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Blue_true

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19. Even states with good governance are going to be pressed.

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #18)

Fri Jul 10, 2020, 11:15 PM

Jul 2020

Districts are going to need a lot of facilities and capabilities that they now are really thin on. For example, sick kids, they either stay home or go to a facility than can care for them, or they go into school and infect teachers and students. Solving that takes money for lots of Nurses, buses, temporary buildings to allow kids to be isolated, etc.

We need to face up to the fact that our schools have been treated as baby-sitting facilities, with the added bonus that kids get educated. If we are going to continue that model, then schools will need a lot more resources than they now have.

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Navy SEAL McRaven says America's biggest national security issue is the K-12 education system [View all] Nevilledog Jul 2020 OP

I wholeheartedly agree dlk Jul 2020 #1

Same here. Quality K-12 education is vitally important to society. nt Blue_true Jul 2020 #15

I think what we're living in now is proof that we need to do better ms liberty Jul 2020 #2

One reason I support getting back to school as soon as reasonably possible. Hoyt Jul 2020 #3

how soon we get back is a real balancing act stopdiggin Jul 2020 #9

Exactly. We lost 2 months in Spring, already. Still may have to Hoyt Jul 2020 #10

yep. no one (that I know of) is trying to claim stopdiggin Jul 2020 #13

The problem is that the main person pushing for schools to reopen Blue_true Jul 2020 #16

Agree completely. A national plan to get as many kids as possible back Hoyt Jul 2020 #18

Even states with good governance are going to be pressed. Blue_true Jul 2020 #19

Time to get working on it, because every day these kids go without Hoyt Jul 2020 #20

To get working on it, we need a competent president, we don't have that. nt Blue_true Jul 2020 #21

It's hard for the rich, entitled older white folks to give a shit about K-12 kids in public schools. erronis Jul 2020 #4

I spent 40+ years teaching college English. Some of my students came from supposedly high quality tblue37 Jul 2020 #8

Yes, connections. I used to crack up when the frat boys at my college flunked Hoyt Jul 2020 #11

I went to college with a woman, really wonderful person, whose family got her Blue_true Jul 2020 #17

Thanks for posting the link and here are a few more paragraphs for context PJMcK Jul 2020 #5

You're welcome! Nevilledog Jul 2020 #6

Imagine foresight! Imagine someone thinking about the future. panader0 Jul 2020 #12

Thank you for the additional context and content. This is probably the most important message. erronis Jul 2020 #14

Talking to my cousin today a retired science teacher marlakay Jul 2020 #7