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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are more comfortable at home and are doing fine at virtual learning, but I still want school to open. Do I have a say? Because the folks who don't want schools to open seem to think that I don't get a say precisely because we don't *need* the schools to be open. [/quote]

This is me, too.  I want schools to open even though my kids are doing fine virtually and may be staying home for this spring.  For me it makes sense - but I don't think I should be able to take away the ability of other parents to make different decisions for their struggling children or for their situations that require in-person schooling.  I recognize that we are lucky because our kids were able to make the adjustment.  It could very easily have gone a different way.  What I really wish is that we could go back 5 days a week every week - because that's normal and might be doable if we thought creatively about space and moving kids around to different settings and schools (but I realize that's a pipedream).  This is not normal, and I am not sure that this hybrid solution is going to be the panacea that many are expecting when their kids go back.  And its taking a ton of resources, both financial and people, to make it happen for what will turn out to be what - 10-20 hours of in-person instruction after all the testing is completed?  That said, there is no perfect solution in this county - and I empathize with the parents, teachers, and administrators who are all trying to make difficult choices within the constraints that they have.  I do think most have the best interests of the children in mind, and many have the best interests of the teachers in mind.  I just don't think there is a great solution right now.  September, I think, I hope, will be a different story.[/quote]

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