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brooklynite

(94,487 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2020, 04:33 PM Mar 2020

ALL Maryland and Ohio schools closing...

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ALL Maryland and Ohio schools closing... (Original Post) brooklynite Mar 2020 OP

I hope they do that soon in NYS. Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #1

De Blasio has been holding out on closing NYC schools, and for good reason, IMO democrattotheend Mar 2020 #2

Well I'm in central New York, so De Blasio has nothing to do with our situation. Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #3

That I agree with democrattotheend Mar 2020 #4

So my son just found out that his best friend, from the same middle school Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #5

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)

1. I hope they do that soon in NYS.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 04:48 PM

Mar 2020

So we don't have to go through all the BS of formally switching to homeschooling.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)

2. De Blasio has been holding out on closing NYC schools, and for good reason, IMO

Reply to Crunchy Frog (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 04:54 PM

Mar 2020

Closing NYC schools would be a severe hardship for many parents, especially single parents, who are hourly workers and can't afford to take off and stay home with their kids. He said he'd shut down individual schools in the event anyone showed symptoms. So far that seems reasonable to me, but if it gets any worse it'll have to change.

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)

3. Well I'm in central New York, so De Blasio has nothing to do with our situation.

Reply to democrattotheend (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 04:59 PM

Mar 2020

I wish they would at least give parents the option of pulling their kids.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)

4. That I agree with

Reply to Crunchy Frog (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 05:05 PM

Mar 2020

My boss kept her kids home today even though theirs was one of the few Nassau schools open. The school said it wasn't even an excused absence.

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)

5. So my son just found out that his best friend, from the same middle school

Reply to democrattotheend (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 05:30 PM

Mar 2020

just got pulled too. And we've just gotten Skype running on his tablet, so he's in heaven right now.

I'm betting there's a whole lot of parents pulling their kids right now, and the system eventually going to have to come to terms with it.

My mom's busy sending forcefully worded emails to various school administrators.

I really don't want to have to disenroll my kids.

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