We’re in Bucks County (Philly suburb) and I wouldn’t count on our schools opening on time in the fall. Many younger parents I know and have talked to are completely lost trying to “teach” their kids (exceptions being those who were already homeschooling). The “Zoom” type classrooms are not working for most of the kids. They are distracted, bored, defiant and off-task constantly. Some moms (and/or Dads) are dealing with infants or toddlers while trying to supervise their older siblings’ schooling, all while worrying about when or if they can get back to work and hoping they don’t lose their homes. These kids are going to be at least a year behind their peers who are able to return to school on schedule. Sad.
.. and 90% of the fools will STILL vote for communists like that maggot ‘governor’ they’ve inflicted on the rest of the state.
Pardon me while I find giving much of a damn rather problematic.
We're in the adjacent county and I used to teach in yours. We retired over the summer but I still get the school emails. Recently we saw one where the principal made a point of telling the kids to get out of bed before connecting to their Zoom classrooms because it is hard to stay awake when you're going to school from bed. We have Zoom meetings for our youth troop. Talking to one of the girls yesterday she related how she has all her school work finished by 9:30 in the morning and has the day free to do other things. Her brother sleeps until 11 and takes at least twice as long to get his work done. Another girl said she really misses seeing her friends and she's having trouble keeping up with her work. There's a tremendous range in how kids and families are coping with this emergency remote learning. From the level of illness around here, we should be re-opening - with care. Hospitals are furloughing personnel for lack of work. This is all about the election.