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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why isn't is sustainable?  Logically, it hasn't been sustainable since March, yet nobody the power to change this calculus seems to mind. If my family is struggling with DL for an 8 year old--we are a lawyer and a PhD with mom working part-time--you can bet the poor and SpEd kids are screwed.

Where is the call to action for outside classes?  I have a sibling living in Scandinavia, where K-12 classes have commonly held outside since April, in a much colder climate.  She sends me pictures of her children happily learning seated in public parks.  I've worked in refugee camps where big tent schools worked surprisingly well.

Pretty clearly, the Mayor and DC ed leaders don't mind schools being closed for the rest of the year, possibly 2 or 3 years.  [/quote]

Unfortunately, I agree with everything in your post. Our SPED 1st grader has been backsliding during the pandemic. Remote IEP services aren't nearly as effective and she hates online learning. We have 3 kids and this is such a struggle. DC hasn't seemed to make any effort to work on schools for better ventilation, procure PPE and other equipment to ensure safety in person, explore outdoor options, etc. Bowser's only focus seems to be waiting for this virus to go away, and our elected officials aren't pushing back. She's had 6 months to come up with a real plan to get kids back in school but she hasn't taken ANY concrete steps. [b]This inaction is inexcusable[/b].[/quote]

THIS.  Yes, inexcusable. Put the elementary school kids in tents to learn for starters rather than forcing them to try to learn off screens, starting with the SpEd kids.

The country is jeopardizing future economic growth by failing to ensure that millions of current K-3rd graders necessarily acquire the basic skills to function as working adults.  You can't just close thousands of public elementary schools for a year and a half, let alone 2 or 3years and expect that the turn out well because you're pretending that DL is a viable alternative. It's not.

Get moving, Mayor Bowser, the city council and ed leaders, get the kids back before teachers ASAP, whatever it takes to do that fairly safely.[/quote]

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