“our school district has told employees that it will likely open schools for TWO HALF-DAYS A WEEK next year. Students will take their state provided lunches home with them. They say no one will lose their jobs.”
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I have heard similar scuttlebutt here but no definitive information. However, I do think that public education as we experienced it will change. Whether that change will be better or even good remains to be determined.
This past February, with a bittersweet adieu, I submitted my retirement notice, effective June 1. I am grateful to our God that I heeded His guidance despite my initial misgivings and second-doubts.
I agree that the burden will be on our students, albeit our children. I think that virtual learning may have a place. However, based on my experience these past two months, I cannot - yet - fathom how learning will occur in the absence of school, classes, one-on-one interaction and engagement.
Uh, I pay my property taxes for 180 days of schooling for the local children (not the teachers and administrative payroll).
It is a contract.
Neither party can nullify it without court order.
They either hold school as contracted or I withhold taxes.
At the amount of taxes I pay, getting a lawyer is no problem.