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For those of us with K-3 students, the biggest issue with remote learning wasn't a lack of socialization but a lack of learning.  Kids that age just aren't independent learners and cannot learn to read or write via iPad.  No additional communication from APS would fix that. [/quote]

I think it needed to be communicated to parents -- whether they would received this message is another matter -- that the priority for early elementary kids is not acquisition of testable academic skills, but building a social/emotional foundation that will allow kids to acquire academic knowledge when they need to.

No, iPads aren't the way to do that. But parents didn't want to/couldn't provide the hands on sort of stuff that kids need, and they weren't willing to agree to an alternative plan of stories and chores and projects.

I know the ATS parents will be after me with pitchforks now. I don't care. [/quote]

K-3 kids do need academic knowledge. When they go into fourth grade they aren’t going to be able to google how to do long division. If schools don’t plan on teaching academics, it would be nice if the schools would communicate that to parents. [/quote]

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