Respectfully, I submit suggestions for safely opening LA public schools for your consideration:
1) Suggest a 2-4 hour meeting time for in-person instruction per day with the hybrid model due to reduced risk to the teachers/staff/students yet to promote social health of the students. Supplimental on-line instruction for the remaining hours/day. The spread
of COVID = amount of time and numbers of people gathered in-doors (at close proximity) AND the amount of virus present in the building.
2)Suggest a waiver from the state of NM to optionally include lunch due to the issues/time required to monitor lunch, clean/sanitize and the risks when masks are removed. Alternately, to include lunch ONLY as a grab-n-go option for students.
3) Suggest adoption of one model of learning for a semester and change models at semester transition only in order to minimize COVID risks, reduce stress and enhance continuous learning for students.
4) Encourage teachers to use outdoor areas to teach during in-person hybrid, to minimize risks and additional sanitation time and costs.
5) Weekly testing of each school open to in-person learning via the methods described in this article. In this way, if a positive test sample is found, the whole school is tested and those affected quarentined before an outbreak in the school/community occurs.
Since people are not "required" to have random testing in this waste sampling method, testing will be cost effective and timely.
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Best wishes and thank you for your consideration,
Jan Frigo (Chamisa parent)