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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a lot of kids want to be in school. Also, more kids/teens  are doing better than the parents. [b]Parent need to let go of the old ideas about all these things kids "should" experience.  [/b]Kindergarten, middle school graduation, frost year in highschool last year in highschool... It is what you make it and social norms change. There is a pandemic.. so things change. Most of the kids and teens get that.. they get life isn't the same as it was a few months ago. And they are probably much better than their parents at moving on and creating a new normal. 
Now dcps and dcpcs are not helping by trying to pretend it is school as usual just on a computer at home.  The lack of freedom for teachers to have a creative curriculum incorporating home life, currently events and such is sad. But, parents can do this if they just focus all that is and not all that is no longer. And depending on how things go with vaccines and God forbid we don't get some actual leadership it could be this way for a long while.[/quote]

Yes - so true! I was definitely feeling bummed about my rising senior's year (and my freshman's too), but he is not that bothered. Though, I'm sure it will become more of a reality come September. Finally, I had to tell myself that's just the life of everyone born in 2002-3. He won't be stuck in HS - that's for sure. It may even make college more special - who knows. My youngest declared that he will wear a mask all the time now (even outside!) because he wants to go back.

A couple of other things...

Wilson isn't that rah-rah normally. Again, that's something we bring from our HS experience. I asked my colleague about this and she said her kids' Montgomery Co HS is the same. That doesn't mean the kids don't like it. The majority of overall experiences are positive.

I agree with the poster on page 1 - I thought the teachers, by and large, did a great job with DL AND schedules are always crazy for some unknown reason.

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