shikamaru317 said:
Not really. She attends school in a small city in a rural county, new cases are at a crawl here right now. I think they're taking the right precautions for re-opening, first day they even have a special class to hammer in the importance of wearing masks at all times while at school, and the importance of staying home and calling in sick if you exhibit any possible Covid symptoms. That plus the hybrid model should be good enough for my area. The decision to stay closed or re-open was actually voted on by the parents, and the vast majority voted to re-open, unsurprising as many are 2 income families and can neither afford for one parent to not work nor afford a babysitter. Obviously it should be up to each school district to decide, opening might not be the best decision in the larger cities or other areas that are still seeing big spike in new cases. But kids that do continue to distance learn are definitely going to have alot of catching up to do before SAT's and college applications and such. |
I wish my school district would be more responsible... we are opening up business as usual... in the middle of Salt Lake City... which is a pretty big metropolitan area with surging cases right now...
honestly, I feel like we are going to be shut down sometime in September... which drives me even more nuts. A sudden shut down is so much worse than starting out with distance learning, or doing a blended model to minimize the risks... but nope... full go...
