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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At least in my neck of the woods, we said for 1.5 years that going to school (as in physically going to a building) wasn't necessary, so it's unsurprising that people took that to heart.[/quote]

I do think this is part of it where I am too (in DC). For a long time families were told that not only did their kids not need to go to school, but actually it was dangerous. Some of those families simply stopped prioritizing school at all, others became so paranoid about the risk of catching something at school that they keep kids home out of paranoia, some just feel out of the habit. These were families where attendance was likely already spotty and kids weren't well supported anyway, but now it's worse.

We also know a few families where the parents were borderline before but have developed major drug issues or one of the parents simply disappeared during the pandemic. One of my kids has a classmate in this situation. She misses huge swaths of school. Her father is MIA and when I see her mom, she looks high and out of it. Things weren't great for this family before, but they are worse now. I can't imagine that a year plus of virtual school (this child didn't attend any virtual school) helped.[/quote]

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