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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Please sign this petition to keep doing what we are doing! I am an upper middle class Bethesda mom! Do the thing I say that you are already doing NOW!"[/quote]
Do you think the working middle class parents outside of Bethesda have the means to supervise their kids during virtual learning?[/quote]

I think the more realistic take is that people of all socio economic classes and races and locations want virtual and the same goes for in-person. Given that there are solid reasons for both, there should be options, at a minimum, excusing students who choose to remain at home and providing the something short of hybrid (streaming without interaction, permission to follow along in Canvas with unexcused absences, etc...).

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NP, I think you're right about the perspectives of people by socio-economic group, but the conversation is still frustratingly driven by people accusing other people's opinions as being because of "privilege." I've changed my position on COVID a bit(I was more supportive of virtual last year and now I'm not), but no matter where I've landed people are convinced it's because I'm a white Bethesda mom (only one of those things is true, I am white). I'm very open to flexibility right now and letting parents choose what's right for them, but I wish we could all just admit that there's not a "right" choice for the sake of equity or whatever. [/quote]

Yeah. As someone who would likely choose to stay home if given a reasonable choice, I like how we can agree to disagree on that and share the perspective that this is a tough issue with complex factors and there should more thought given to how families choose to or need to protect themselves (from COVID, mental health issues, learning loss, permanently, temporarily, whatever). [/quote]

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