What are schools doing?

Mr. V · 08-14-2020, 05:43 PM

Out here on the left coast school districts are lobbying for immunity from liability for giving teachers and students covid-19 while attending.

Not just schools would benefit: employers too.

What is the status of potential liability in NH?

AC2717 · 08-17-2020, 09:48 AM

Pelham NH 100% open, parents decisions to go remote or not for their kids

(The way it should be)

jazzman · 08-17-2020, 10:06 AM

Seems like most small-medium NH districts are 100% open with a remote option. Given the small infection rate here, it will probably be fine until flu season and then it will fall apart because of the very cautious rules and it will be hard to tell who has what. I suspect testing will fall apart too with a huge volume of desired tests that will take so long to process that they will be useless.

Pam · 08-18-2020, 09:45 AM

My sympathies to everyone in this situation: parents, administrators, teachers, etc. All "solutions" are basically inadequate and guarantee pretty much everyone involved will be unhappy. Everyone needs to be tolerant, patient, and have some faith that people are trying their best (except the kids! Making sure they try their best might take a little persuasion!)

Quick and cheap testing would completely be a game changer, and I've read articles that these types of tests might be in the works- something that could be used in schools twice a week or so. It's going to take something like this, in the absence of an effective treatment or vaccine, to make school close to normal again. Otherwise, we're looking at pretty much constant disruption as shutdowns occur, etc, if what's happening in other parts of the country already are any indication. People in the community need to be really smart and cautious as well, and stop equating adherence to important public health measures as loss of freedom. A virus in our midst threatens our freedoms!

Seaplane Pilot · 08-23-2020, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Pam

People in the community need to be really smart and cautious as well, and stop equating adherence to important public health measures as loss of freedom. A virus in our midst threatens our freedoms!

U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever said unequivocally that “There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution of the United States or the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.”

Once we give up freedom and constitutional rights, they’re gone forever.

08-14-2020, 05:43 PM	#1
Mr. V Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: the left coast (Portland)and West Alton Posts: 1,415 Thanks: 65 Thanked 260 Times in 178 Posts	Out here on the left coast school districts are lobbying for immunity from liability for giving teachers and students covid-19 while attending. Not just schools would benefit: employers too. What is the status of potential liability in NH? __________________ basking in the benign indifference of the universe

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AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,583 Thanks: 755 Thanked 356 Times in 268 Posts	Pelham NH 100% open, parents decisions to go remote or not for their kids (The way it should be) __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries"

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jazzman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mont Vernon NH & Big Barndoor Island Posts: 323 Thanks: 4 Thanked 184 Times in 62 Posts	Seems like most small-medium NH districts are 100% open with a remote option. Given the small infection rate here, it will probably be fine until flu season and then it will fall apart because of the very cautious rules and it will be hard to tell who has what. I suspect testing will fall apart too with a huge volume of desired tests that will take so long to process that they will be useless.

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08-18-2020, 09:45 AM	#4
Pam Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 66 Thanks: 22 Thanked 59 Times in 23 Posts	My sympathies to everyone in this situation: parents, administrators, teachers, etc. All "solutions" are basically inadequate and guarantee pretty much everyone involved will be unhappy. Everyone needs to be tolerant, patient, and have some faith that people are trying their best (except the kids! Making sure they try their best might take a little persuasion!) Quick and cheap testing would completely be a game changer, and I've read articles that these types of tests might be in the works- something that could be used in schools twice a week or so. It's going to take something like this, in the absence of an effective treatment or vaccine, to make school close to normal again. Otherwise, we're looking at pretty much constant disruption as shutdowns occur, etc, if what's happening in other parts of the country already are any indication. People in the community need to be really smart and cautious as well, and stop equating adherence to important public health measures as loss of freedom. A virus in our midst threatens our freedoms!

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