Well, this should help Florida case counts go down. Short term anyway. 
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We got an actual snow day. Iām glad that our district has not moved to the model of āall snow days are virtual days.ā Kids need snow days in my opinion.
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That is great. I donāt think our district does that. Does the virtual day count as a day of school so that the snow day doesnāt need to be made up later?
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We DON"T do virtual days for snow. We are just closed. So I donāt know the answer to your question.
I will say that last year we did it one day where we had virtual on a day it snowed and parents were so mad and many of us kept our kids offline that day. It counted as an absence, so Iām guessing it counts as a school day. They havenāt done it since.
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In my state virtual days last year did count as days. This year, at this time, it is not an option.
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I donāt mind. Iād rather they have off on a nice day than one where we have to deal with the snow. We end up losing days in the spring and end of school year when they have a snow day. They will get to go out after their school work.
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Yes, here in PA the districts can use 5 virtual days for snow days. They count as actual school days. Our district signed up and started last year. Before that only a handful of local schools chose that option. Now it seems like most of them are doing it. This is day number 2 for us, as we used one in the fall with rain and flooding from the remnants of the hurricane. Now they wonāt lose days in the spring and summer, unless they go over the 5 day allotment.
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We have three built into our school calendar, so it doesnāt add anything to the year. If we go over the three, then we lose a day from spring break and then they start extending the year.
I would be less against virtual days in those circumstances, but Iād still keep my kid out.
We arenāt fun in the sun people. Snow is something we look forward to. We tolerate the sun in Florida bc of Disney, but only in the less punitive months. May-Sept is a hell no from us.
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Yes, which is why I was surprised but pleased that it was offered for DS9.
They donāt have to quarantine, but the CDC guidance is that they should mask up pretty much all the time (even in private homes and such) unless they are totally alone and they should get tested on day 5. They canāt follow that guidance if they donāt know they were a close contact.
I am sympathetic to this. I get that the schools are doing the best that they can in very trying circumstances, and that the nursing staff in particular is between a rock and a hard place. I have no solutions and lots of sympathy. I also have some concerns about the community spread that the lack of notifications will lead to, though. Itās all a mess.
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Ma schools are following the MA DPH guidance, and it is not fully aligned to cdc.
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Our school district has snow days built into the schedule. I was told that if school was called off because of weather, flipping to virtual would not count as a school day per the state. We had a snow day yesterday, with no snow! (but it is hard to forecast exactly who gets the lake effect snow here. It did fall elsewhere, just not over us.). Generally the districts around me are not so fast to call a snow day, but I figured the rising covid numbers in school, teacher absences, and lack of sub coverage encouraged the call for the day off. Gave everyone a break!
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We had days built in too. But they would alway seem to lose the day after Easter and several other days. Iād rather they be off those days than a cold snow day in January. Actually just found out that DS9 has to build a snowman for his ELA assignment and write about it. So he is heading out after he eats lunch. He doesnāt have another zoom meeting until 1pm.
We have also been doing vacations right after school gets out, so I donāt want to deal with signing up for Educational absences.
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What are these?
You can apply for up to 5 days for an educational trip. We used 3 of them this year for our Disney trip a month ago.
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Thatās awesome! I wish that MA did that.
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NJ doesnāt do that either. But I pull my kids when i want to travel anyway. We get up to i think 8 unexcused absences before they start threatening action. My kids primary is great and if i keep the kids home for illnesses that donāt require a visit, I can email him in the patient portal and he will email an excuse letter. So my Disney trips are the only unexcused absences i have. Weāve gone over the 8 day before and all I got was a sternly worded letter which promptly went into the trash.
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My son and his girlfriend both tested positive today. She is a public school teacher and the teachers have all been getting sick. (Her co-teacher earlier this week).
I am hoping my son will be able to move his booster appointment. He has waited almost three weeks for it (it was this Sunday).
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Oh no! I hope they are both ok.
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My DD24 just flew to Phoenix today (Your neck of the woods @Jeff_AZ ). Sheās going to be near there until Tuesday for a research opportunity and then flies to Salt Lake City to visit her best friend (they have said that they will be Covid safe, all vaxxed and boosted) until next weekend. Then coming back to BWI where we will pick her up and sheāll leave the next day. Sheās testing before she leaves AZ and UT but Iām concerned about her bringing it home to us. We are watching her cat so thatās why sheās coming here first. I think we will all mask up in the car plus windows cracked and have her isolated in the house? Any other ideas?
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Ugh. I hope they both stay mild and recover quickly!
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