Posted on 11/29/2021 5:46:57 AM PST by karpov
When Reynolds Middle School shut down its classrooms for three weeks, it wasn’t because of Covid-19 cases. On Nov. 16, parents of students at school in Troutdale, east of Portland, received a brief email informing them the school would revert to online learning so that district officials could develop “safety protocols” and “social-emotional supports” to deal with disruptive student behavior, including fights.
Reynolds students aren’t alone in being stuck at home again. Thousands of schools in dozens of districts across the U.S. have taken previously unscheduled days off or moved back to remote learning for “mental health” reasons. Other schools have cut back time in school buildings because of staffing shortages or for “deep cleaning,” a pointless anti-Covid precaution.
“The shifts in learning methods and isolation caused by COVID-19 closures and quarantines have taken a toll on the well-being of our students and staff,” Reynolds Superintendent Danna Diaz’s email said. “We are finding that some students are struggling with the socialization skills necessary for in-person learning, which is causing disruption in school for other students.”
It seems perverse to respond to the problems caused by school shutdowns with more shutdowns—and to send middle schoolers the message that unruly behavior can get them out of school for three weeks.
As with Covid-19 shutdowns, low-income and minority students likely bear the brunt of the educational disruption. Reynolds Middle School is in eastern Multnomah County, and “east county” is shorthand for underserved, low-income and racially diverse. In October, the high school in the same district, as a colleague and I reported in these pages, switched to remote learning for 10 days because of a handful of Covid cases.
“We started seeing mental health closures around November 1st,” the Burbio School Tracker reported two weeks later.
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Just get the kids the heck out of publik skrewls.
With every butt withdrawn the district loses money.
That will have to suffice until we can privatize public ed.
The important thing is to get kids away from the state.
Die, public schools, die.
Die, die, die.
Die, NEA die.
Horrible death, even worse death, lingering death.
Get rid of these b*stards and b*tches,
Really!
What education?
Meanwhile, get a load of this from Upstate NY...
https://cnycentral.com/news/local/holland-patent-schools-closed-monday-due-to-bus-driver-shortage
Three guesses why there’s a bus driver shortage...
Most parents might understand this option if they had the ability to do so. I have friends who can, and friends who cannot home school, but would love to.
Also from Upstate...
https://whcuradio.com/news/025520-dryden-schools-move-to-online-learning-beginning-monday/
Keep in mind that NYS has always counted probables, asymptomatics, and repeat positives as new cases.
And that the testing is likely being done with snot instead of spit.
Our local Superintendent is old school. Rarely ever cancel school. Several other local schools are struggling. Can’t get enough bus drivers or teachers.
As with Covid-19 shutdowns, low-income and minority students likely bear the brunt of the educational disruption.
These educational devices are like telescreens in 1984, always spewing the talking points -- but they are always listening, and soon, will always be watching, not just spot checking. Independent educational networks will be kicked off the network and lose server services.
IMHO the situation sucks in the short term, but will have a yuuggge impact on long term family planning and financial planning. I can see many more couples in the future as opposed to now making decisions like forgoing that "upgrade" to a newer car (read: making car payments) and resisting buying a house you can barely afford to allow a lot of wiggle room in the budget for if junior's school system suddenly went down the full libtard path and one of the parents has to do full time home tutoring.
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Whitey is evil, we must make him ashamed, come to heel and beat him at every opportunity... (?)
Those students should be sent home immediately for "at-home learning" - but that would be racist, right?
I hope you are right.
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