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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want your kids at hime forever, that’s fine. That option has always existed — it’s called homeschooling.  The local school system should not have to continue to pour resources into online learning after this school year because some parents want to keep their kids home. There are virtual schools and many states have their own virtual public school. The local district should not have to spend money to keep providing this.[/quote]
This is what it has always been about. Wealthier white families who are afraid that the minority kids at home are siphoning resources from their own kids. 
There are kids in my class who have lost multiple family members to COVID. They have parents who don’t speak English, who work in fast food and public transit and in housekeeping. Some of these kids have parents who are illiterate even in their own language. You have absolutely no right to dictate how funds are allocated to students like this. Do you understand how devastating it will be to these families if their child brings home COVID to grandma and an infant? They don’t have insurance. Some live in shelters or in crowded low income housing. They can’t isolate a sick family member in a cozy bedroom like you can.

I’m embarrassed for the people who pretended to care about these children months ago. They pretended to advocate for these families until they finally realized that they don’t, in fact, want to send their kids back to school mid pandemic. They were always a prop, and now they’re back to being an obstacle to Charlotte’s flute lessons. Vile. [/quote]

We are talking about after the pandemic. Look, the holier than thou poster who wants DL forever is talking about how any parent who doesn’t supplement gets what they deserve- kids who are failing. So how exactly do you expect families with parents who aren’t literate in their native languages to provide this necessary supplementation? These families will not opt for DL in the future.  Once students are back in school, I would rather see public funds spent helping  kids who really need to get caught up than providing a new full time DL option for people of means who want their kids to sleep late and avoid the undesirables.  That’s why we care.[/quote]

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