Posted on 03/12/2020 2:44:19 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
Excerpts: Gov. Jay Inslee ordered the closure of all K-12 schools, public and private, in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties for more than a month. …
state schools chief Chris Reykdal hinted that schools may remain closed even longer and perhaps well into the fall. …
Across the three counties, nearly 563,600 attend public or charter schools. Roughly 216,700 of them qualify for subsidized meals, leaving many of the 43 school districts there scrambling to plan for feeding children during an extended closure.
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Wow. Those kids are going to be really bummed to find our they have to go to school an extra month into the summer.
Or is Inslee just going to give them a ass on the work?
Like it would matter?
So the kids will go to the parks and the disease outbreak will explode, smart real smart....these guys never learn.
“Roughly 216,700 of them qualify for subsidized meals, leaving many of the 43 school districts there scrambling to plan for feeding children during an extended closure.”
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Where do they get lunch when school is out otherwise? (Summer, holidays & so on)
Why April 24? Could be worse by April 25. That would give enough time for parents to think about home schooling their kids. A good time for POTUS to bring up vouchers.
FWIW Indiana is cutting 20 days off the mandated instruction time.
Here on Whidbey Island. The county is now recommending telecommuting if possible. Guy in my Office just got the email from his kid’s school about Inslee’s order to close all schools in those 3 counties
The kids will be smarter and they may avoid being killed in a mass shooting.
If kids are out of school someone has to take care of the kids. If the virus isn’t affecting kids yet, then this could be counterproductive.
DeWine is shutting down all schools in Ohio for three weeks too. Cue Alice Cooper, someone...
All graduation requirements are waived along with all mandatory state testing. No additional school make up time will be required.
Meanwhile working parents or single parents will be going crazy to find childcare when they go to work.
Petty crime/vandalism gonna spike, just like it does in summer.
Here we go. Democrats and Fake News will make sure this crisis continues until November 3. Guaranteed.
The kids are supposed to be safer in a childcare facility????
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Has anyone in Washington under the age of 40 or 50 actually been diagnosed with the Chicom Corona Virus?
For those that can afford them, they can run $500/mo or more.
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