School closing/virtual school was the biggest failure of the pandemic -- CAVern 05/26/2021 2:52PM I tend to think that 600,000 deaths are the bigger failure -- 111Balz 05/26/2021 8:33PM Didn't expect you to pull out the trump card on this one -- CAVern 05/27/2021 08:41AM Yep. I agree. Closing schools in spring of 2020 was totally -- BocaHoo91 05/26/2021 6:36PM I think argument can be made for both ways (and it has). While by this year -- JohnHoo2 05/26/2021 8:41PM Sweden had a chance to study the impact of leaving schools open -- WahooMatt05 05/26/2021 6:02PM Well-said. Complete disgrace. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/26/2021 5:55PM The worst ** -- HoodatB 05/26/2021 9:00PM We were cautious for the sake of the kids. I think it was a good decision. ** -- HoosWillWin 05/26/2021 3:01PM 604,000 Americans died. Abundance of caution is preposterous. There was -- Lazarus 05/26/2021 4:34PM Honestly, it was more for the safety of teachers and parents. I know a few -- WahooRQ 05/26/2021 3:48PM I would imagine any year having you as a parent would be a rough year. ** -- Hoos Operator 05/26/2021 7:27PM I would imagine the same for you, but humanity is thankful no woman would -- WahooRQ 05/26/2021 8:03PM I would imagine if your kids were sent to a gas chamber you might not joke -- Hoos Operator 05/27/2021 12:12AM Good one, loser. Bigtime anti Semite here. I sleep in the 6MWE shirt -- WahooRQ 05/27/2021 09:05AM Yeah they simply did not know if it would increase the -- KCHoo 05/26/2021 4:53PM That was the argument at the beginning and it was sound. the fact that we -- CAVern 05/26/2021 6:37PM I’d put it differently. It may have been the -- BocaHoo91 05/26/2021 3:39PM May have been and perhaps we had no choice...but it had to be really tough -- Tuckahokie 05/26/2021 3:15PM They will be remembered as the next greatest generation ** -- KCHoo 05/26/2021 4:56PM Maybe...binge watching Netflix and ordering Uber Eats is rough :>)** -- Tuckahokie 05/26/2021 5:44PM Hindsight is always 2020, so to speak. But this was a new virus wreaking ha -- 111Balz 05/26/2021 3:11PM Agreed. That was the main point. In hindsight, sure, keep them open. -- HoosWillWin 05/26/2021 4:41PM 1 semester made sense. the second semester was just wrong for our -- CAVern 05/26/2021 3:18PM Given that the 2nd semester typically starts in January, when there was a -- Maupin233 05/26/2021 3:24PM Ok, even if i concede that point (which i don't because there was ample -- CAVern 05/26/2021 3:27PM I’m not sure there was ample evidence of that. There was some data -- 111Balz 05/27/2021 06:28AM I agree that at this point, schools should be fully re-opened. However, I -- Maupin233 05/26/2021 3:41PM There was data from other countries, etc. noone got lucky, schools have -- CAVern 05/26/2021 3:44PM Less concerned about the education impact and more concerned about the fate -- Maupin233 05/26/2021 3:57PM Convince me that we ARE stopping this educational bleeding at 1.5 year -- CAVern 05/26/2021 4:00PM Think it would be hard to present a viable argument for schools remaining -- Maupin233 05/26/2021 4:07PM Do you really not understand it? Teachers unions are some of the biggest -- Hoodafan 05/26/2021 3:49PM Where was the concern over educational disadvantages to the poor when the -- Maupin233 05/26/2021 4:00PM Bingo. I hate the use of the word discrimination here because there’s no in -- 111Balz 05/27/2021 06:31AM Solid faux talking points! Care to tell us how much of school budgets come -- Hoodafan 05/26/2021 4:07PM Got to blame someone.As if proficiency was a measure.2.6 BILLION to Montgom -- Wahoo Gus 05/26/2021 5:00PM Wouldn't suggest looking at Baltimore County schools' per pupil budget. ** -- Hoodafan 05/26/2021 5:33PM We need more money in education FOR THE CHILDREN!!!! ** -- ResistHoo 05/26/2021 4:52PM Hey if you want to crank up teacher pay, I'm all for it! The Fed money -- Hoodafan 05/26/2021 5:31PM We sure as shit don't need less. ** -- Maupin233 05/26/2021 4:58PM How will they lern without more money for u̶n̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ books?!?!? ** -- ResistHoo 05/26/2021 5:09PM Reading is overrated and comprehension is racist. ** -- Wahoo Gus 05/26/2021 5:29PM Are we supposed to believe you’re the anomaly? ** -- TomGlansAski 05/26/2021 6:42PM Was unnecessary & hugely in favor of the haves while screwing the have nots ** -- CAVern 05/26/2021 3:09PM (certainly the 2nd semester) ** -- CAVern 05/26/2021 3:10PM There’s a lot of truth in your second statement but that’s more a function -- 111Balz 05/26/2021 3:17PM I tried to edit to suggest that initial closings made sense, imho. that -- CAVern 05/26/2021 3:21PM Yup. totally get spring and summer of 2020 -- Capital City Hoo 05/26/2021 4:02PM