Alyssa Northburg

[Alyssa Northburg @msnorthburg]

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[EdwardBestElementary @EdwardBestFCS]

Wacky Tacky Day does not stop great instruction from happening at EBES.

[Alyssa Northburg @msnorthburg]

Benchmark Review got a little haunted! @FCSchoolsNC @EdwardBestFCS

[Ryan Cash @Ms_RyanCash]

LETS GOOOO! @fcscampreads our classes are off to a great start! @msnorthburg

[Alyssa Northburg @msnorthburg]

@jrjagteacher @jamieb_1908 @YESjrjags @foutsteacher Love this!!!

[Justin Parmenter @JustinParmenter]

And it should go without saying that any educator who decides they need the summer to rest and recuperate ahead of what is sure to be another difficult year should not be made to feel like they just don’t care enough. #nced

[Alyssa Northburg @msnorthburg]

@jrjagteacher @houser_teaches @jamieb_1908 @TechSavRichards @YESjrjags Woohoo!! Yay Guided Readers!!

[Alyssa Northburg @msnorthburg]

Latest therapy session hitting home💕

[Ann Doss Helms @anndosshelms]

CMS employees will now be encouraged to work remotely -- doesn't mean school buildings will be closed, but fewer people working in them.

[Keung Hui @nckhui]

Wake County Supt. Cathy Moore says they will continue to give maximum flexibility for school employees to telework while the district remains in remote learning. #wcpss

[Keung Hui @nckhui]

Wake County school board votes 7-2 to accept staff’s recommendation to stay in remote learning through at least mid-Feb due to COVID concerns. High school students will go 11 months w/out in-person instruction. Karen Carter & Roxie Cash voted no. #wcpss #nced #coronavirus

[Keung Hui @nckhui]

Cathy Moore also citing Wake NCAE survey from staff who say don't feel safe returning to schools at this time. #wcpss #nced #coronavirus

[Keung Hui @nckhui]

Chris Heagarty says also have to acknowledge that a large pct. of school workforce are terrified about health risks of returning to school. He says they feel they're being put in a life-or-death situation or having to give up their livelihood. #wcpss

[Keung Hui @nckhui]

Monika Johnson-Hostler says she has to consider the fear that students & staff will have being in a building now. She says she can't justify sending kids back now, even w/ the lost learning. citing as example how her daughter's school had COVID case today. #wcpss

[Keung Hui @nckhui]

Jim Martin points to recent increases in COVID rates among children & staff-age adults in Wake County. He says infection rates among school-age children increasing at a faster rate in Wake County than any other group. He says staying remote is wise decision. #wcpss

[Keung Hui @nckhui]

Christine Kushner says school staff are concerned about their health & safety. She says ABC Science Collaborative study was done when COVID incidence was much lower. She says community COVID spread putting students & staff at risk. #wcpss #nced #coronavirus

[Keung Hui @nckhui]

Wake County Supt. Cathy Moore is recommending not resuming in-person instruction next week. She proposes staying in Plan C & revisiting in mid-February to look at next steps. School board will vote Thursday. #wcpss #nced #coronavirus https://t.co/3OHUGXeK1E

[The News & Observer @newsobserver]

“I know we have not landed where everyone hoped we would, and for that I am really sorry,” Orange County School Board Chair Hillary Mackenzie said. https://t.co/6o0Wvd5U5r

[Alyssa Northburg @msnorthburg]

Let’s use data from August to October to make decisions during the spike that is currently happening....This is like using student data from last year to inform instructional decisions 6 months into the current school year...

[Justin Parmenter @JustinParmenter]

A study by researchers at Duke and UNC is now being reported widely in the news with headlines like "Study: COVID transmission rare in North Carolina schools" (WRAL).

Note this data was collected during Q1, when community spread was far lower than it is right now. #nced

[Justin Parmenter @JustinParmenter]

Is anyone else troubled by the use of ABC Collaborative data collected at a time with few students in school and relatively low community spread to justify increased numbers of students in buildings during a time of critical spread? That seems highly problematic. #nced