In my district, a survey was sent out and the majority of parents wanted their kids to stay home. I think they will come to regret that. The district created an overly-complex virtual learning program even though we already had a functional self-paced online school option that the district paid for (created by our textbook publisher). So parents could have just done that, but maybe they associate it with teen pregnancies and kids with behavior problems. So essentially, they "reinvented the wheel," but the new wheel has a flat tire. I'm actually one of the teacher forced to teach through video meetings. It doesn't work. The district keeps changing the schedules and requirements, so I have to keep throwing away my lessons and materials and starting over--I'm working twice as hard and have nothing to show for it. Normally teachers and students start the school year with excitement and energy that lasts until around 3rd quarter, but I can already feel that the students and I are becoming more and more demoralized by this situation after just the first week. There was already a rise in teen suicides and domestic abuse when the school system shut down last time...I fear what a prolonged period of forced isolation will do if this continues.
In my district, a survey was sent out and the majority of parents wanted their kids to stay home. I think they will come to regret that. The district created an overly-complex virtual learning program even though we already had a functional self-paced online school option that the district paid for (created by our textbook publisher). So parents could have just done that, but maybe they associate it with teen pregnancies and kids with behavior problems. So essentially, they "reinvented the wheel," but the new wheel has a flat tire. I'm actually one of the teacher forced to teach through video meetings. It doesn't work. The district keeps changing the schedules and requirements, so I have to keep throwing away my lessons and materials and starting over--I'm working twice as hard and have nothing to show for it. Normally teachers and students start the school year with excitement and energy that lasts until around 3rd quarter, but I can already feel that the students and I are becoming more and more demoralized by this situation after just the first week. There was already a rise in teen suicides and domestic abuse when the school system shut down last time...I fear what a prolonged period of forced isolation will do if this continues.
My peaceful protest involved pulling my kids out of public school.