How to Go Back to School, Do We Go Back to School?

I'm sure I've said it before, but one of my favorite things about Twitter is that it's a chance to listen in on conversations among people from other walks of life. You don't have to speak, you just get to listen and learn.

Today I happened to hear this question, asked by Tracy Edwards, Ed.D. She's an education policy fellow in Las Vegas, originally from Chicago. She asked:

Serious question for educators – How do you envision school re-opening this fall? The virus won't be gone. There will not be a vaccine in a few short months. I get that it's difficult to think ahead while we're still in this moment but we have to. Possible solutions/scenarios only.

There were many comments in response, but these are the ones that I think are worth reporting:

Alternating days....half class load...students stay put in a room with less movement and teachers switch. Lunchrooms...a thing of the past. Just my uneducated guess.
Dr. BT Fisher Sr., MD @AmputationSuck

What about schools that are fully or almost bused? What about child care for younger students given a split or hybrid schedule? What about kids with no access to tech? What ifs abound.
Craig Boyce @MrCB_radio

And families with siblings - can they get on the same schedule across different schools? What about single teachers with children - how do they manage teaching with their kids’ off days?
Barbara Bennett @biologybennett

I am struggling to imagine how a hybrid schedule with small groups will work. If I see all of my current 160 kids divided into alternate day/am-pm shifts, when do I plan? When do I grade? When do I sleep?
@MrsSommerSCHS

I've seen hybrids but honestly the most reasonable model is the littles go with significantly smaller classes, high special needs of all grades go, and everyone else stays remote learning. I think the blended schedules risk too much infection without much reward.
Mrs. Moose @millerartclass

While I'm resigned to remote learning for now, I know it's a slippery slope to more austerity in education, and more blaming teachers when we can't "reach" students virtually. Ready to advocate for robust in-person learning, once it's safe – nothing can replace a physical school.
Kate Duva

How would a hybrid even work for staff? My husband and I both teach and we’re just discussing this the other day. Kids can go every other day – we can’t. How can we be expected to teach online and in person simultaneously? It doesn’t work.
Chris Kenworthy @PEgirl24

Schools gonna open
Me and other teachers will be required to come back in without adequate safety
Ima catch the Rona
The icu bill will bankrupt my kids college fund
Then I will die alone.
@Tweetlahuac