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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It has everything to do w/Covid. Shutting down the schools created a new mind set that didn't allowed the perception that going to school wasn't that important.  Just another fallout I suppose...maybe it'll get back on track, but it'll take some time for sure...[/quote]

Yeah, this trend isn’t surprising at all. For one thing, parents watching virtual school saw how much time was wasted (& school was only 4 days a week for an entire school year).

Second, schools were completely closed (not even virtual school happening) for months in spring of 2020, and parents were basically told it was no big deal re: learning… they’d make up for the lost instruction during the next school year (which, predictably, was total BS). So yes, parents & kids got the idea that attending school isn’t all that important for several reasons. Plus what PPs said:  adults don’t want to go back to the office, either. [/quote]
Right, but the lesson of the pandemic is the in-person school DOES matter.  The test scores, the behavior and mental health issues, the widening equity gap... it's all proof.  I guess I'm just flummoxed that people don't send their kids to school.  The damage to the kids not being sent is heartbreaking, as is the damage being done to the remaining kids, who have to deal with the disruption and lack of forward motion in learning.[/quote]

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