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JCMach1

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42. Not hypothetical, 9yo will do virtual

Thu Jul 9, 2020, 03:49 PM

Jul 2020

I was willing to do IRL with low cases.

However, I am in Texas. I know someone in CPS and I know what went down in daycare even beyond the inkling that was reported... It is simply not safe. The daycare rules in TX were strict.and there were still massive outbreaks.

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As a parent, would you send your kid to public school in the current conditions ? [View all] steve2470 Jul 2020 OP

I would flee the state just for my survival. Beakybird Jul 2020 #1

No. marble falls Jul 2020 #2

NO, NO, and HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #3

Ditto (in those exact words) n/t DonaldsRump Jul 2020 #5

Given that the worst is obviously yet to come, and hard guage, empedocles Jul 2020 #4

Yes, if I were an illogical xian RWNJ parent who hated their own children and wanted to spread the erronis Jul 2020 #6

My younger Granddaughters are at risk .... ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2020 #7

That's the secret to his survival. lpbk2713 Jul 2020 #22

No. Possible life time brain damage. No. LizBeth Jul 2020 #8

I would have homeschooled. I am very worried abt my college kid. GreenPartyVoter Jul 2020 #9

I don't know Bettie Jul 2020 #10

Today... no JT45242 Jul 2020 #11

Florida did not mandate school attendance in August. Mariana Jul 2020 #12

ok edited nt steve2470 Jul 2020 #16

Absolutely not. n/t Lucinda Jul 2020 #13

Nope gollygee Jul 2020 #14

No plan, No kids. spanone Jul 2020 #15

If I were young enough to have school age kids and none of us had co-morbidities, I would, but... LAS14 Jul 2020 #17

Sure, just as soon as the promised Covid-19 testing is available Brother Buzz Jul 2020 #18

I wouldn't risk my health to return to work in any school. procon Jul 2020 #19

No. Even the university my children attend is online for fall. onecaliberal Jul 2020 #20

Absolutely not! ananda Jul 2020 #21

No MFM008 Jul 2020 #23

I feel it's a rock and a hard place situation forthemiddle Jul 2020 #24

If jail is too dangerous for Manafort school is too dangerous for kids uponit7771 Jul 2020 #27

82 kids at a summer camp just got COVID and they were outdoors most of the time, so NO WAY BamaRefugee Jul 2020 #25

Being outside most of the time is obviously not a guarantee of avoiding it Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2020 #28

Nope Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2020 #26

No! Come what may. mdelaguna Jul 2020 #29

any sane person would say bdamomma Jul 2020 #30

I'd have a hard time going along with this peggysue2 Jul 2020 #31

Not without consulting one of our resident DU epidemiologists. BannonsLiver Jul 2020 #32

No. Not only for the sake of my kids, phylny Jul 2020 #33

Not after this just happened in my county. Crunchy Frog Jul 2020 #34

No. No matter what they come up, I do not believe they can follow social distancing guidelines jmg257 Jul 2020 #35

My grandkids Texas not going marlakay Jul 2020 #36

Our district is giving us the option...and we have decided to keep the kids home and do virtual cbdo2007 Jul 2020 #37

With the plan that our district has in place, possibly. Caliman73 Jul 2020 #38

It will depend on what the school is doing to protect the children and staff. marie999 Jul 2020 #39

Hell to the no. Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #40

I'm in Arizona StarryNite Jul 2020 #41

Not hypothetical, 9yo will do virtual JCMach1 Jul 2020 #42