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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Spring 2022. I think we are in this mode through 2021.[/quote]

NOOOOOOO... Sorry! Nothing meaningful to add. I work in the school system and what we are doing now is not sustainable. I'd rather go back with strict safety measures. I think as many teachers will quit if we stay in this mode as will quit if we go back. Seriously.[/quote]

Yes, teachers are unhappy.  They are working harder than they've ever worked in their life and they are loosing their students. Their students are in tears daily.  Any teacher who cares at all about their students and their students' academic progress and emotional health will advocate hard for getting back to school. I imagine we'll be hybrid after Christmas break but absolutely no later than fall 2021. It is possible we'll be fully in person with masks and no touching rules, special teachers come to classroom rules, eat in your classroom rules in fall 2021.[/quote]

I’m unhappy but I’m working as hard as usual, I didn’t realize so many teachers aren’t doing so well. Perhaps because I’m a self contained teacher I’m already used to any kind of emergency and have a plan B,C, and D. The new platforms were also very easy for me to figure out. [b]My kids aren’t crying [/b]or their parents, of course we all want normal but understand the circumstances.

I imagine hybrid through fall 2021, guess we’ll see. Hope the future isn’t as difficult as I’m imagining.[/quote]

Are you sure? Just twice we've told my daughter's teacher that she cried though she has cried every single day.  My son has  cried just a coupe of times and we haven't told his teacher.  His work is terribly done and late or missing.  So she sees that. I cannot poison my relationship with him by riding him harder than I already am.

It is awful here and I can't imagine teachers don't see this.

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Positive. I don’t assign crazy amounts of work or have a million platforms. We have our ‘mindful moments’ and do class team building virtually. Some kids voice they are sad and or stressed and we deal with that. My school especially hired a counselor this year because of Covid and we have our other mental health staff.

I’m not saying it’s perfect but no one is crying in my class. Other students are but students also cry during the regular school year. We teach them it’s ok to feel these emotions and how we are going to get through it together. [/quote]

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