On Thursday, St. Dominic Catholic School [in Eagle Rock] celebrated 100 days of school, albeit virtually.
Since the start of the school year administrators have been preparing for the day when students would be able to return to campus.
“If you see the layout of the campus we have already started separating our entrances to make sure we are socially distancing our students,” said Principal Tiffany Sawyer.
Barbara Ferrer
Each classroom has received a COVID-19 makeover.
Leiva has been homeschooling her children since last March.
Sawyer took over principal duties at the school in July and has yet to meet many of the students, but her days have been filled with planning and preparing the school for in-person learning. Each classroom has received a COVID-19 makeover, from spaced-out desks to plexiglass dividers.
On Wednesday, Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said if cases of COVID-19 continued to decline, the county would be able to reopen elementary schools for limited in-person instruction in two to three weeks.
It’s news that many parents are hailing as the light at the end of a very long tunnel.
“Knowing that it’s kind of coming to an end it does give us a bit of hope that things are going to change soon,” said St. Dominic parent Cinthya Leiva.
Still Leiva, who has been homeschooling her children since last March, is hesitant to return to in-person learning until cases of COVID-19 decline more and the vaccine is more widely available.
“I would be more comfortable keeping them at distance learning, as hard as that may be, just for a little longer,” she said.
Other Catholic schools have returned to campus. St. Joseph Catholic School’s kindergarten through 2nd grade went back to class after applying for a waiver, but after winter break students went back to virtual learning as cases of the virus skyrocketed.
“Commencing in-person instruction starts next week in those schools that had opened before and those had not been able to open because of the state guidance now have to wait,” said Superintendent Paul Escala with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
In order for elementary age students to return to schools, LA County needs to have an average new daily case rate of 25 per 100,000 residents which meets the state’s guideline. Until then St. Dominic will have to wait until LA County schools get permission to reopen or waivers are once again granted.
“Regardless of where kids go to school, my message to policymakers is do not discriminate against families and educators who want to return safely to in-person instruction for the sake of another system that may not,” said Escala.
The above comes from a Jan. 28 story on ABC-TV 7 News.
without HEPA level air filtration, masks won’t be enough. They cost 2,-3 times as much, but still not often mentioned.
Maybe we could buy everyone hazmat suits?
BTW, there is no reputable and accepted proof that covid lives on on ducting like Legionairres disease.
And, yes, I know, if we can save only one LIFE!!!!
sarc
It’s not coming to an end. This Covid thing is going to be used by the elites for years to suppress the American middle and lower classes. The mutated strains are going to be used as justification for mask wearing, distancing, lockdowns for years to come. Unless people come to their senses and revolt.
With all due respect, this is not the place to encourage revolt. Nor for incredulous conspiracy theories. I am praying that all students nationwide will resume in person classes very soon.
Since when is revolting against shutdowns and being made to wear a face diaper in public a bad thing, especially since asymptomatic transmission has been shown not to occur? What has happened to America? And you meant to say “incredible” or “dubious” not “incredulous”. Look them up and how they differ in meaning. But maybe you’ll just watch CNN and MSNBC and wait for them or for Biden to tell you what to think.
Asymptomatic transfer has indeed been shown to occur. Lots of cases of asymptomatic transfer.
Please do not spread misinformation. People’s lives are at stake.
Different opinions are not misinformation just because you don’t like them.
A lot of things are claimed to be “known” about this disease that may not keep that exalted status once the thing is over, the political emotions cool, and the evidence can be viewed more completely and dispassionately. In 1942 we did a lot of things to combat the Axis and some were good (like submarines and convoys). Some were well regarded but turned out to be rather useless (like high-altitude precision bombing and antiaircraft batteries installed in California). Others were shameful (like interning Japanese and Italian-Americans). When we finally sort the remedies thrown at the COVID-Beast we are likely to sort them into similar categories. Beware, therefore, of speaking too harshly of critics to whom you may later need to apologize.
Why would anyone send their children to this dystopian prison? Homeschool and organize with families who do the same. Keep your children away from this.
At least homeschool parents know exactly what their children are being taught as they are thoroughly involved and part of the programs.
Hydroxychlotoquine has always been an effective therapeutic, and now that the “crisis” presented by DJT Presidency is over, the medical community is free to let on that it actually does work, especially if administered early, for which it should be made to be “over the counter” as it is in other countries. IF you’d still be unconvinced, there are others that are also quite effective, especially Ivermectin, one doctor has testified to Congress that his success rate is 100 per cent.
Parents, don’t mask your children, you are setting them up for other maladies by so doing, and don’t have them get the vaccine, in fact you should not.