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Post by hcpride on Aug 21, 2020 7:15:47 GMT -5
Of course this is subject to change but yesterday's plan notes..." outdoor fall sports - football, cross country, field hockey, girls tennis and soccer - will begin practice on Sept. 14. The girls tennis season will start two weeks later, while cross country, field hockey and soccer will begin competition on Oct. 1. Opening day for football will be Oct. 2." abc7ny.com/new-jersey-state-interscholastic-athletic-associations-sports-advisory-task-force-return-to-plan-high-school-football/6379872/With any luck, NY will do the same. (Here on Long Island - population 2.8M - our infection rate is hovering below 1% [5% or below meets NYS threshold for k-12 school openings] and there have been 2 Covid-related fatalities in the last two weeks.)
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Post by alum on Aug 21, 2020 7:26:55 GMT -5
I think that it makes sense to have two or three weeks of classes and see what happens before starting practice. If there is going to be spread because of school reopening, it seems like you would start to see it by then. It sounds like that is the plan in NJ.
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Post by hcpride on Aug 21, 2020 10:25:23 GMT -5
We go back at my high school the day after Labor Day. (September 8 FWIW)
Some folks probably figure that if high schoolers can spend 6 or 7 straight hours inside a building in a low-Covid community, a couple of hours exercising outside in the fresh air might be OK.
It certainly wouldn’t surprise me if some high schoolers catch Covid during the school year but, then again, I was thoroughly unsurprised collegians did so.
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Post by hchoops on Aug 21, 2020 11:13:19 GMT -5
NJ has gone to 4 instead of 3 seasons, all shortened The fall indoor sports will be played inn late fall early winter
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 21, 2020 17:14:32 GMT -5
We go back at my high school the day after Labor Day. (September 8 FWIW) Some folks probably figure that if high schoolers can spend 6 or 7 straight hours inside a building in a low-Covid community, a couple of hours exercising outside in the fresh air might be OK. It certainly wouldn’t surprise me if some high schoolers catch Covid during the school year but, then again, I was thoroughly unsurprised collegians did so. Pride, Paul Reville who was the Massachusetts Secretary of Education for five years and is now a Professor of Education Administration Policy and Practice at Harvard is a regular guest on a radio show I listen to on WGBH (NPR) in Boston. He was on the other day saying that the ages of 18-22 are the most rebellious time in most people's lives where they break the most rules. That helped put the HC off campus party in perspective for me and illustrates the challenge facing colleges and high schools.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Aug 21, 2020 18:31:22 GMT -5
You needed a guest on a radio show mentioning it to realize that about 18-22 yr olds?
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Post by hcpride on Aug 21, 2020 19:03:06 GMT -5
/\ My co-teachers and I actually laughed during a zoom briefing when it was explained that our high schoolers would wear a mask the entire high school day because that would be the rule. (Keep in mind we’ve got kids vaping furiously and they know its bad for them...in the case of covid they see even less chance of damage)
That’s like saying college kids won’t go to parties (on or off campus) or have romantic hookups because of college anti-covid rules.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 21, 2020 22:08:14 GMT -5
Pride, what is the consensus among your colleagues? Are most teaches for in-person teaching or do they prefer to go remote?
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Post by hcpride on Aug 22, 2020 8:04:18 GMT -5
Pride, what is the consensus among your colleagues? Are most teaches for in-person teaching or do they prefer to go remote? I've been to several zoom faculty meetings and briefings from the district, get the the union local emails, and of course I chat with my friends from work all the time. At this point I'd say the majority of teachers (K-12) prefer to be back physically teaching the kids under the district's instructional plan. I should say that our instructional plan is K-8 full time in-person classes and 9-12 half the kids come every other day (w/livestream for those at home that day). 9-12 parents who don't want their kids in school at all can have their kids watch the livestream each day...attendance is taken. I do know that most of the teachers in my district are a bit (some very) nervous about going back to school and spending seven or eight hours indoors in fairly crowded buildings (definitely not socially distant) with hundreds of kids. We see what goes on during the cold/ flu season. (At the same time, most of the teachers saw what happened with the kids and diminished learning during remote instruction...the empathetic types were particularly affected by the disparate impact on our disadvantaged population...and there is an awareness of science, data, and NYS guidelines for opening.) One local discussion now is sports since the kids have been playing organized club soccer and baseball (and more) so they are hoping to have high school sports in some capacity this fall.
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