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Saw the viral pics of kids going back to school in Georgia and realised that it's just like English comprehensives ?

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Except some of them are allowed to wear masks!

It’s going to be very interesting in September.

https://twitter.com/freeyourmindkid/status/1291067755186266113?s=21

Teen whistleblowers have been suspended

And staff threatened not to portray the school in a bad light!

I can see that happening here in some MATs. I’m not sure it will stop the kids sharing photos though.

There is video of the head saying leaking pics/video will lead to a suspension.

It seems that high schools in Georgia aren't enforcing mask use but are more embarrassed about being featured in the news

There are kids testing positive at the school the first photo came from according to SM. Schools have been back a week

@Appuskidu

And staff threatened not to portray the school in a bad light!

I can see that happening here in some MATs. I’m not sure it will stop the kids sharing photos though.

Agreed. It's definitely something I can see happening.

My school is more crowded than those photos.

I thought that too @nellodee, that actually looks quite spacious compared to my DD's secondary!

This is what it says in the Gov.uk School Guidance While passing briefly in the corridor or playground is low risk

Obviously Covid does not go into corridors

@ViperBugloss

This is what it says in the Gov.uk School Guidance While passing briefly in the corridor or playground is low risk

Obviously Covid does not go into corridors

Unlike passing someone in a shop, where you should obviously always wear a mask

Imagine that number of students, in half the space, all shouting at top volume.

I think that people without secondary aged kids don't realise that people like Trump and UsForThem are calling for the gains made by lockdown to be cancelled out using teenagers and teachers.

I've seen lots of people accuse teachers of being cowards for not pushing to go back sooner.

Unlike passing someone in a shop, where you should obviously always wear a mask

Yep, it all makes total sense...

And pretend coughing in each other's faces

Barron Trump's School is closed until October when his school is going to review the situation 🤔
(Not knocking Barron btw his school obviously decides their policies)

Is it like English comprehensives?

DC 'high school' (we are in England and it IS called a high school) will have kids stay in same one room all day while staff move around between rooms. Those pictures do not show what my kids will experience.

Interestingly... my cousin is a teacher in Georgia and is fairly upset about schools reopening there, worried it's not safe. Cousin is a born again Christian deeply conservative, but normally avoids all politics, so her stance surprised me.

will have kids stay in same one room all day while staff move around between rooms.

How does that work for pupils doing different GCSE or A-level options?

Does DD have to stay in the same room and sit through lessons in e.g. Chemistry (which she doesn't do), while her room-mates then have to attend her French lesson?

What about e.g. setting?

Both DS and DD were the only people doing their specific combination of GCSEs in their school, and DS in particular was in a range of sets due to 'spiky' ability. How would that work?

And who is supervising these kids whilst the teachers move rooms?

Every school has has to decide on what they think is safest and there are lots of different models. The issue of supervision as staff move between rooms is concerning, particularly in Science labs where students should never be unsupervised. I dont think there us a 'good' model tbh, just each schools SLT picking the one that will be safest in their context whilst maintaining as much of a curriculum as possible.

It is not the safety of the 'kids stay put, teachers move' model that i am thinking about - it is quite simply the practicality?

I can imagine it working for Y7,8 and 9, possibly - abandon setting or go for a rough 'best fit' banding approach.

But Y10-Y13? Do pupils drop subjects to make sure that the class all 'match'?

@cantkeepawayforever you're right that one classroom will only work for y7 and 8- perhaps y9 if students don't start options subjects until y10. In our school Y10 and Y11 will have separate areas of the school just for that year group- however at lesson changeover this won't prevent the type of scenes shown in these pics as 245 of them all move around a very small area to get to their next lesson. All it means is that they don't 'break their bubble'. Although obviously the teachers who teach Y7-13 will actually be the bubble bursters as they teach across different year groups every lesson. Bubbles are a nonsense in secondary- a placebo to help allay the fears or parents and staff alike. Majority of us see through it.

Possibly it will be like it was back in my day (many years ago!). We stayed in one classroom and the teachers came to us except for specific subjects like science, PE and art which needed specialist rooms. So okay for the younger groups, but much more problematic for those taking GCSE subjects.

@lljkk

Is it like English comprehensives?

DC 'high school' (we are in England and it IS called a high school) will have kids stay in same one room all day while staff move around between rooms. Those pictures do not show what my kids will experience.

Interestingly... my cousin is a teacher in Georgia and is fairly upset about schools reopening there, worried it's not safe. Cousin is a born again Christian deeply conservative, but normally avoids all politics, so her stance surprised me.

It's very similar to our comp which is basically a narrow C shape with 2 floors. It already has a one way system but lunch, break and transition between lessons are as crowded as the indoor pics. Our school is staggering arrivals and having each year group leaving by a different door but 240 kids leaving double doors in the 5 minutes before the next set turn ups going to be a bottleneck like that outdoor pic. (That's without considering people waiting for friends to walk home with)

lljkk, I work in a school where we are moving to the children, too. But they are still having breaks. So they are still all moving out at the same time, and back in again. The only difference will be, all those children in the corridor will be in the same school year.