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30. No argument about school funding inequities here in PA

Sat Mar 20, 2021, 01:55 AM

Mar 2021

But also there are vagaries in school district maintenance, too. Where I went to school, the building and grounds maintenance were and are well-tended. That's why the old school is in such good shape. In the adjoining financially better off district, maintenance was deferred on their junior high until it got to the point where millions had to be spent on a near complete remodel and repair of a building that was only about 50 years old.

For me, it's sad to see the loss of the well-constructed, ornate old buildings.

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CDC says three feet between students is enough [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 OP

This sounds like a political decision (to half the safe distance) CentralMass Mar 2021 #1

Agree BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #3

School's practically over for the year (well, by time everyone gets vaccinated) soothsayer Mar 2021 #4

Here in Philly, I just read an article where the School Superintendent BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #10

Yeah, those are probably creepy on the inside soothsayer Mar 2021 #13

They try to paint the rooms and renovate BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #15

Just saying it does NOT look good when bluestarone Mar 2021 #2

Maybe. But if 3 feet is good 6 feet is better. Masks and sanitizing are good too. But if abqtommy Mar 2021 #5

Not for the variants coming our way. Bad idea Evolve Dammit Mar 2021 #6

The old schools have functioning windows, creaks and crevices Deminpenn Mar 2021 #7

The old schools BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #12

That is a serious overgeneralization Deminpenn Mar 2021 #16

The problem is the state has chronically short-changed the school system here BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #18

No argument about school funding inequities here in PA Deminpenn Mar 2021 #30

The issue of the actual buildings BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #31

All this back and forth bothers me. nt sheshe2 Mar 2021 #8

Me, too. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #21

Remember the back and forth about wearing masks? sheshe2 Mar 2021 #23

It just wreaks of pandering to me. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #24

Maybe that's just "science". Keep studying something, and you learn new things. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2021 #34

Shouldn't there be more like 4 feet between students on average? Midnightwalk Mar 2021 #9

WHO has been saying this for longer. AllyCat Mar 2021 #11

Wouldn't mind seeing the science behind it soothsayer Mar 2021 #14

THAT is the whole point. HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #25

It Doesn't Mean 2 Or 6, Averaging 4 ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #37

Thank you for the detailed information. HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #39

If It's Even The Slightest Relief... ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #40

Thanks.... HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #42

I'd like to hear Dr. Walensky's evidence based rationale for this change in recommendation. Fiendish Thingy Mar 2021 #17

Hear hear !! HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #26

So. What you think? Maybe only a few hundred dead kids. Jakes Progress Mar 2021 #19

Hundreds of students quarantined after returning to all in-person learning (paywall) babsbunny Mar 2021 #20

Here in Philly where they are phasing in the littlest ones starting March 13 BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #22

I AM GOING TO SCREAM NOW. TNNurse Mar 2021 #27

I heard some clarifications BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #28

Right on time for the variants. What could go wrong? littlemissmartypants Mar 2021 #29

The Science is out there Sgent Mar 2021 #32

The problem though BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #33

"particularly in urban schools that lack ventilation, let alone temperature control." EX500rider Mar 2021 #35

As examples BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #36

Accusing the CDC of being 'political' (too liberal, too conservative) has a familiar ring to it. pampango Mar 2021 #38

+1 (nt) ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #41