One-way halls, lunch at desk, playing alone. L.A. schools could reopen with stark rules

[Initech]

Sixteen students to a class. One-way hallways. Students lunch at their desks. Children could get one ball to play with — alone. Masks are required. A staggered school day brings on new schedules to juggle.

These campus scenarios could play out based on new Los Angeles County school reopening guidelines released Wednesday. This planning document will affect 2 million students and their families as educators undertake a challenge forced on them by the coronavirus crisis: fundamentally redesigning the traditional school day.

The safe reopening of schools in California and throughout the nation compels the reimagining — or abandoning — of long-held traditions and goals of the American school day, where play time, socialization and hands-on support have long been essential to the learning equation in everything from science labs and team sports to recess and group work.

The Los Angeles County Office of Education guidelines offer an early top-to-bottom glimpse at the massive and costly changes that will be required to reboot campuses serving students from preschool through 12th grade, critical to reopening California. The 45-page framework was developed through the work of county staffers, outside advisors and representatives from 23 county school systems, each of which must develop its own reopening plan.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-27/reopening-schools-coronavirus-guidelines-los-angeles-county

Holy crap, I'm not sure Stephen King or John Carpenter could come up with something so horrifying and twisted. God, fuck this pandemic.

[tblue37]

1. Nationally, 20% of U.S. educators say they won't return to school in the fall because of covid.

With just 16 kids per class, the schools will need many more teachers, but will have many less.

[BigmanPigman]

2. I read that earlier today too.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/05/26/coronavirus-schools-teachers-poll-ipsos-parents-fall-online/5254729002/

Then I looked at the CA bar graphs and CA is INCREASING, not even holding steady. Yesterday was the highest day of "new cases" to date.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/california/

The health officer in Santa Clara says Newsom is opening too soon and there haven't been enough continuous days of declining numbers. What is Newsom thinking?

https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/05/26/santa-clara-health-officer-suggests-california-is-reopening-too-soon-1287237

[SoCalNative]

3. They should do split daily sessions

morning and afternoon, rotating students this way. Like we used to do in kindergarten.

If they do half-day in class and half-day online studies it could work.

[jimfields33]

4. It could work but kids who live far away would have a really long day

8-12. 2-6? With traveling in between. They could skip lunch all together and have kids eat when they get home or before afternoon sessions.