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  1. Larry T. Spider
    Terrible time to have a non-covid related medical emergency. The list of shit that could go wrong is never ending in this situation. People over 12 that aren’t vaxed and get covid should be diverted to the tent hospitals unless they have a damn good reason for not getting it.
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    Although less traumatic with life and death situations, we are seeing the same staff situation in education. Tons of teachers with enough years to retire walked away last year. Others, with options to do something else, left the field. We are now seeing desirable schools that typically have 100 applicants per job with open positions right now. Lots of classes starting with subs this year. Some of the tougher to staff schools are starting with 5+ vacancies.
  3. Larry T. Spider
    Per Alex Caprariello on twitter BREAKING: @AustinISD has called a special board meeting for Monday for a presentation on COVID-19 safety protocols. Houston ISD's Superintendent said yesterday he would defy Texas Governor Abbott's order and bring a mask mandate to his board for approval next week👀
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    Ha! Hadn’t heard that since I worked in the barrio.
  5. Larry T. Spider
    Yep, we notify but do not force anybody to go home. It’s considered a nuisance, not a health condition. Try convincing the moms of girls of that…
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    AISD is contact tracing and sending home kids. We hired outside counsel and are fighting the state on that one. Nothing we can do about masks, obviously. I considered the temp checks ineffective so I’m glad to see those go.
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    Haven’t been to batch but I did make it to oddwood right before covid hit. It was pretty good and I need to get back.
  8. Larry T. Spider
    I would agree with all of that.
  9. Larry T. Spider
    Pretty sure my wife just forwards her paycheck to them. I think it’s a solid mix of good food, good atmosphere, and busy without being too packed.
  10. Larry T. Spider
    Sounds like compadre in the pville area might be close to OP. I’ve tried to like 4th tap but just can’t. In that area is hop squad, celis, adelberts, circle, abw, Oskar blues, etc. A little more central is brewtorium and oddwood ales. East side has Lazarus and blue owl. Most of the south ones I like have already been mentioned. Hard to beat a nice day at live oak or abgb. The people that own nomadic are cool.
  11. Larry T. Spider
    We will use the federal relief funds for this but they weren’t really designed to cover this cost. They were meant to support in person instruction and repay a ton of costs we incurred last year. You are correct in hoping that TEA will come to their senses and repay at least a portion of this. If it happens, it will be because enough other, more favorable, districts offer virtual.
  12. Larry T. Spider
    Thanks for the help. Does putting more than 25% help your rate any or is that the best it gets?
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    I honestly don’t waste my time with that shit. I could just read Texags. The virtual option is the right choice for those families that really need it. It’s unfortunate because it’s going to put the district many millions of dollars in the hole. We are already operating with a 43 million dollar budget deficit. If 5,000 students go virtual for one semester, that is 22.5 million in funding gone. Long term, it might be better to keep them connected to the district, so we pay the price right now…. Virtual won’t be run by the school so it won’t impact the quality of education for those attending in person. We do not know about the health and safety protocols yet but should within a week.
  14. Larry T. Spider
    If I was looking to buy a 200k rental property, what am I looking at for a down payment? I have always assumed 20-25% but figured I would ask the experts. If it matters, I still have a mortgage on my primary residence. Owe 150 on a 550-600k house. Edit: would be looking at a SFH or duplex. Not sure if those are done differently.
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    My friend has her mom in one in a small town that is hard to staff. Lots of unvaxed idiot employees. She looked at moving her to a better place but it more than her entire paycheck. It’s insanity.
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    From my understanding, they are following the law. No forced quarantines, no matter how reasonable. I would expect the same from almost every district.
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    I was told there would be no math.
  18. Larry T. Spider
    Or down to your knee in my case
  19. Larry T. Spider
    I’m a principal facing similar issues with PTA.
  20. Larry T. Spider
    We won’t know about enrollment until the end of August. I’ll file that in the “who the hell knows” category. The legislature said PTAs can fund positions. There a timing issue related to school district budgets and when new laws go into effect but they will be back. Bussing wasn’t close to happening. It was never really considered. This year counts in terms of all the ratings. The new admin team is really strong with academic systems that prevent that type of failure. Previous admin basically had no systems in place so it’s not a surprise that some schools fell through the cracks.
  21. Larry T. Spider
    From the article posted above: Elizalde also said district officials are consulting with an outside attorney on whether they could enforce quarantines for those who are found to have been exposed or test positive for COVID-19. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath has told superintendents that school districts cannot mandate quarantines, she said. "We don't think the commissioner can tell us whether we can quarantine or not. We think that's a health authority issue," she said.
  22. Larry T. Spider
    I obviously want kids to get the vacccine sooner rather than later but it might make things easier for schools. People can only withstand their own children for so long 😀
  23. Larry T. Spider
    Agree. This group is largely affluent, had good pods last year, and didn’t experience a lot of learning loss so they view it a little differently. From the school’s perspective, we are trying to re-engage with the community and rebuild relationships and this would cause more disruption. Everybody is looking for consistency.
  24. Larry T. Spider
    Yep, or setting up pods again. It’s an affluent area.
  25. Larry T. Spider
    The doctors in my school community seem to think they will have access in October or November.

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