Covid-19 changes everything! Schools will try to resume this fall, but the curriculum might involve a mix of alternating in-person learning with remote-learning, fewer days at school, reduced class sizes, intermittent closures. We know not what the next few months will bring. Biology and viruses don’t care about politics; we should be guided by the science, making informed decisions for the health & safety of our students and staff. Districts will try to prepare for contingencies, but how do kids social distance on buses? Public schools serve different roles than just education; they provide structure and essential social services, our kids are fed and nurtured, and most experience safety at school. This period of quarantine has exacerbated domestic and child abuse, with many parents isolated, unemployed and anxious. The National Domestic Violence Hotline # is 1-800-799-7233 (website: www.thehotline.org). Help is available 24/7. Reach out for help! The costs are mixed for reopening our economy and society; what costs are we willing to pay? (Search: Kawasaki disease.)
Trish Forsyth Voss
May 22 2020
Can schools reopen safely this fall?
Covid-19 changes everything! Schools will try to resume this fall, but the curriculum might involve a mix of alternating in-person learning with remote-learning, fewer days at school, reduced class sizes, intermittent closures. We know not what the next few months will bring. Biology and viruses don’t care about politics; we should be guided by the science, making informed decisions for the health & safety of our students and staff. Districts will try to prepare for contingencies, but how do kids social distance on buses? Public schools serve different roles than just education; they provide structure and essential social services, our kids are fed and nurtured, and most experience safety at school. This period of quarantine has exacerbated domestic and child abuse, with many parents isolated, unemployed and anxious. The National Domestic Violence Hotline # is 1-800-799-7233 (website: www.thehotline.org). Help is available 24/7. Reach out for help! The costs are mixed for reopening our economy and society; what costs are we willing to pay? (Search: Kawasaki disease.)
Trish Forsyth Voss
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