Btw, there WAS media frenzy in 2009 during the swine flu epidemic

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10. One of my nieces has one from her Montco middle school

In fact, last week they actually sent out a blast email to parents (my sis showed me hers) with a permission slip for the child to bring the chromebook home each day just in case. Of course with the shutdown of their County, the "just in case" is now a reality.

Am thinking at this point, that they may have to implement whatever they did in the past during some of the longer teacher strikes - maybe even setup "satellite schools" with limited-number student areas (for "distancing" ) with internet for those who have no access - or even set something like that up at the libraries. I know that is why they were reluctant to shut down schools here (or in any big city) but it's something that needs to be part of a contingency.

When we had that blizzard back in 1996 with 30+" of snow in a day, the schools were closed for the week and many businesses were also closed (and there was no mail delivery either). So there have been some past circumstances where things came to a halt. But this appears that it may go on for an extended time if they can't get it under control.