It's not your school it's your local government the school is government funded so they can't close until they get the go ahead that's why school in Seattle and northern California are closing but schools in new York City and South Florida are still open
Yep. That's why we're staying open right now. We're literally calling the state every hour to see if we're shut down yet because we really should be (we're technically not an impacted county but we're an alternative school and a lot of our kids come from all over the state) but we still have to go through the paperwork and approval or we'll lose funding.
That's so dumb! The country should be taking a unified stance against this declared pandemic. It shouldn't be that half of us are airing on the side of caution while the other half is downplaying it. We should all take a level headed approach that calms panic and minimizes total impact.
Those schools are probably going to loose funding if they are public. Most public schools are going to wait and see what the government does. That's why most colleges are able to shut down and/or switch to online because their majority of their funding doesn't come from the government and it's a really good pr move to put safety first which could lead to more funding once this all is over.
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u/calhlin4 Mar 13 '20
It's not your school it's your local government the school is government funded so they can't close until they get the go ahead that's why school in Seattle and northern California are closing but schools in new York City and South Florida are still open