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Uncle Ruckus

Uncle Ruckus

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Rumor is Tate will postpone opening schools to September. Will be announced Monday. All districts must turn in plans by Friday. He using the weekend to ‘review’ them while parents spends millions of $ on tax free weekend.
This came from two different people with legit sources. One way or another, we’ll know if he intends on doing anything on Monday.
 
Xenomorph

Xenomorph

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Most districts turned in their plans some time ago. But yeah.. I think most of what you posted is legit.

Look for the school year to be adjusted down from 180 to 162 if what I’ve heard pans out.
 
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Shamoan

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What about Corinth that has already started their school year?

My Madison teaching wife hasn’t heard anything yet.
 
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ronpolk

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I’m not usually a fan of broad policies being applied to everyone. But in this case, I think each school district needs to have the same procedures regarding being in class.
 
DesotoCountyDawg

DesotoCountyDawg

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I think they make that choice. Only I see them being stopped is if the heath department stepped in and said no school.
 
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johnson86-1

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Uncle Ruckus said:
Rumor is Tate will postpone opening schools to September. Will be announced Monday. All districts must turn in plans by Friday. He using the weekend to ‘review’ them while parents spends millions of $ on tax free weekend.
This came from two different people with legit sources. One way or another, we’ll know if he intends on doing anything on Monday.
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I’ve given Tate the benefit of the doubt and tried to talk people that hate him at least out of spending money against him, but I will be a big anti-Tate convert if he does this. I know Waller probably would have been just as bad if not worse on this, but there is no reason for him t interfere with school district decisions on this.
 
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RocketDawg

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fishwater99 said:
Schools in Mississippi should never start until after Labor Day.
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We did that when I was in school there. I think a couple of things contributed to a super early start: Having a fall break in addition to Thanksgiving, and the desire to finish the semester before Christmas break.

We got out of school in early June if I recall correctly. In those days, all the schools had heat, but very, very few had air conditioning. It still got hot toward the end of the year, and even at the start in many cases.
 
horshack.sixpack

horshack.sixpack

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Amen. Give kids back a real summer. By the time I was a senior in high school we were starting about a week before Labor Day.
 
1msucub

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MoBamba said:
Hybrid is stupid. Online doesn't work. Go back to school or wait longer.
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This is SO accurate. My wife and her teacher colleagues are having a very difficult time getting things together for in-class students AND distance learners. You can't begin to imagine how difficult that is, even in a school district as blessed as ours is.
 
GloryDawg

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johnson86-1 said:
I’ve given Tate the benefit of the doubt and tried to talk people that hate him at least out of spending money against him, but I will be a big anti-Tate convert if he does this. I know Waller probably would have been just as bad if not worse on this, but there is no reason for him t interfere with school district decisions on this.
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A lot of people I know who did not vote for him are starting to like him. I do believe he has pissed off half is base for one reason or another.
 
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MoBamba

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You can't teach a group of kids to read online. It has to be hands-on in a classroom.
 
SirBarksalot

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What’s the reason? What difference will it make? Maybe he’s figuring that by September all 82 counties will be under his slow roll mask mandate.

not that it matters to you folks, but Charlotte schools were planning to do 2 weeks of school on campus, then move to all online. Well yesterday, they had an emergency press conference and announced there would no on campus school even for the two weeks. They said they didn’t have enough staff to pull it off...teachers, bus drivers, etc. Crazy ****.
 
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johnson86-1

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1msucub said:
This is SO accurate. My wife and her teacher colleagues are having a very difficult time getting things together for in-class students AND distance learners. You can't begin to imagine how difficult that is, even in a school district as blessed as ours is.
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For our school district, you have to pick virtual full time or in person full time. I assume they are going to have teachers that teach only virtual and teachers that teach only in person, at least until they get to high enough grades where you have subject matter teachers and they can't easily move them around. . And that makes sense to me. Too much work to expect teachers to split their attention in one class. And also gives an opportunity to place some of the at risk teachers that are good in completely virtual teaching to make sure they don't quit for a year.
 
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MoBamba said:
You can't teach a group of kids to read online. It has to be hands-on in a classroom.
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Its a miracle any kid manages to learn to read before going to school.
They can't possibly learn to read on the weekends and weeknights too.**


I fully understand so.e kids need the in person work because for a multitude of reasons it doesn't happen at home. Its just dumb to claim kids cN only learn to read in the classroom.
 
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VegasDawg13

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Starkville just announced a delay until August 24. Seems weird they'd do that if they think the governor will be announcing something else in the next day or two.
 
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patdog

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So, you're OK with depriving disadvantaged kids of a good education while more affluent ones continue to get a decent education because they're more likely to have the home support needed to make distance learning work. Got it. Never would have expected that from your virtue signaling internet persona though.
 
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My 6 year old reads better than me, and I swear he's learned it mainly from playing video games. Kid also has a pretty good understanding of how basic electric circuits work from messing with redstone stuff on minecraft. I may just have him skip 1st - 12th grade and get him working on PLCs now.

If we can find a game that could just teach him math we'd be all set.
 
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dalmuti

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laughing on line if you think your kid will see the inside of a classroom before 2022
 
Uncle Ruckus

Uncle Ruckus

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It’s a rumor. I’m sure not every district has heard or believes it. They obviously want to get out ahead of it in case they rumor isn’t true
 
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