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Dear Families:
Seattle Public Schools is committed to keeping families informed as we respond to the presence of coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, in our greater community. We continue to work in partnership with Public Health Seattle and King County as the lead agency for COVID-19. Currently, Public Health recommends keeping schools open. As always, our top priority is the health and safety of our students and staff, and we will follow the guidance of health experts in this evolving situation. Below are responses to key questions from families and staff. These have also been added to the coronavirus disease 2019 FAQ
Why aren’t you proactively closing schools?
In addition to Public Health’s recommendation to stay open, there are several factors we are evaluating. While education is our primary responsibility, public schools are also the access point to critical social services for thousands of students and families. Many of our families rely on our schools and staff for basic needs, including regular meals, health care, and child care. If our schools shut down, vulnerable families are at a higher risk of being negatively impacted. Closing schools is a last resort and will be done with great care, transparency, and in partnership with Public Health. Summary of Public Health Seattle and King County new recommendations.
Another consideration is the unintended impact on our health care community and our collective response to COVID-19. Seattle is fortunate to have great medical institutions and providers. This means many of our students’ parents are health care providers or work in the health care industry on the front lines of the COVID-19 response. If schools close, fewer people will be able to provide front-line support. The longer we can keep our doors open, the better it will be for our students and the entire community. As soon as Public Health determines schools should close, we will.
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While education is our primary responsibility, public schools are also the access point to critical social services for thousands of students and families. Many of our families rely on our schools and staff for basic needs, including regular meals, health care, and child care. If our schools shut down, vulnerable families are at a higher risk of being negatively impacted.
Sad but true. How did we get here?
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This is all hearsay, but it seems like all the wealthy, Eastside Tech parents are demanding to shut down those schools (Northshore already has). Many of those folks can telecommute and let the kids watch TV for a few weeks. The pours of Seattle living paycheck to paycheck don't have this option. Riding out CV is a rich man's game.RaceBannon said:While education is our primary responsibility, public schools are also the access point to critical social services for thousands of students and families. Many of our families rely on our schools and staff for basic needs, including regular meals, health care, and child care. If our schools shut down, vulnerable families are at a higher risk of being negatively impacted.
Sad but true. How did we get here?
I'm glad they are staying open. This whole thing is amazing. -
Just how the left needs them to be: it enables the ruling class providng them control, power and wealth.RaceBannon said:While education is our primary responsibility, public schools are also the access point to critical social services for thousands of students and families. Many of our families rely on our schools and staff for basic needs, including regular meals, health care, and child care. If our schools shut down, vulnerable families are at a higher risk of being negatively impacted.
Sad but true. How did we get here?
I'm glad they are staying open. This whole thing is amazing.
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Regardless of the discussion of how current policies make pours dependent on the state, how low income fams can weather CV school closures looks a lot different than a Director at MSFT.DuckHHunterisafag said:
Just how the left needs them to be: it enables the ruling class providng them control, power and wealth.RaceBannon said:While education is our primary responsibility, public schools are also the access point to critical social services for thousands of students and families. Many of our families rely on our schools and staff for basic needs, including regular meals, health care, and child care. If our schools shut down, vulnerable families are at a higher risk of being negatively impacted.
Sad but true. How did we get here?
I'm glad they are staying open. This whole thing is amazing. -
That is so fucking sad.RaceBannon said:While education is our primary responsibility, public schools are also the access point to critical social services for thousands of students and families. Many of our families rely on our schools and staff for basic needs, including regular meals, health care, and child care. If our schools shut down, vulnerable families are at a higher risk of being negatively impacted.
Sad but true. How did we get here?
I'm glad they are staying open. This whole thing is amazing. -
What low income families in Seattle? There aren't any left and there hasn't been for a long time. One person needs 68k according to city government, to live in Seattle. Sound like low income to you?YellowSnow said:
Regardless of the discussion of how current policies make pours dependent on the state, how low income fams can weather CV school closures looks a lot different than a Director at MSFT.DuckHHunterisafag said:
Just how the left needs them to be: it enables the ruling class providng them control, power and wealth.RaceBannon said:While education is our primary responsibility, public schools are also the access point to critical social services for thousands of students and families. Many of our families rely on our schools and staff for basic needs, including regular meals, health care, and child care. If our schools shut down, vulnerable families are at a higher risk of being negatively impacted.
Sad but true. How did we get here?
I'm glad they are staying open. This whole thing is amazing. -
SPS is glorified, subsidized daycare for a lot of families, and that's how both the kids and parents treat it. In a couple years there will by cries about how these families need more and more so there kids can test above the 25th percentile, and the voters will approve more levies. What you won't see is the parents of these kids coming to parent-teacher conferences, volunteering at their kids school, or ever paying for anything as they roll up in a new car with the latest iPhone. Reagan's Welfare Queen in Chicago never existed. But she's alive and well in Seattle.YellowSnow said:
Regardless of the discussion of how current policies make pours dependent on the state, how low income fams can weather CV school closures looks a lot different than a Director at MSFT.DuckHHunterisafag said:
Just how the left needs them to be: it enables the ruling class providng them control, power and wealth.RaceBannon said:While education is our primary responsibility, public schools are also the access point to critical social services for thousands of students and families. Many of our families rely on our schools and staff for basic needs, including regular meals, health care, and child care. If our schools shut down, vulnerable families are at a higher risk of being negatively impacted.
Sad but true. How did we get here?
I'm glad they are staying open. This whole thing is amazing.
No government entity can waste money like an urban zero-accountability American school district. -
There's plenty of lower income housing which feeds into our Elementary school. We're a mix of families that live in $700,000 to $1,200,000 single family detached (call it 70%) and the rest in either cheaper 60' and 70's era multi-family units. You're telling me all the minority students in our school (guessing 30%) aren't from low income (by Seattle standards, at least) families?TurdBomber said:
What low income families in Seattle? There aren't any left and there hasn't been for a long time. One person needs 68k according to city government, to live in Seattle. Sound like low income to you?YellowSnow said:
Regardless of the discussion of how current policies make pours dependent on the state, how low income fams can weather CV school closures looks a lot different than a Director at MSFT.DuckHHunterisafag said:
Just how the left needs them to be: it enables the ruling class providng them control, power and wealth.RaceBannon said:While education is our primary responsibility, public schools are also the access point to critical social services for thousands of students and families. Many of our families rely on our schools and staff for basic needs, including regular meals, health care, and child care. If our schools shut down, vulnerable families are at a higher risk of being negatively impacted.
Sad but true. How did we get here?
I'm glad they are staying open. This whole thing is amazing. -
I'm saying a lot aren't. Not all. But a lot. 23 years in SPS informs my statements. And I can't blame the families for taking what's handed to them without scrutiny, and that's the biggest problem in SPS, with its 600+ million annual budget.YellowSnow said:
There's plenty of lower income housing which feeds into our Elementary school. We're a mix of families that live in $700,000 to $1,200,000 single family detached (call it 70%) and the rest in either cheaper 60' and 70's era multi-family units. You're telling me all the minority students in our school (guessing 30%) aren't from low income (by Seattle standards, at least) families?TurdBomber said:
What low income families in Seattle? There aren't any left and there hasn't been for a long time. One person needs 68k according to city government, to live in Seattle. Sound like low income to you?YellowSnow said:
Regardless of the discussion of how current policies make pours dependent on the state, how low income fams can weather CV school closures looks a lot different than a Director at MSFT.DuckHHunterisafag said:
Just how the left needs them to be: it enables the ruling class providng them control, power and wealth.RaceBannon said:While education is our primary responsibility, public schools are also the access point to critical social services for thousands of students and families. Many of our families rely on our schools and staff for basic needs, including regular meals, health care, and child care. If our schools shut down, vulnerable families are at a higher risk of being negatively impacted.
Sad but true. How did we get here?
I'm glad they are staying open. This whole thing is amazing.
But I do blame the families for not making their kids do homework and never attending P-T conferences. Hence, just daycare to a lot of them.
