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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMC pod-former here, at a Title 1 school.

I was, I admit, a little defensive about this meme — I am feeling guilty that we have the resources to pod with our friends and hire assistance, but most of my child’s classmates likely won’t.  Especially because only half her class was logged into DL in the spring.

BUT, I think there are a few things that this meme simplifies.
  
1) not all pod-families are pulling kids out of their school — they are staying on at distance learners — this is key because it keeps the money in the school;

2) using family resources to monitor in-person learning reduces the in-person load at schools, leaving more in-person resources for families who can’t supplement DL;

3) this is TEMPORARY, unlike white flight to private schools and the suburbs (and red-lining) this is, at least in our minds, a year long solution; and

4)  equity and society will not improve if UMC parents (moms, lets get real) at worst lose their jobs, or at best burn out completely, because they have to juggle DL and WFH.

Anyone who is panicking that their Great Schools rating will drop can go jump in lake, however. [/quote]

honestly, if you don’t also devote some resources to making sure you don’t include the poor kids in your “pod”, you do have a big problem. [/quote]

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