How will the school year be handled if schools are closed until June?

[Anonymous]

It seems very likely kids will end up missing about half the school year. How will the lost time be made up?
Will online home school become mandatory?
This crisis is one scenario homeschoolers have the advantage.

[Anonymous]

I suspect they will have to repeat the year.

[Anonymous]

See Canada above they are not repeating. I hope they will put accessible online schooling or have a Pick up point for packets such as the school lunch pickups for those without conputer access

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suspect they will have to repeat the year.

Of course they wouldn’t have to repeat the year. They were already 2/3 through. They will do more distance learning.

[Anonymous]

No one can say. People are still going about in many places as if things will soon normalize. It will not normalize anytime soon.
Therefore the school boards/administrations will not know what timeline to look at. They won’t plan and will be in a holding pattern for many, many weeks, if not months, at which point everything will have just gone haywire and it will be too late to make a normal school year.
They would have to know when it’d be safe to reopen schools. It will not be fathomable for months.

[Anonymous]

It'll be a wash. Years from now sociologists will study what they learned. Imagine some will actually be more creative thinkers, having to amuse themselves for months.

[Anonymous]

This happens due to wars, natural disasters, etc. and it is usually ok. It should be better than ok for families that have internet access and highly educated parents. DD is studying a language I don’t speak, but she can use an app on her phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It'll be a wash. Years from now sociologists will study what they learned. Imagine some will actually be more creative thinkers, having to amuse themselves for months.

For kids from families with means, sure it’ll be a wash. I am truly fearful for the outcomes of the remaining children for missing so much school.

[Anonymous]

It’s tough. In our school district kids are being given new material, although probably not all the new material they would have been given in the traditional school scenario. They won’t be tested on it until after they return to school. Teachers are able to hold virtual classes and video conference with kids who need help.

This obviously will lead to a situation where some kids are able to keep up much better than others. The ones keeping up will be tested upon their return and move on. Others- no stated plan for this yet. Summer school? Pass/fail?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happens due to wars, natural disasters, etc. and it is usually ok. It should be better than ok for families that have internet access and highly educated parents. DD is studying a language I don’t speak, but she can use an app on her phone.

This is true. We are already having our kids grow a garden, solve a puzzle each day, use a foreign language app, and go on an hour long walk. On Monday we will start the school work. I'm hoping our mathnasium center begins offering an online format.

I went to war twice, and the kids I encountered were very clever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happens due to wars, natural disasters, etc. and it is usually ok. It should be better than ok for families that have internet access and highly educated parents. DD is studying a language I don’t speak, but she can use an app on her phone.

This is true. We are already having our kids grow a garden, solve a puzzle each day, use a foreign language app, and go on an hour long walk. On Monday we will start the school work. I'm hoping our mathnasium center begins offering an online format.

I went to war twice, and the kids I encountered were very clever.

[Anonymous]

Nothing will happen. Kids will go onto the next grade and teachers will do their best to catch kids up the following year. In older grades, I'm thinking Algebra or Geometry, kids will just miss that information unless parents figure out a way to get them there. It will affect their achievement in ongoing classes, especially college bound kids and especially in math. I have two high school kids and once things die down in a month or two or three, I'm going to hire a tutor to help them learn the rest of the year's math standards.
I teach early primary and math? If you miss a chunk of math it can take a long time to figure out how to help kids succeed the following year.

[Anonymous]

How about the HS seniors who are graduating... how do they "graduate" without completing their classes..and it's not like their colleges will catch them up. It's a big leap enough from 12th grade to your Freshman year in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s tough. In our school district kids are being given new material, although probably not all the new material they would have been given in the traditional school scenario. They won’t be tested on it until after they return to school. Teachers are able to hold virtual classes and video conference with kids who need help.

This obviously will lead to a situation where some kids are able to keep up much better than others. The ones keeping up will be tested upon their return and move on. Others- no stated plan for this yet. Summer school? Pass/fail?

That's impressive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about the HS seniors who are graduating... how do they "graduate" without completing their classes..and it's not like their colleges will catch them up. It's a big leap enough from 12th grade to your Freshman year in college.

Except math and science they will be just fine.