[workerbee]

Our public schools are singularly incapable of handling this situation.

Agreed. There could be a silver lining in all this, the breakup of the public education monopoly.

Or, along with healthcare --- everyone will be say "let the Government run EVERYthing."

Time will tell.

[Tax-chick]

There could be a silver lining in all this, the breakup of the public education monopoly.

Public school systems are not able to offer any "education" to speak of, in this crisis, because "equity." And now the free daycare is closed, too.

If the daycare is closed long enough, a significant number of people may realize they can do without it after all.