Rapier108 said:

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nthomas99 said:

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Get comfy folks! The President just extended the nationwide social distancing guidelines until April 30. Brazos County shelter in place extension in 3...2...1...

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An extension was already coming.

The real question is how draconian can they go.

Way too many people calling the cops today, either because they think too many people are gathered together, or because they think a business that is open is "not essential" and wants to cops to shut it down.

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Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:

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GSS said:

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Plan a school restart 1 May, run through end of June.
Assuming the state somehow agrees to cooperate/coordinate.

Or even later restart/finish, if needed.

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This.

At the current rate I don't think there is any way you can pass a bunch of these kids on to the next grade level and feel good about it. Some of these kids are doing the work, others are just having parents do the work, others aren't getting any teaching at all being done to them.

They are going to have to start school back up at some point even if its a June 15th start date running through August 1st or something. Maybe they can give kids who were able to learn during this time an option to test out of things so they don't have to do the school but lotsa kids are going to need that classroom time before they get passed to the next grade.

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cavscout96 said:

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Rapier108 said:

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nthomas99 said:

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Get comfy folks! The President just extended the nationwide social distancing guidelines until April 30. Brazos County shelter in place extension in 3...2...1...

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An extension was already coming.

The real question is how draconian can they go.

Way too many people calling the cops today, either because they think too many people are gathered together, or because they think a business that is open is "not essential" and wants to cops to shut it down.

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Yep, saw two CSPD units respond to break up a group of kids playing an illegal pick-up basketball game today...

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johnnyblaze36 said:

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cavscout96 said:

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Rapier108 said:

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nthomas99 said:

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Get comfy folks! The President just extended the nationwide social distancing guidelines until April 30. Brazos County shelter in place extension in 3...2...1...

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An extension was already coming.

The real question is how draconian can they go.

Way too many people calling the cops today, either because they think too many people are gathered together, or because they think a business that is open is "not essential" and wants to cops to shut it down.

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Yep, saw two CSPD units respond to break up a group of kids playing an illegal pick-up basketball game today...

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You've gotta be ****ting me.

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Rapier108 said:

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johnnyblaze36 said:

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cavscout96 said:

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Rapier108 said:

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nthomas99 said:

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Get comfy folks! The President just extended the nationwide social distancing guidelines until April 30. Brazos County shelter in place extension in 3...2...1...

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An extension was already coming.

The real question is how draconian can they go.

Way too many people calling the cops today, either because they think too many people are gathered together, or because they think a business that is open is "not essential" and wants to cops to shut it down.

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Yep, saw two CSPD units respond to break up a group of kids playing an illegal pick-up basketball game today...

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You've gotta be ****ting me.

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I'd bet anything it happened.

Numerous calls yesterday for people being outside in groups that the callers thought were too large.

One call even for the police to go close down a business that the caller thought was "not essential."

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Rapier108 said:

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https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Aggieland-Safari-closed-Brazos-County-Sheriffs-Office-569319711.html

As usual, one jackass ran to the cops.

Did we suddenly time warp a bunch of people from East Germany into Brazos County?

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nought said:

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People on nextdoor are openly calling for everyone to report things like kids playing basketball, boyfriend/girlfriend walking down the sidewalk holding hands, neighbor stopping by another neighbor's house, etc.

So I have this idea. Since the kids can't play basketball, we can get them to help with this effort. They can walk around the neighborhood (staying 6 feet away from each other of course), and write down or call in any and all violations they observe. This will keep them occupied and will help keep our community safer during this crisis. We can probably even deputize the older ones to cut down the number of times CSPD has to send the black-and-whites rolling in to save the day. The older ones can directly break up gatherings and issue citations.

So that concerned neighbors peeping through their blinds will know that these are not the bad kids trying to play outside games and instead are the good kids helping maintain the safety of our population, we need some way to identify them as authorized to do this. I know -- let's get them arm bands and some brown shirts and black shorts for this warm weather we're having.

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Rapier108 said:

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People are calling the cops for anything they see, without having a clue.

A bunch of kids are playing outside a house, cops are called, cops show up, find out all the kids live there.

Cops are called because they see someone inside a business that they have decided is "non-essential." Cops arrive an find the owner inside, doors are locked, he's working on stuff by himself. The business is not open to the public and all employees are no longer coming in.

Cops are again called on a business. They arrive and find out it is a pizza delivery shop which is clearly allowed to be open.

There are way too many people who want to be the town police when it comes to what people can and can't do. It's one thing if there is a party with 30-50 students at one house (that actually happened), but calling the cops on everyone you see for the slightest excuse is going way too far.

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cavscout96 said:

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Rapier108 said:

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People are calling the cops for anything they see, without having a clue.

A bunch of kids are playing outside a house, cops are called, cops show up, find out all the kids live there.

Cops are called because they see someone inside a business that they have decided is "non-essential." Cops arrive an find the owner inside, doors are locked, he's working on stuff by himself. The business is not open to the public and all employees are no longer coming in.

Cops are again called on a business. They arrive and find out it is a pizza delivery shop which is clearly allowed to be open.

There are way too many people who want to be the town police when it comes to what people can and can't do. It's one thing if there is a party with 30-50 students at one house (that actually happened), but calling the cops on everyone you see for the slightest excuse is going way too far.

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just heard a call of "five college students jogging together."

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GSS said:

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Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:

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GSS said:

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Plan a school restart 1 May, run through end of June.
Assuming the state somehow agrees to cooperate/coordinate.

Or even later restart/finish, if needed.

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This.

At the current rate I don't think there is any way you can pass a bunch of these kids on to the next grade level and feel good about it. Some of these kids are doing the work, others are just having parents do the work, others aren't getting any teaching at all being done to them.

They are going to have to start school back up at some point even if its a June 15th start date running through August 1st or something. Maybe they can give kids who were able to learn during this time an option to test out of things so they don't have to do the school but lotsa kids are going to need that classroom time before they get passed to the next grade.

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Or let school and state officials tell us why this couldn't / shouldn't happen...versus the "solution" underway.

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txgardengirl said:

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Just going to throw in I believe most local schools had make it through the TEKS

April is STAAR month - EOC tests would be happening now.

And, we all know May is catch up to finish/end of year activities.

I really don't think most kids are missing a ton of instructional hours that can't be recovered in the fall if it comes down to it.

Many states have called the school year at this point.

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GSS said:

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txgardengirl said:

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Just going to throw in I believe most local schools had make it through the TEKS

April is STAAR month - EOC tests would be happening now.

And, we all know May is catch up to finish/end of year activities.

I really don't think most kids are missing a ton of instructional hours that can't be recovered in the fall if it comes down to it.

Many states have called the school year at this point.

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Half of March, all of April, whatever portion of May...and maybe those hours, via some convoluted process, can be made up in the fall? After grade level changes have occurred?

I know there's "teaching to the test" time, but the STAAR schedule simply does NOT consume the month of April:
Testing schedule-TEA

Throwing in the towel, without at least having state-level discussions of possible options, seems horrible. Texas does have a rainy-day fund...

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aggielawyer00 said:

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Please explain to me how the "rainy day fund" would help with this. Legitimate question as I truly do not know.

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