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Post by comicsans on Jul 23, 2020 0:46:10 GMT
Well, the public schools here announced today they are recommending remote learning for all kids to the school board. I wonder if that will change our schools plans?! Word is that our public schools have bulk ordered chrome books and there’s a hybrid schedule in the works - nothing officially announced until week of Aug 3rd. Our school has not given any clarification on what “back to the classroom” means exactly. All I know is they’ve added safety measures, and are down a couple of teachers and the business manager. We’ve paid our tuition in faith and will see what happens. It’s stressful not knowing, and thinking I may get locked into some remote option that I hate, but I’m also looking at it that maybe there’s an opportunity where I can get involved and help in some way to make this better for the teacher or other parents... I can only imagine the stress this puts you under, and other working parents, single parents, etc.
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Post by mrscheese on Jul 23, 2020 0:54:34 GMT
Well, the public schools here announced today they are recommending remote learning for all kids to the school board. I wonder if that will change our schools plans?! Word is that our public schools have bulk ordered chrome books and there’s a hybrid schedule in the works - nothing officially announced until week of Aug 3rd. Our school has not given any clarification on what “back to the classroom” means exactly. All I know is they’ve added safety measures, and are down a couple of teachers and the business manager. We’ve paid our tuition in faith and will see what happens. It’s stressful not knowing, and thinking I may get locked into some remote option that I hate, but I’m also looking at it that maybe there’s an opportunity where I can get involved and help in some way to make this better for the teacher or other parents... I can only imagine the stress this puts you under, and other working parents, single parents, etc. I am a planner by nature and this not knowing is really amping up my anxiety. I would like to know soon what the deal is so I can mentally and logistically prepare. I’m ready for them to just call it for the first 6 weeks or something like that.
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Post by luvboston on Jul 23, 2020 1:18:08 GMT
The tooth fairy has to make her first visit to our house tonight! Finally. I still haven't figured out how much she should leave. Also need to set an alarm on my phone just in case... ..25 or 50
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Post by luvboston on Jul 23, 2020 1:20:46 GMT
Our district isn’t releasing plans until aug 10 and then the state has final say. Today I was told there is no current plan for kids who cannot return for medical reasons.🤯😡😡
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Post by athena on Jul 23, 2020 1:26:57 GMT
jennyinheaven, your tooth fairy is rich. DD1 got $1 for her first tooth. lol
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Post by jennyinheaven on Jul 23, 2020 1:32:21 GMT
Our district isn’t releasing plans until aug 10 and then the state has final say. Today I was told there is no current plan for kids who cannot return for medical reasons.🤯😡😡 Not even distance learning? Wtf
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Jul 23, 2020 1:33:08 GMT
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Post by springbeduk on Jul 23, 2020 1:33:08 GMT
Our district isn’t releasing plans until aug 10 and then the state has final say. Today I was told there is no current plan for kids who cannot return for medical reasons.🤯😡😡 Wait, what? No plan even for regular instruction? Or no plan yet for meeting all parts of IEP? They should at least have a tentative, sketched out regular ed all remote plan - or at least be able to say there will be one and they're just sorting out the details pending knowing how many kids/staff will be on that plan(or pending something .. ). Apparently there was some state-level kerfuffle there today - a high school classmate (boston area) who has been posting a lot about all this on fb - she has twins our kids' ages at least one of whom has medical/elevated risk stuff, and is very anti returning to in-school school at this time - posted a video of a meeting; caption said some dept of ed person walked out on teachers union rep ... Might be worth looking up. Or i can put the link here later if you want.
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Post by jennyinheaven on Jul 23, 2020 1:34:05 GMT
jennyinheaven, your tooth fairy is rich. DD1 got $1 for her first tooth. lol $
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Jul 23, 2020 1:36:44 GMT
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Post by springbeduk on Jul 23, 2020 1:36:44 GMT
jennyinheaven, your tooth fairy is rich. DD1 got $1 for her first tooth. lol That's what i was thinking. Possibly 2$ if I can find a sacagawea dollar coin (I have 2 or 3 in some jar, but which jar? ....) (So special dollar coin for first tooth plus regular dollar then remaining teeth just 1$) but then I was afraid that was way too stingy! 1$ now and 50 cents for others - at least other front teeth - could be good too .... Or just 1$/tooth flat ... Decisions decisions!!
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Post by mrscheese on Jul 23, 2020 7:30:48 GMT
jennyinheaven, your tooth fairy is rich. DD1 got $1 for her first tooth. lol That's what i was thinking. Possibly 2$ if I can find a sacagawea dollar coin (I have 2 or 3 in some jar, but which jar? ....) (So special dollar coin for first tooth plus regular dollar then remaining teeth just 1$) but then I was afraid that was way too stingy! 1$ now and 50 cents for others - at least other front teeth - could be good too .... Or just 1$/tooth flat ... Decisions decisions!! We did $5 for the first and then $3 but then my parents gave him an additional $5 for each front tooth because spoiled. He is now disappointed if he doesn’t get $5 for each tooth. 🙄
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Post by lulu on Jul 23, 2020 9:08:21 GMT
Inflation doesn’t exist in tooth fairy world.
When DD1 was little, she got £1.
All these years later, the tooth fairy is still dishing out £1 to DS.
Our pound coin is nice and gold - the tooth fairy is all about the bling so a £1 is sufficient 😂😂
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Post by spins on Jul 23, 2020 12:33:34 GMT
The tooth fairy has to make her first visit to our house tonight! Finally. I still haven't figured out how much she should leave. Also need to set an alarm on my phone just in case... We did $5 for the first tooth, then random change after that. I didn’t want to get stuck needing a specific amount since I never have cash. So random coins, I try to add it up to somewhere around $0.8-$1
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Post by luvboston on Jul 23, 2020 12:33:44 GMT
Our district isn’t releasing plans until aug 10 and then the state has final say. Today I was told there is no current plan for kids who cannot return for medical reasons.🤯😡😡 Wait, what? No plan even for regular instruction? Or no plan yet for meeting all parts of IEP? They should at least have a tentative, sketched out regular ed all remote plan - or at least be able to say there will be one and they're just sorting out the details pending knowing how many kids/staff will be on that plan(or pending something .. ). Apparently there was some state-level kerfuffle there today - a high school classmate (boston area) who has been posting a lot about all this on fb - she has twins our kids' ages at least one of whom has medical/elevated risk stuff, and is very anti returning to in-school school at this time - posted a video of a meeting; caption said some dept of ed person walked out on teachers union rep ... Might be worth looking up. Or i can put the link here later if you want. They were waiting to see what other towns were doing hoping to take their plans. There has been a lot of fighting in committees. A huge portion of ppl are anti mask here it’s the stupidest thing ever since many doctors live here. Also the mass teachers union is trying to negotiate for a max 2 days a week in person. Lexington, ma went against the states Rec and made a 2 day plan and released it. The whole thing is a show. There are also rumors our governor will run for president in 2024 so he is being extra careful about what he’s doing. The other things is instead of doing things in a smart way the town next door sent out a hybrid plan with Monday distance learning then 1 group t/th, the other group mw which is stupid Bc they should be cleaning the school in between.
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Post by lrmrtn on Jul 23, 2020 12:35:27 GMT
lulu the state of testing in this country is ridiculous, hence one of the reasons it's so out of control. I agree that it's kind of pointless to have to wait 10 days for a result. I'm not going to quarantine him for those 10 days if he has no symptoms or no known exposure so the results will be outdated by the time we get them.
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Post by spins on Jul 23, 2020 12:44:52 GMT
lulu the state of testing in this country is ridiculous, hence one of the reasons it's so out of control. I agree that it's kind of pointless to have to wait 10 days for a result. I'm not going to quarantine him for those 10 days if he has no symptoms or no known exposure so the results will be outdated by the time we get them. Yes it’s a total mess lulu. This is from the state of Massachusetts: “Is there a cost? COVID-19 testing for symptomatic individuals and close contacts is usually covered by insurance and available at no cost to you. Additionally, many test sites in the Commonwealth test uninsured individuals for free. If you are uninsured, please call your local test site to confirm before making an appointment.” At first there wasn’t enough testing capacity so only symptomatic people were allowed to get tested and you needed a doctor referral. Then the governor pushed for more testing, they opened up drive through in addition to the clinics so now everyone is allowed to go get a test without aymptoms, without a referral, I think you just book an appointment online and drive through.
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Jul 23, 2020 12:47:46 GMT
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Post by activebaby on Jul 23, 2020 12:47:46 GMT
lrmrtn - can you explain it for me please? Aren’t any covid tests covered through insurance? What if you have symptoms? Can you not just go to a drive through? Are they free? Is it different in each state or does it depend on your insurance? I’m confused. Why aren’t all covid tests just free? I think it’s run differently in every state. Here I have 3 experiences. Work: if you have any type of symptom (unusual headache, etc) you call a phone number and get routed to a COVID nurse. If they say that you need a test we get set up with a time and location. It’s pretty smooth and took 2 days for my results. Adult: if you just want to get a test you look up sites that cover them. I don’t know the cost. The lines have been 4-5 hours and the results can take up To 10 days. There is advice everywhere to get gas and entertainment as you have to stay in your car. Kid: I had to call the pediatrician and get routed through to a nurse. The nurse decided I needed an appointment and set up a tele health visit. During tele health the doctor decided strep and covid testing was needed (which I knew). So she wanted me to set up an appointment. I had anticipated this so I did telehealth from the parking lot. I was able to get ds2 in and swabbed. Results were available in 20 minutes (the machine malfunctioned and he had to have 2 covid tests. They tried to talk me out of it, but I send him to daycare so I insisted even though I traumatized my kid). So basically this is my experience in GA. It’s all over the place and we are saturated. Our area is pretty much out of beds, but the rural areas still have them.
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Post by mrsbliz on Jul 23, 2020 14:29:19 GMT
We do $5 for the first tooth and then $1 for the rest.
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Post by comicsans on Jul 23, 2020 14:43:19 GMT
We need national guidelines for the tooth fairy. DD was shocked to hear one of her friends got $5. The tooth fairy gives $1 per tooth. No extra for the first.
My nephew on the other hand, does not get visits from the tooth fairy and told DD his mom and dad just put the money under his pillow 🙄 thankfully dd just shrugged it off.
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Post by mrscheese on Jul 23, 2020 18:11:51 GMT
They announced the name of our new NHL team today. The Seattle Kraken. The goal horn is a ferry horn. Pretty darn perfect.
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Post by comicsans on Jul 23, 2020 19:10:54 GMT
They announced the name of our new NHL team today. The Seattle Kraken. The goal horn is a ferry horn. Pretty darn perfect. I read that as the Seattle Karen at first
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Post by mrscheese on Jul 23, 2020 19:28:34 GMT
They announced the name of our new NHL team today. The Seattle Kraken. The goal horn is a ferry horn. Pretty darn perfect. I read that as the Seattle Karen at first 😂 Karen would not be perfect.
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Post by springbeduk on Jul 23, 2020 21:11:35 GMT
They announced the name of our new NHL team today. The Seattle Kraken. The goal horn is a ferry horn. Pretty darn perfect. I read that as the Seattle Karen at first I feel bad for nice people named Karen these days!
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Post by springbeduk on Jul 23, 2020 21:15:23 GMT
After her first tooth coming out last night, dd's second tooth came out this afternoon!
It was during a zoom playdate and she had gotten a bloody nose earlier in the call! I hope her friend isn't too squeamish about blood! Seemed ok. Maybe best it wasn't in person ....
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Post by lecky on Jul 23, 2020 22:16:39 GMT
They announced the name of our new NHL team today. The Seattle Kraken. The goal horn is a ferry horn. Pretty darn perfect. I just saw that. It's a great name! I love watching hockey and going to our minor league team's games, but I still don't understand all the rules. Lol
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Post by mrscheese on Jul 23, 2020 22:26:07 GMT
They announced the name of our new NHL team today. The Seattle Kraken. The goal horn is a ferry horn. Pretty darn perfect. I just saw that. It's a great name! I love watching hockey and going to our minor league team's games, but I still don't understand all the rules. Lol I grew up going to our major junior hockey team games but they moved the team to a city to the south of us and it’s a pain to get to games now. I’m excited for the Kraken. They’re renovating our arena to accommodate the NHL (now called Climate Change Arena, naming rights are from Amazon) and we’re super hopeful we can get an NBA team back in Seattle, too. I miss my Sonics so much 😞
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Post by luvboston on Jul 24, 2020 2:32:16 GMT
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Post by mrscheese on Jul 24, 2020 3:13:45 GMT
Real logo Logo I found in the comments section 😂 comicsans
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Post by comicsans on Jul 24, 2020 3:16:34 GMT
Real logo Logo I found in the comments section 😂 comicsansFantastic!
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Post by athena on Jul 24, 2020 3:24:47 GMT
That is amazing, mrscheese. I do agree that Kraken is perfect though.
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Post by mrscheese on Jul 24, 2020 3:36:38 GMT
That is amazing, mrscheese. I do agree that Kraken is perfect though. It really is! And the videos and graphic design really sell it.
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