They can't supersede the TEA. This is a whole bunch of nothing.

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LostInLA07 said:

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They can't make schools do anything but it does ensure schools that decide to go online only get full funding because they are following instruction of public health officials.

Will be interesting to see what Tomball does. I think they're one of the last harris county districts offering in person from day 1.

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Did Klein, Humble, and CyFair change their minds about an in person option? Conroe caved, and they are in Montgomery Co.

The Austin Public Health mandate prohibited schools from opening.

We JUST got an email today about in-person sectionals and marching practice (if you want to do it). Tells me the ISD has no clue this was happening, which is inexcusable.

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For now CFISD is in person by choice from day one. However, there is an emergency meeting this week and there are rumors that they may either cave and go first few weeks online for everyone or may push the start back into Sept. I really don't like either option.

chjoak said:

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TXTransplant said:

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LostInLA07 said:

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They can't make schools do anything but it does ensure schools that decide to go online only get full funding because they are following instruction of public health officials.

Will be interesting to see what Tomball does. I think they're one of the last harris county districts offering in person from day 1.

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Did Klein, Humble, and CyFair change their minds about an in person option? Conroe caved, and they are in Montgomery Co.

The Austin Public Health mandate prohibited schools from opening.

We JUST got an email today about in-person sectionals and marching practice (if you want to do it). Tells me the ISD has no clue this was happening, which is inexcusable.

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For now CFISD is in person by choice from day one. However, there is an emergency meeting this week and there are rumors that they may either cave and go first few weeks online for everyone or may push the start back into Sept. I really don't like either option.

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If Cy fair pushes to after Labor Day then it will only add two days end of year. They have 8 extra days built in by adding minutes to the day.

That's at least more palatable than starting online end of August

tylercsbn9 said:

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chjoak said:

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TXTransplant said:

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LostInLA07 said:

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They can't make schools do anything but it does ensure schools that decide to go online only get full funding because they are following instruction of public health officials.

Will be interesting to see what Tomball does. I think they're one of the last harris county districts offering in person from day 1.

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Did Klein, Humble, and CyFair change their minds about an in person option? Conroe caved, and they are in Montgomery Co.

The Austin Public Health mandate prohibited schools from opening.

We JUST got an email today about in-person sectionals and marching practice (if you want to do it). Tells me the ISD has no clue this was happening, which is inexcusable.

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For now CFISD is in person by choice from day one. However, there is an emergency meeting this week and there are rumors that they may either cave and go first few weeks online for everyone or may push the start back into Sept. I really don't like either option.

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If Cy fair pushes to after Labor Day then it will only add two days end of year. They have 8 extra days built in by adding minutes to the day.

That's at least more palatable than starting online end of August

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I don't see the point at all of delaying school until after Labor Day. There is no guarantee they will be allowed to open, and that just wastes two weeks.

Might as well just start online-only and hope school can open sooner rather than later.

I don't think Tomball has the option to delay the start of school without seriously disrupting the school calendar.

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If these ****ing masks actually worked I'd be able to go with my wife to her medical appointment tomorrow. Absolutely ludicrous that I'm not allowed to go with her in a dr office setting.

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Welcome to the club, pal. I have missed appointments and ultrasounds for our first child. It sucks

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third coast.. said:

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If these ****ing masks actually worked I'd be able to go with my wife to her medical appointment tomorrow. Absolutely ludicrous that I'm not allowed to go with her in a dr office setting.

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Welcome to the club, pal. I have missed appointments and ultrasounds for our first child. It sucks

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That's rough man...I've missed those as well but it's my 3rd kid at least so I've at least gotten to experience it before

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BowSowy said:

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third coast.. said:

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If these ****ing masks actually worked I'd be able to go with my wife to her medical appointment tomorrow. Absolutely ludicrous that I'm not allowed to go with her in a dr office setting.

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Welcome to the club, pal. I have missed appointments and ultrasounds for our first child. It sucks

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That's rough man...I've missed those as well but it's my 3rd kid at least so I've at least gotten to experience it before

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I'm fortunate that I got to be there for the first couple of ultrasounds. And she's coming today or tomorrow so no more crying over spilt milk, right?

What are they telling you guys as far as being there for deilvery?

We luckily had our 2nd in early Feb right before all this hit the fan.

I am able to be there, but just me. Thankfully, I'm able to leave and come back if need be. I'll be masked, not sure about my wife. She took a COVID test a few days ago and was negative, so I hope they won't make her wear one during labor.

Good luck to you as well! And you're right, as long as my wife and my daughter get home healthy, I'm fine with everything that's happened.

I think you know the answer to your question...

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Couldn't wait for Keegan to post today. If a trend line has a negative slope, can we assume it's been flattened? Or two more weeks?

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It's not 0, so not good enough

my best friend just got home. Thought she was in labor, but not quite there yet. I'm too lazy to summarize, so this is what she said

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So before they admit people for delivery you always have to through triage in the OB ER. He wasn't allowed back there with me at all. He had to wait outside for two hours while I was what I thought laboring

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so she was all alone for two hours like that.
I dont understand it.

Teachers aren't willing to go back until there has been 9 weeks of no positive tests. A benchmark that even new Zealand, an island country that closed it's border, didn't even think was necessary...

who said that?

this disease is endemic. that will literally never happen.

In New Zealand they've gone to 3' distance between kids in school.

Teacher here - I want to work! I want to be back in the classroom like normal. Problem, nothing is normal this year! TEA is ridiculous, no one wants to make real decisions, everything changes on a regular basis. It's all so frustrating!

Online school sucks for a majority of the kids. It's my opinion that people who choose remote schooling are getting a lesser product, but no school will tell you that.

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What are they telling you guys as far as being there for deilvery?

We luckily had our 2nd in early Feb right before all this hit the fan.

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We're going to Memorial Hermann at Memorial City. What they've told us is that I'm allowed with her, but I can't leave and no one else can come and/or take my place. If I leave, she'll be alone for the remainder. They said that they would give her a COVID test when we arrive, but I'll just go through the symptom screening (temp. check, etc.).

This is all subject to change at any second. The nurse that did the virtual tour had us pretty worried because she said they were considering making the fathers leave 1-2 hours after the baby is born, but our doctor assured us that that won't happen as she said the doctors would push back hard against that.

Either way, I'll be glad when this is all over as logic and reason seem to play no role and there's nothing but broad brush policies being enacted across the entire hospital system with little regard for the specific circumstances each department faces.

Of course, on the virtual tour, the first question another couple asked was if the delivering mother could refuse the COVID test. They stated yes, but then she would be treated as if she was positive. I'm not sure what the reasoning is behind her refusing the test, but I can't imagine it's based in reason/fact.

Yep, and guess wha? All online classes means more students per teacher. So every 3 teachers could be cut down to 2, or 2 to 1.

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What are they telling you guys as far as being there for deilvery?

We luckily had our 2nd in early Feb right before all this hit the fan.

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We delivered at Med City Dallas, so maybe not apples to apples here - had our first 2 weeks ago. I was allowed back from triage onto delivery and postpartum. Wife was tested at triage (negative), I was not tested. I wore a mask anytime outside of our room/suite. I was able to come and go with Covid pre-screening at hospital entrance. Wife did not have to mask up except for discharge to car.

All nurses/doctors were masked up at all times. Our o boy gripe was our Doula was not allowed into the hospital, but we could FaceTime with no problem.