 8 block schedule one Wednesday?   So who does want that schedule?  

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Students need to be back in school getting a full education and bringing some normalcy back into their lives. We will keep them safe and make adjustments when needed!!

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We need Wednesdays to plan.  We all agreed (students and teachers) the 20 minute classes we had at the start didn't work and were not useful.  In person 30 minute classes is no different.  Plus, how can we expect students to come back in full to yet another change?  They need that day also.  In person learning is best but we are not taking into account the social emotional challenges and tolls all these significant changes are having on our students.  Ask them and they will tell you.  There is going to be a lot of anxiety with the return.

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We need Wednesdays to plan.  We all agreed (students and teachers) the 20 minute classes we had at the start didn't work and were not useful.  In person 30 minute classes is no different.  Plus, how can we expect students to come back in full to yet another change?  They need that day also.  In person learning is best but we are not taking into account the social emotional challenges and tolls all these significant changes are having on our students.  Ask them and they will tell you.  There is going to be a lot of anxiety with the return.

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The time we use on Wednesday to touch base with virtual students, meet with all students during Office Hours, plan lessons so they are appropriate for both in-person and virtual students, AND attempt to stay on top of grading... that time  is invaluable.  By adding an extra lesson to plan for AND taking away that time to do the already impossibly large job we are asked to do this year is going to deteriorate  the teachers' mental health.  And, many of us are holding on by a thread this year trying to balance work and our families.  A Wednesday schedule with all 8 blocks and advisory is unrealistic.  I am not sure that we would be able to keep the remote day, but could we consider a half day?  It wouldn't eliminate the extra lesson to plan for but we would still have the extra time for planning.  Or, a Wednesday remote half day so we don't have the exposure of so many students rotating through our classrooms during one day. Or, could we consider shortening the five days and have some time in the afternoon each day as extra planning?  I have seen other schools with earlier dismissal times to accommodate for cleaning.  The students' could work on asynchronous work at home for that last hour or so of the day.

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We will be dealing with more anxiety as students are back full-time - anxiety experienced by parents, students and staff. Psychologists and counselors be ready!

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We will be dealing with more anxiety as students are back full-time - anxiety experienced by parents, students and staff. Psychologists and counselors be ready!

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Parents need to made aware what distancing will look like realistically at ELHS.  To be back in larger groups after so long will be a serious adjustment, on top of digesting that we will be so close to one another.  Teachers have been left to "do their best" through all of this. We are often to blame when things don't go well when this is out of our control.

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Parents need to made aware what distancing will look like realistically at ELHS.  To be back in larger groups after so long will be a serious adjustment, on top of digesting that we will be so close to one another.  Teachers have been left to "do their best" through all of this. We are often to blame when things don't go well when this is out of our control.

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I want to echo what other people are saying: please keep Wednesday a remote day. It's when I complete a great deal of planning for the week, meet with clubs, etc. This year has been extremely challenging as far as planning. Yes, students are coming back full time, but we're still going to have Virtual Vikings which means we have to plan accordingly for a live and virtual classroom. The extra time on Wednesdays allows us to modify our lessons for virtual and in-person class.

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Now that we can get vaccinated, I don't worry too much about the 4 days full in. Kids will benefit. I only hope and pray the vaccinations happen efficiently for us. I'm having worries about waiting in long lines for hours or not being scheduled till the end of March. I hope they come up with smart, efficient way to do this for educators. The flu shot this year was so easy: went to the nurse's office on my prep block, got my shot, went back to my classroom and kept working. That was awesome. Wish it could be something smart like that.

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There is no distancing already. Desks are on top of each other. Doubling the amount of students is going to make classrooms feel extremely unsafe.

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There need to be more serious consequences for students pulling down their masks or removing masks.

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Will mask breaks be scheduled so that everyone isn't out at the same time and not on the football field because this is where pe classes will be.  

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Will mask breaks be scheduled so that everyone isn't out at the same time and not on the football field because this is where pe classes will be.  

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If the elementary and middle schools are phasing in, why isn't the high school? The explanation that multiple grade levels are in courses doesn't make sense as teachers will still have to Zoom in the Virtual Vikings

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Will more picnic tables be purchased so that kids can start to have lunch outside when the weather improves?

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Why has the date to return been set before parents have been surveyed?  

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Why has the date to return been set before parents have been surveyed?  

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Having 24+ adult-sized bodies in our classrooms for 84 sustained minutes where social-distancing is nearly impossible is a big concern. My students are all either the same size as me or larger. It is the same as having a room filled with adults for that long, which is not something other establishments and businesses are doing right now. Why is it okay for schools?

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If we go to 5 days a week, why not just follow the day 1/day 2 schedule?

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Other schools have installed hands-free sanitizing pump stations for students. It would encourage more sanitizing and could help especially before/during/after lunch. 

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Other schools have installed hands-free sanitizing pump stations for students. It would encourage more sanitizing and could help especially before/during/after lunch. 