Nope. It’s way more than that.
Union bargaining in many areas.
Wish our Union fought harder to stay remote...sucks wearing a mask and face shield while teaching all day. And, 6 feet apart, no eating except for outside, spraying down the room every period, making these kids adjust to this insanity.
Most kids are better off learning at home online, imo. Yeah, there are those who are suffering tremendously without in person school (mostly special ed students) especially those whose parents can’t help them.
I just hope parents/our society sees that in person/building education wasn’t all that great and this provides an opportunity.
What about sports? Other extracurricular activities such as chess and band?
First of all, why do you need to wear a mask AND a shield? That does sound awful. A mask plus being 6 feet away should suffice.
Many high school kids need and want to get out of the house. For a solid year now they’ve been in their dark bedrooms, staring at a screen, with black squares, losing engagement and all alone.
The data aren’t showing “most kids are better off learning at home online.” In my district, the middle school kids’ Ds and Fs rose 125% from last year. They are not learning. And the ones who are apparently “learning” are cheating. Cheating is rampant with remote learning.
Why wasn’t your own in-person education that you provided “all that great?” Isn’t that up to you?
My daughter withered away in remote learning, and is so happy and bubbly now in hybrid (Christian private HS), seeing other humans twice a week and being in school again. My son’s grades plummeted to the point that I think some of his college offers might be revoked. He’s homeschooling now, and got a part time job, and is thriving not being in “remote learning.”
“Remote learning” has been a failure for many students, K-12 and college too. And my kids are “privileged”—disadvantaged kids are faring even worse. Probably the biggest blunder and public health disaster in our history.