In which the autogaslighting continues

Posted on by Luther M. Siler

This is not my district, but it’s nearby, and I’m looking at this and reading it and genuinely doubting my own sanity, because I cannot for the life of me imagine why the fuck anyone would ever think any of this is a good idea.

Yesterday was the first day that Indiana had over 5000 new coronavirus cases. There were 5038. Today– and “today,” to make sure everyone understands, is a word that means “one day after yesterday,”– there were over 6500. School districts across northern Indiana and southern Michigan are going back to full-time virtual or dialing back on the plans they had in place, and this is what Mishawaka thinks is a good idea once 2nd semester starts? Not only are they dumping all of their grade-cohort kids into the building at the same time, thus doubling the number of students in every single class they’re in, thus fucking up any actual chance at social distancing in hallways, classrooms, or at lunch, but by shifting to grade-only cohorts they’re guaranteeing that lots and lots of families with more than one child are sending those kids to school on different days.

Like fucking hell the Board of Health okayed that. I don’t believe that for a second. And they actually talk about how they already don’t have the staff to keep the buildings open! Do you think this shit is going to get better come January? You want people to be more vigilant, but you’re making the situation in your buildings worse on purpose???

And they don’t get into this in the letter, but if you were to click through and look at some of their individual school plans, you’d find out that they’re tying whether you can be 100% virtual to grades and attendance. In other words, they think that if your grades are poor they can require you to come to school part time.

Utter fucking madness. It’s either them or me. Someone is completely crazy. I just wish I could be certain who it was, because more and more I find myself living in a world where I have to conclude that huge numbers of the people around me are out of their Goddamned minds, and eventually it’s going to get to the point where it has to be me and not them.

Fuck.

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Luther M. Siler

Teacher, writer of words, and local curmudgeon. Enthusiastically profane. Occasionally hostile.

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  1. Indianapolis schools ordered to return to virtual learning through Jan. 15
    By Aaricka Washington Nov 12, 2020, 11:21am EST
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    A teacher faces his laptop where students are shown on the screen for an online class.
    Indianapolis health officials ordered local schools to return to virtual learning by Nov. 30 due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. Max Gersh / The Commercial Appeal

    Indianapolis health officials ordered K-12 schools Thursday to return to virtual instruction by Nov. 30, canceling in-person instruction until Jan. 15 due to the rise of COVID-19 cases.

    Marion County’s seven-day positivity rate has doubled in the past month to 10.3%, according to Marion County Public Health Department Director Virginia Caine.

    Coronavirus cases among school-age children have nearly tripled since September, she added. Positivity rates have risen to 18% for high school students, 14% for middle school students, and 8% for elementary students.

    “We are reaching that critical point where we really have to practice our preventative measures,” said Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett.

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