[Farm93]

Wow!  That's going to be one hell of a big congregate housing facility in Santa Clara County.

The undergrads will be living in singles and 2-room doubles only.  Part of new Escondido Village will be allocated to undergrads.  Row houses will be used for isolation housing.

I assume they have had preliminary discussions with alum and Palo Alto resident Dr Sara Cody.

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Here is the direct link to the letter sent to students today:

https://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/news...ng-2020-21

That's a viable plan, I guess.   Hard to do a lot better given the circumstances and uncertainties. 

The way this was constructed a dorm room will need to be cleaned in December and in a brief window in June.   That seems plausible.
Based on the virus' likely seasonality I would rather be in the Frosh/Soph group.

I am trying to imagine how they will protect the professors.   Will they be surrounded by plexiglass on stage?
My mind quickly went to the idea that they could be in a different room with a video screen image in front of the students, but if that proves necessary then might as well have the students at home.  

There will be no parties, concerts, or other group activities.   So many freshmen suffer home sickness, and this dynamic will be brutally isolating.  I would really be worried as a parent if I knew my freshman-to-be has suffered from depression.   Not only could the isolation created by living away from home in a dorm single create problems, the forced social isolation may mean no one else even recognizes an emerging problem.  

I can't even imagine the challenges of building friendships or dating.   It will be a very lonely place. 

I sure hope it works out.  I am sure there will be a lot of bumps in the road, but at least it is a start.

[Farm93]

Wow!  That's going to be one hell of a big congregate housing facility in Santa Clara County.

The undergrads will be living in singles and 2-room doubles only.  Part of new Escondido Village will be allocated to undergrads.  Row houses will be used for isolation housing.

I assume they have had preliminary discussions with alum and Palo Alto resident Dr Sara Cody.

---

Here is the direct link to the letter sent to students today:

https://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/news...ng-2020-21

That's a viable plan, I guess.   Hard to do a lot better given the circumstances and uncertainties. 

The way this was constructed a dorm room will need to be cleaned in December and in a brief window in June.   That seems plausible.
Based on the virus' likely seasonality I would rather be in the Frosh/Soph group.

I am trying to imagine how they will protect the professors.   Will they be surrounded by plexiglass on stage?
My mind quickly went to the idea that they could be in a different room with a video screen image in front of the students, but if that proves necessary then might as well have the students at home.  

There will be no parties, concerts, or other group activities.   So many freshmen suffer home sickness, and this dynamic will be brutally isolating.  I would really be worried as a parent if I knew my freshman-to-be has suffered from depression.   Not only could the isolation created by living away from home in a dorm single create problems, the forced social isolation may mean no one else even recognizes an emerging problem.  

I can't even imagine the challenges of building friendships or dating.   It will be a very lonely place. 

I sure hope it works out.  I am sure there will be a lot of bumps in the road, but at least it is a start.