[BostonCard]

My daughter's high school did a great job in prepping for hybrid, in person and online, learning. Tons of effort went into it, only to have the local leadership (Newsom et al) move the goalposts, twice. The will and the effort was there, and still is, and I'm confident they can pull it off. Disappointingly, we're still probably three weeks away if the numbers stay consistent. What seems counter intuitive, elementary schools can petition to reopen, while middle schools and high schools cannot. Methinks the older kids would be much more compliant with the social distancing and mask rules, as they understand the risks. . . .

Agreed, middle and high school skids are more capable of social distancing (but will they?).  I think the argument for opening elementary schools is that younger students struggle with distance learning and the drop-off is greater.  That has certainly been the experience in the Boston Card household (we have one elementary school kid, one in middle school, and one in high school, and the youngest's education is suffering the most.

One other variable, the teacher's union.  They really don't want to resume in person teaching, and, at least in my son's district, they drove the policy.

BC

[BostonCard]

My daughter's high school did a great job in prepping for hybrid, in person and online, learning. Tons of effort went into it, only to have the local leadership (Newsom et al) move the goalposts, twice. The will and the effort was there, and still is, and I'm confident they can pull it off. Disappointingly, we're still probably three weeks away if the numbers stay consistent. What seems counter intuitive, elementary schools can petition to reopen, while middle schools and high schools cannot. Methinks the older kids would be much more compliant with the social distancing and mask rules, as they understand the risks. . . .

Agreed, middle and high school skids are more capable of social distancing (but will they?).  I think the argument for opening elementary schools is that younger students struggle with distance learning and the drop-off is greater.  That has certainly been the experience in the Boston Card household (we have one elementary school kid, one in middle school, and one in high school, and the youngest's education is suffering the most.

One other variable, the teacher's union.  They really don't want to resume in person teaching, and, at least in my son's district, they drove the policy.

BC