Unrealistic guidelines that simply aren’t possible, aren’t helpful to anyone.
at school. Six feet between desks. All desks facing in the same direction. Seems easy enough, right? Except, six feet is a lot of space. It’s been a good nine weeks since I’ve seen the inside of my children’s classroom, but I’m pretty sure the room is not big enough for twenty-two desks to be spaced six feet apart from each other. Everything else aside, logistically speaking, in most classrooms, it can’t happen.
Then there’s the recommendation to keep the window open to circulate “outdoor air as much as possible.” Great idea.could dilute the virus. Only, the windows shouldn’t be open if they pose a health risk . Which sounds to me like, “Open the window only if it’s safe to open the window, because opening the window is safe, unless it’s not.”
Is it just me, or is there something circular there? And also, logistics, again. My daughter had the most beautiful classroom two years ago, everything was labeled and color-coded and everything I could ever ask for in a second grade classroom. The one thing missing: a window. Regardless of the pollen or asthma in that classroom—outdoor air isn’t an option.
There are a handful of other guidelines that make me fairly certain a whole lot of folks are going to choose to keep homeschooling their kids. The recommendation to social distance on school buses—one child per seat, every other row—for example. Again. Space. Those irrefutable logistics, again.
I give bus drivers a lot of credit in a non-pandemic situation, but attempting to safely get kids to and from school while monitoring that they aren’t sliding into their friend’s seat to chat just seems like a superhuman ask. Not every parent can drive kids to and from school…especially if schools employ the suggested staggered drop-off and pick-up times.
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