re: Lafayette Parish announces transition to full time learning for students

Oops that should be 20


My child has 19 in their home room

Also...the little unknown caveat to this, many teachers are dropping like flies with no sub coverage which forces classes to be combined at times

Once you get to more than 21-22 kids in a classroom, no matter what you do, every kid will be within 6 feet of at least 5 other kids.

While it is true that when a teacher is out they do not have subs, they are not combining classes from any information I have. Students are staying in their normal class and either adminstration, issp, a para, or someone else is staying in the classroom and the teacher is still responsible for creating material for the students.

I'm speaking from my kids school and those I know in the parish. You don't believe me fine, what school.and why don't you report them?

I didn't say it was happening en masse...but it does happen, can't be avoided in some instances. Report what to who exactly? Everyone is doing the best they can with the situation they face. From administrators down to teachers to bus drivers to cafeteria workers.

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Are any other public school districts full time in Louisiana?

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Jefferson. St Charles. St. John.


Pretty much everyone.

I haven't read the exact wording, but with the recent move to 100% traditional learning on high school campuses I believe it allows a ton of wiggle room when it comes to number of students within a classroom...but the contradiction comes with the contact tracing protocols and following CDC definition of close contact which schools still have to follow. So in other words, yes schools are allowed to bypass the recommendation of 6 foot social distancing within classrooms but they still have to follow through with mandatory quarantines for those students who test positive and any student who had close contact with that positive case which is the 6 foot/15 minute definition

ETA: Elementary classrooms and other various classroom settings were always allowed to bypass suggested 6 foot social distancing guidelines if their classes were deemed static settings

Full of shite about what? Crawfishing about what? I said in an earlier post that there are times when classes have to be combined due to teachers being out compounded with staff shortages, I was clarifying that I didn't say it happens every time a teacher is out.

And yes, the COVID pandemic has caused a shite show in educational circles from distance learning procedures, technology hurdles, students contracting it, staff contracting it, staff taking leave out of fear of contracting it...Ascension Parish is having a damn job fair next week because everyone is quitting and they literally can't get people to apply much less fill their positions.

ETA: EBR just came back after labor day after being 100% virtual and were immediately slapped with teachers staging a walkout before students stepped foot through the door...then their superintendent quit. Livingston Parish is facing what amounts to teacher picket lines for every school board meeting and of course I mentioned Ascension and their job fair 2 months into school.