HeatherC
Alas...these people I live with ...
- Joined
- May 23, 2003
As with everything else with this pandemic, I think a lot will depend on where people live. Since we are hearing from most scientists that there will very likely be a second and even third wave during fall and winter, I wonder how things will be handled at all levels.
Here, UMASS is still deciding whether kids will even go back to campus in the fall. My daughters school in RI is undecided as well and may do half on campus, half online, etc.. Then if they open campus in September and have to close in October, people will lose more money because they certainly don’t refund the full amount. And if they are going broke, will they even refund anything next time?
With social distancing likely to have to continue, elementary and high schools are facing the problem of keeping kids distanced which is impossible on every level. There is no way to keep desks six feet apart. Classes can have between 20 and 30 kids in them. There just isn’t t enough floor space to do that.
And how do you keep kindergarteners and younger grades socially distanced at all? Students have to line up to go to lunch, sit on buses together, etc. Plus, schools, I believe will be facing huge budget cuts since states are literally going broke right now.
If you keep it online, how many millions don’t have access to the right technology to make it work? Parents have to work and can’t all homeschool their kids virtually. School is also where millions of kids actually are fed and safe for a few hours every day. So many moving parts to all of this.
I am NOT trying to be a Debbie downer here. I am a substitute teacher and my daughter is a math teacher. These are questions we are wondering about every day. None of the teachers or administrators we know also don’t have any idea how this will play out In September.
I know we will obviously be figuring things out as we go. Curious what your take is on how this will play out in the coming months? Plus, here on the DIS we love to discuss and solve world problems on a daily basis.. I figure this is just another one we can all solve together.
Here, UMASS is still deciding whether kids will even go back to campus in the fall. My daughters school in RI is undecided as well and may do half on campus, half online, etc.. Then if they open campus in September and have to close in October, people will lose more money because they certainly don’t refund the full amount. And if they are going broke, will they even refund anything next time?
With social distancing likely to have to continue, elementary and high schools are facing the problem of keeping kids distanced which is impossible on every level. There is no way to keep desks six feet apart. Classes can have between 20 and 30 kids in them. There just isn’t t enough floor space to do that.
And how do you keep kindergarteners and younger grades socially distanced at all? Students have to line up to go to lunch, sit on buses together, etc. Plus, schools, I believe will be facing huge budget cuts since states are literally going broke right now.
If you keep it online, how many millions don’t have access to the right technology to make it work? Parents have to work and can’t all homeschool their kids virtually. School is also where millions of kids actually are fed and safe for a few hours every day. So many moving parts to all of this.
I am NOT trying to be a Debbie downer here. I am a substitute teacher and my daughter is a math teacher. These are questions we are wondering about every day. None of the teachers or administrators we know also don’t have any idea how this will play out In September.
I know we will obviously be figuring things out as we go. Curious what your take is on how this will play out in the coming months? Plus, here on the DIS we love to discuss and solve world problems on a daily basis.. I figure this is just another one we can all solve together.