Home schooling our district educators are fantastic

[Duncanpup]

Received Email yesterday district is 100% home school reason omicron. So glad that the district is cautious and our educators do not bend to magat pressure.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. I think the vast majority of teachers

Really do care about their students’ education and try hard to make it happen. I’m glad, too, Duncanpup, that your school system doesn’t bow to the MAGATs.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Schools Stayed Opened Here In Illinois

I don't object to added caution but 2 separate IDPH studies showed schools to not be superspreader events. One of those was before 12 year olds & up could get vaxxed.
During omicron, only 17 schools made the outbreak list, over 8 weeks in a state with over 2 million elementary & high school students. An outbreak is defined as 5 positives in one week, no matter the size of the school.
One of those schools has 4,800 students.
5 more were special needs schools where masking, distancing, & sanitation compliance is inherently more difficult.
In the 15 schools in which I sub, NONE still provided an online option.
And, the teachers I know prefer it this way. Any suggestion that these teachers don't care about their students would be both ludicrous & insulting.