Posted on 08/04/2020 7:32:16 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
There are several media reports about school boards in Iowa opting to go entirely or mostly online. They report these districts are doing so in defiance of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ recent order related to reopening this fall.
Reynolds said that local school districts could go entirely online only if their district for 14 days if they have ten percent absenteeism or their county reaches a 20 percent positivity rate testing for COVID-19.
The Iowa Department of Education encourages a hybrid learning environment that includes virtual learning and on-site learning when their county experiences transmission rates of 15 to 20 percent.
Des Moines Public Schools, Urbandale School District, Johnston School District, and Winterset School District recently decided to either go mostly online or chose a hybrid learning environment instead of reopening for in-person learning with social distancing.
Let’s be clear. These school districts are not defying Reynolds; they are defying state law.
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A governors order is not a state law.
Is this how they govern now by orders?
It was not her order. As the headline states, they are defying state law passed in June: “Return to Learn” bill.
And now the U of I is contemplating going totally online. I fear if they do they will suffer huge withdrawal and transfer rates and it will take them years to recover. My GC have friends who plan to transfer to Community Colleges where they can take online classes for less than half the money.
The school taxes are criminal. No masks for children ought to be the first order of business. . .they are physically and psychologically damaging. And then we have this going on in the country. https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/leftist-lawmakers-and-activists-call-for-the-cancellation-of-all-history-classes/
In Iowa, a local district superintendent overspent his budget for years. If I did that, at best I would be fired. More than likely arrested.
He was paid off with all retirement.
My workers have kids in the Iowa University system.
They are going to sue if it goes all online.
Yeah, and they’ll probably name a school after him, too. It’s enough to make you beat your head against a wall.
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