Notes on remote learning guidance with presentation

final guidance on reopening won't come out until July
guidance on graduation, on summer school, issuance of P-EBT cards

plan for in-person learning "given the medical parameters we've been given"
"this is different guidance than we typically have"
"we actually had to bring in the experts in the medical field"
"numerous physicians"
guidance "had to be first ground on the health and safety of our students and staff"
"what it looks like to get back to school"
don't know trajectory of virus nor funding from Beacon Hill "so it's prudent to plan for all contingencies"
all?

return without restrictions will not be possible without a vaccine
in-person learning; hybrid learning; remote learning
MA one of few states controlling "have to plan for in-person instruction"
"has been blessed by the 2000 person strong in the pediatric association"
"concerned first and foremost with health of students and staff"
"additional guidance has to come out"
"everything has been based on the health and safety in the literature"
masks, distancing, hand-washing in concert
flexible on attendance: staying home when sick

literature "appears to say, at least initially" less likely to spread and to get the virus
hybrid learning "not at that pivot point yet"
"right now planning for in-person for all of our kids"
People may find this review of literature useful, as well as this thread from a teacher looking at impact on children: 

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1277985270428729345.html I've just missed a bunch of this, but it was "this was very scary and here are the problems with schools being closed"
"now that we've pulled through, we need to work on getting our students back to school"
"science needs to guide reopening"
children less likely to become infected than adults, less likely to be hospitalized, less likely to transmit illness
masks, isolating those who are sick, hand washing, distancing
"do believe guidance provided"..."a blueprint that can be adapted to" different communities are you kidding me???
"we can't let our guard down....we need to remain vigilant"
"what we as pediatricians have been seeing over the past three to five months" not the illness in students
CHILDREN HAVE NOT BEEN IN SCHOOLS FOR THREE MONTHS!!
seeing impacts of school closures on students
not what children can get in person with learning
"minimizes the risk while maximizing the impact to our students"
"know that there are fears, know that there is confusion, we know that there is so much misinformation"
long story here about talking a parent into children wearing a mask
no deaths in Massachusetts under 19

no one here actually understands the functionality of this at all

"truly a wonderful balance"

"everyone across the country is looking to spread these to their own states"

Craven: so great, that you've convened such a great group of experts

three feet: the distance that respiratory droplets travel

"not really great studies in community studies" but health care studies

high risk settings, no mask: six feet

lower risk "such as what we see in schools": very little difference between six and three feet

"harm may outweigh potential benefits"

Mills: minor logistical issue: what's realistic in terms of what DESE's going to be able to do with the plans, but getting back to districts with thoughts?

Riley: "we're asking districts to begin a feasibility study...to begin to get to in-person instruction"

once we have that,  and the early August plans, we'll be reviewing "with the full force of the Department"

Fernández: true feasibility, not only over distancing, but bus and schoolyear

lies with impact and implementation

"what we also don't have in this conversation...mulitply the parental concerns"

scientific piece is part of the picture, but does not tell the whole story
know of major concerns of educators as well

Stewart: staff and educators, very difficult for parents for past several months
"putting a priority on staff and safety...isn't something we've heard on"
"we're going through this process without a state budget...frankly I don't feel that any of this is possible"
"this underscores the inequities"
"I don't know how this is possible without as a state budget" need to hear from districts

Peyser: need to go through plan in order to budget
"need to get going on the fiscal and operational implications now"
"need to find out quickly and that needs to be at a local level"
"the hope is that the risk in the school setting will be less than in other settings"
"have to adapt"
children with those risk factors are at much less risk that adults
AAP avoiding making a list of factors to avoid school
"very few children that have a condition that would likely preclude them from school"

Stewart: we haven't seen an illness impact on students because they've been at home
"it isn't always a sense of fear that's driving concerns here...we have reasonable things we need to look for"