Non softball - School re-opening

[CalvinBall]

Related to this, we might be looking to transfer somewhere that has in-school classes AND fall HS softball in a month. Any recommendations?

Different counties in Georgia will have in-school classes. Gwinnett, Cherokee, Carrollton, among them. The only problem is a lot of schools have already had tryouts. Don't know how difficult it would be to join a team late. Never done that but probably depends on the school. Some don't have a big pool of players to work with while others have too many players.

 

[ROC 33]

And FYI..teachers are getting furloughed and let go and placed elsewhere. I myself have no idea if I will have my job yet. 21 yrs at the same school but with all that is going on and multi-million dollar cuts to educational budgets all bets are off right now.

Where are these school making multi-million dollar cuts? Just curious.

 

[clarity]

Different counties in Georgia will have in-school classes. Gwinnett, Cherokee, Carrollton, among them. The only problem is a lot of schools have already had tryouts. Don't know how difficult it would be to join a team late. Never done that but probably depends on the school. Some don't have a big pool of players to work with while others have too many players.

When do games start?

 

[GoGamecocks]

Where are these school making multi-million dollar cuts? Just curious.

School districts brace for cuts amid pandemic's economic fallout

Around Georgia, superintendents try to figure out how to balance budgets with fewer state dollars because of COVID-19

www.ajc.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/public-school-budget-cuts-coronavirus/2020/05/27/ff0f07da-9d62-11ea-ad09-8da7ec214672_story.html

'Going to see massive cuts': Without more coronavirus relief, schools slash budgets, prep layoffs

There's no way schools can operate without more coronavirus relief, finance experts say, but Republicans in Congress are moving slowly.

www.usatoday.com

New Coronavirus Symptom: Your K-12 School’s Budget Uncertainty. Good News? There’s A Cure

School districts are contingency planning for a budget shortfall while contingency planning for how schools will operate during the pandemic.

www.forbes.com

Your View by former secretaries of education: Why Pennsylvania must not cut school funding

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have surged through all aspects of our society since it began its spread across Pennsylvania two months ago. Public school children have been among the major ca…

www.mcall.com

State School Board recommends up to $382 million in budget cuts in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Some recommendations are light trims while others would eliminate programs

www.deseret.com

'Going to see massive cuts': Without more coronavirus relief, schools slash budgets, prep layoffs

There's no way schools can operate without more coronavirus relief, finance experts say, but Republicans in Congress are moving slowly.

www.usatoday.com

As COVID-19 Strains School Budgets, Texas’ Historic Education Cuts Give Lessons | Houston Public Media

In Texas, many school leaders are scraping by as they approve budgets for next school year. But they’re worried about what comes next and some remember lessons from 2011, the last time Texas schools found themselves in the crosshairs of a recession.

www.houstonpublicmedia.org

Colorado school districts fear COVID relief money won’t make up for budget cuts

$510 million was given to Colorado school districts from the federal COVID relief program, now schools are worried about how to use it properly.

www.9news.com

Lansing-area schools face COVID-19 and thousands in budget cuts heading into next year

Michigan is set to lose $3.2 billion in revenues thanks to COVID-19. It means schools could lose thousands in state funding.

www.lansingstatejournal.com

Grand Rapids school board approves $10.6M budget cut for next year due to coronavirus

The Grand Rapids Board of Education voted Monday on a budget that avoids school closures but includes staffing and pay cuts.

www.mlive.com

Schools Left Hanging as States Dither on Budget Cuts

Don't wait for state legislatures to revise their budget forecasts, start preparing now for for funding cuts, district CFOs and school funding experts advise.

www.edweek.org

With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut - EdSurge News

There is no other way to put it: The reopening of schools after COVID-19 is going to be expensive.First and foremost, new health and safety measures ...

www.edsurge.com

Do you need more?

 

[GoGamecocks]

When do games start?

We start on 8/1

 

[CalvinBall]

When do games start?

August 12 for my DD’s high school, same day classes start in Gwinnett. The varsity has a scrimmage the week before.

 

[Westwind]

Dd #1 is a 2020 college grad that is going to be a first year teacher this fall. When she was student teaching at an elementary school she was here at home so I got a front row seat to what she was doing. The amount of time she spent doing lesson plans, phone calls to parents and working on packets was amazing. They did zoom staff meetings that I listened to- the challenges they face and the professionalism they showed was plain for me to see.

She is now fund raising to get the things she needs to teach at a public school. It is ridiculous that they don’t have budget to do education right. She has spent her whole summer doing lesson plans. I have a buddy that is always flapping his yap about how easy teachers have it. His opinion is just plain based on ignorance.

All of us with kids have had a teacher working with our kids that don’t exactly go hard in the paint or make decisions and moves that defy logic. Look around at your workplace and you will see the same. That being said, this is not an easy job.

DD has coached with me this summer. Due to her softball injury she doesn’t think she can coach travel ball, the weekends are too long- she has to work out to minimize pain, (did it between pool games last weekend) but you can’t always do it. She wants to coach hs now. Yet she does not feel like she can do it the first year. She thinks she will be too busy with lesson plans etc, and that was before she found out how much additional work she will have to do for remote learning.

 

[BT3100]

What does the word looming mean?

 

[GoGamecocks]

What does the word looming mean?

Its a big rack that you use to weave threads in and out of each other to make rugs. Like this.

 

[radness]

For every open job available there is a person ready/wanting/needing to work.