2021/2022 School Year

Larry Walker24 said:Most of them are just gonna follow whatever the Department of Education tells them to do.

But what happens if even the Department's own guidelines are dancing right on the edge of legality?

Seriously... So, classes start, but there’s actually no instruction on day one because??? Did they seriously fail to organize book pickups even a week in advance? How many vacation days does a parent even get? We stretched our time off out—me first, then my husband, then my godmother—we even paid for a sitter for a week, and suddenly school starts and we're just expected to pivot? Out of nowhere, three days before the notice, we find out the first day ends at 9:25 AM. And at the last PTA meeting, we specifically asked, and they told us everything would be back to normal, including after-school care, just that there wouldn't be lunch provided on the first day so we should pack something.

I’m not talking about kindergarteners, where it’s totally fine if they don't stay long during those first few days. But everyone else? What gives? They haven't even started yet and they're already cutting things short. It feels like this whole COVID-19 situation is being used as an excuse way too often.
Honestly, I am so done with this lazy, "work-shy" mentality.

Summer break and all the other holidays are for the kids, and obviously, the staff uses their vacation time, but otherwise, they’re supposed to be working. If you run a school, act like a professional and realize parents can't just stop working whenever it suits your schedule. Why is it so hard to organize things so that parents with fewer kids aren't left scrambling? It's just ridiculous. Bravo. I didn't have any choice but to beg for a day off, and I'll probably get chewed out for it, even though my family and I asked about this well in advance.

And don't even get me started on picking up books. Give me a break! If 6th grade starts, then school starts. We could easily grab the books beforehand, and honestly, it would be nice to know what supplies are needed, which notebooks to buy, if we need extra art supplies, the class schedule... but no, they call us at the last minute expecting us to deal with it right after work because everything needs to be ready "by tomorrow." I'm not doing it. I'll just order everything online and wait for it to arrive—if they even bother to notify me. Should I really have to cause trouble at my job because of these idiots? Seriously, I’m going to ask some pointed questions, because this is pathetic.

Then there are the COVID-19 vaccination records. I have mine, but if they’re making a thing out of it, I’d be the first to demand they require them for the school staff, too. I’m considered high-risk, so if I need proof because of you, you should need it because of me. Talk about double standards... If vaccination isn't mandatory, then it shouldn't be required for parents either. It’s just pure audacity, incompetence, and laziness. Total zero.

Alex Roberts4 said:Seriously... So, classes start, but there’s actually no instruction on day one because??? Did they seriously fail to organize book pickups even a week in advance? How many vacation days does a parent even get? We stretched our time off out—me first, then my husband, then my godmother—we even paid for a sitter for a week, and suddenly school starts and we're just expected to pivot? Out of nowhere, three days before the notice, we find out the first day ends at 9:25 AM. And at the last PTA meeting, we specifically asked, and they told us everything would be back to normal, including after-school care, just that there wouldn't be lunch provided on the first day so we should pack something.

I’m not talking about kindergarteners, where it’s totally fine if they don't stay long during those first few days. But everyone else? What gives? They haven't even started yet and they're already cutting things short. It feels like this whole COVID-19 situation is being used as an excuse way too often.
Honestly, I am so done with this lazy, "work-shy" mentality.

Summer break and all the other holidays are for the kids, and obviously, the staff uses their vacation time, but otherwise, they’re supposed to be working. If you run a school, act like a professional and realize parents can't just stop working whenever it suits your schedule. Why is it so hard to organize things so that parents with fewer kids aren't left scrambling? It's just ridiculous. Bravo. I didn't have any choice but to beg for a day off, and I'll probably get chewed out for it, even though my family and I asked about this well in advance.

And don't even get me started on picking up books. Give me a break! If 6th grade starts, then school starts. We could easily grab the books beforehand, and honestly, it would be nice to know what supplies are needed, which notebooks to buy, if we need extra art supplies, the class schedule... but no, they call us at the last minute expecting us to deal with it right after work because everything needs to be ready "by tomorrow." I'm not doing it. I'll just order everything online and wait for it to arrive—if they even bother to notify me. Should I really have to cause trouble at my job because of these idiots? Seriously, I’m going to ask some pointed questions, because this is pathetic.

Then there are the COVID-19 vaccination records. I have mine, but if they’re making a thing out of it, I’d be the first to demand they require them for the school staff, too. I’m considered high-risk, so if I need proof because of you, you should need it because of me. Talk about double standards... If vaccination isn't mandatory, then it shouldn't be required for parents either. It’s just pure audacity, incompetence, and laziness. Total zero.

And if they told you to come pick up books and schedules on Friday, half of you would be up in arms again—claiming it’s too early because school hasn't officially kicked off yet.
It's always the same excuse: "But classes haven't started!"

Honestly, some people just love finding something to complain about. 🤦

Don't mess with me, because parents would be blowing up our phones if they thought they were supposed to just cut their vacations short to go grab some textbooks.

Alex Roberts4 said:Seriously... So, classes start, but there’s actually no instruction on day one because??? Did they seriously fail to organize book pickups even a week in advance? How many vacation days does a parent even get? We stretched our time off out—me first, then my husband, then my godmother—we even paid for a sitter for a week, and suddenly school starts and we're just expected to pivot? Out of nowhere, three days before the notice, we find out the first day ends at 9:25 AM. And at the last PTA meeting, we specifically asked, and they told us everything would be back to normal, including after-school care, just that there wouldn't be lunch provided on the first day so we should pack something.

I’m not talking about kindergarteners, where it’s totally fine if they don't stay long during those first few days. But everyone else? What gives? They haven't even started yet and they're already cutting things short. It feels like this whole COVID-19 situation is being used as an excuse way too often.
Honestly, I am so done with this lazy, "work-shy" mentality.

Summer break and all the other holidays are for the kids, and obviously, the staff uses their vacation time, but otherwise, they’re supposed to be working. If you run a school, act like a professional and realize parents can't just stop working whenever it suits your schedule. Why is it so hard to organize things so that parents with fewer kids aren't left scrambling? It's just ridiculous. Bravo. I didn't have any choice but to beg for a day off, and I'll probably get chewed out for it, even though my family and I asked about this well in advance.

And don't even get me started on picking up books. Give me a break! If 6th grade starts, then school starts. We could easily grab the books beforehand, and honestly, it would be nice to know what supplies are needed, which notebooks to buy, if we need extra art supplies, the class schedule... but no, they call us at the last minute expecting us to deal with it right after work because everything needs to be ready "by tomorrow." I'm not doing it. I'll just order everything online and wait for it to arrive—if they even bother to notify me. Should I really have to cause trouble at my job because of these idiots? Seriously, I’m going to ask some pointed questions, because this is pathetic.

Then there are the COVID-19 vaccination records. I have mine, but if they’re making a thing out of it, I’d be the first to demand they require them for the school staff, too. I’m considered high-risk, so if I need proof because of you, you should need it because of me. Talk about double standards... If vaccination isn't mandatory, then it shouldn't be required for parents either. It’s just pure audacity, incompetence, and laziness. Total zero.

It’s always been like this for the first day of school. They hand out books, the schedule, maybe a little speech, and an hour later, they're home...
But apparently, this school year is going to last forever.

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Robert Hernandez11 said:And if they told you to come pick up books and schedules on Friday, half of you would be up in arms again—claiming it’s too early because school hasn't officially kicked off yet.
It's always the same excuse: "But classes haven't started!"

Honestly, some people just love finding something to complain about. 🤦

Who’s complaining? I don't see why picking up books would be an issue for parents. I’m listening to folks at my kid's school and talking to parents in the park, and honestly, grabbing books is one thing, but taking a whole day off work because you have nowhere to leave your child is something else entirely. Where do we live? It's like the entire world is supposed to grind to a halt just because school is starting. Sure, it's easy if you have an older kid who can fend for themselves, but let's not pretend toddlers just wander around the world solo—let's not play dumb. When I was in school, there was never this nonsense where we showed up for ninety minutes on the first day. School started according to the schedule, period. But today? On day one, they're busy with textbooks; then in November, you get a two-day break; in December, part one of winter break; February, part two; then in April or whenever spring break hits, they merge it with the festivities around July 4th ("No classes on the 4th, we'll let you know two days prior"), and then suddenly the school year ends and you get two and a half months off. If they keep this up, we'll have holidays every single month for the next 50 years—and I'm sure it's not actually for our kids' sake. But fine, even if we assume these breaks are FOR THE CHILDREN, and not just for the school staff, there's still no need to stretch things out, combine them, or pull these stunts.

Besides, isn't having two and a half months of summer to define and plan these things enough? Are we splitting atoms here? Honestly, this kind of thinking—trying to shorten everything, merge everything... it really highlights the issues in our society. And COVID-19 proved exactly that. The ultimate ace up the sleeve, total Armageddon. Even here on the forum, you still have people advocating for "everyone hide in the basement." Give me a break; parents would lose their minds. You really think so? Back when our parents were buying us books and getting us ready before school started in August, the only thing they complained about was the price, not whether the kids were prepared. Of course they're going to prepare their children; those are their kids, after all.

The CDC has finally released their guidelines regarding university instruction:

It looks mostly the same as last year, though they have left the door open to switching back to online learning if the epidemiological situation takes a turn for the worse (despite what Fuchs might think), but the instructions have become quite complicated when it comes to vaccinated individuals and those who have recovered. Personally, I don't see myself splitting students into seminar groups based on whether they’ve been vaccinated or if they’ve recovered from COVID-19 in the last nine months. I certainly can't imagine having one section of the lecture hall filled with vaccinated people while the other side remains unvaccinated. We will continue to diligently practice social distancing, ventilation, and wearing masks, regardless of how things shake out. That is, unless the administration decides to mandate something else, of course. Since I really only spend a few hours a week inside the campus buildings anyway, I suppose I can endure whatever nonsense comes our way.

It’s all about the approach, isn't it? Honestly, giving everyone a mere two or three days' notice is just bottom-of-the-barrel behavior. It really drives home how much they think they're the center of the universe. Like, apparently, the entire world is supposed to just hit the pause button whenever they feel like it? If they had given us a heads-up a reasonable amount of time ago, I might have been able to wrap my head around it, but they didn't. In fact, they did the exact opposite.

It’s always the same story here in the States, where both the first and last days of the school year usually wrap up after just an hour or two, leaving us with nothing but the initial schedule and some homework to ponder... 🤷

Alex Roberts4 said:It’s all about the approach, isn't it? Honestly, giving everyone a mere two or three days' notice is just bottom-of-the-barrel behavior. It really drives home how much they think they're the center of the universe. Like, apparently, the entire world is supposed to just hit the pause button whenever they feel like it? If they had given us a heads-up a reasonable amount of time ago, I might have been able to wrap my head around it, but they didn't. In fact, they did the exact opposite.

I get where you're coming from. It’s a massive headache when you have a young kid to look after. For the older students, I suppose this is a dream scenario—they can just grab their books and go run wild in the park.

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Austin Garcia said:It’s always the same story here in the States, where both the first and last days of the school year usually wrap up after just an hour or two, leaving us with nothing but the initial schedule and some homework to ponder... 🤷

Same thing happens here

mellowskipper said:I get where you're coming from. It’s a massive headache when you have a young kid to look after. For the older students, I suppose this is a dream scenario—they can just grab their books and go run wild in the park.

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School is out for two whole months and then parents are just left hanging with nowhere to take their kids. It's like they assume nobody has children from June through August. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Our little kindergarteners are getting block periods 😁 hopefully just so they don't have to lug around as much gear

As for masks, apparently they need them in the hallway when heading to the restroom or coming and going—that was the word yesterday. But they did mention we should stay tuned since things might change

Alex Roberts4, that's just how things work at our school. We run a pretty standard schedule here—the little ones only have four hours on their first day, while the older kids are in for five. For the second and third graders, they get to head straight to after-school care starting Monday, which is great. The only exception is the first graders; they actually come in during the afternoon, I think around 6:00 PM, for about an hour or so before heading home.

coastalorca43 said:But what happens if even the Department's own guidelines are dancing right on the edge of legality?

then you can't blame the school—it's on the Department.

Throughout my entire school years, my sister's schooling, my friends' kids, and now even my own, there was never any actual class on the first day.
I wonder who looked after the kids during June, July, and August—maybe even that first day.
But people are making such a huge drama about them being absent 😂

On a different note, how many of you actually received an email with updates, like how long classes would last or general organization stuff?
We didn't get anything at all 😂

The school posted their official instructional protocol on the website.

Fuchs: Unvaccinated professors are required to wear masks

Terry Hernandez10 said:Fuchs: Unvaccinated professors are required to wear masks

School hasn't even officially kicked off yet, and it’s already turning into a total circus because they're leaning so hard on unvaccinated teachers and parents.
From what I can see, it's just going to be more politicians scoring points with these mandates, which have nothing to do with actual safety and everything to do with who holds power at the moment.
Are we really looking at the kind of deep divisions seen in the US, where Democrats and Republicans go to war over these kinds of rules?

The Mayor of the City of Čabro, Antonio Dražović (living wall), along with European Parliament representative Ivan Vilibor sinčić, held a press conference this Saturday to announce they are scrapping mandatory mask mandates in schools within the City of Čabro.

Mayor Dražović, acting in his capacity as head of the Civilian Headquarters of Čabro, officially signed the decision to lift the mask mandate in schools this past Friday, sharing the reasoning with the community today.

"Masks aren't just failing to protect our little ones; they are actually harming children's mental and physical well-being. We've seen a massive spike in depression among school-aged kids compared to previous years, and masks combined with the restrictive measures from this incompetent Task Force are definitely part of the problem," stated the Mayor, who had already moved to end mask requirements in municipal buildings earlier on.

rowdypanther12 said:Throughout my entire school years, my sister's schooling, my friends' kids, and now even my own, there was never any actual class on the first day.
I wonder who looked after the kids during June, July, and August—maybe even that first day.
But people are making such a huge drama about them being absent 😂

On a different note, how many of you actually received an email with updates, like how long classes would last or general organization stuff?
We didn't get anything at all 😂

Everything is posted exclusively on the school website. When things start, which classroom to go to, the first day schedule, subsequent days, COVID-19 protocols... oh, and another COVID-19 rule: no switching classrooms.