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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It is remarkable that this is even a question.  The mayor and chancellor have lost all credibility on their talk of equity and closing the achievement gap.  I would not be surprised if this exercise in distanced learning is doing more in 6 months to widen the achievement than the past 30 years in this city.  To think that it would be acceptable to keep kids out of school for 18 months is so depressing.  Those who are already on the upward side of the gap are going to do relatively fine in distanced learning.  It is those students who already are behind who are falling further behind.  [/b]

What is particularly frustrating is that I have the full expectation that the Chancellor will use this as another reason to divert money from the overpopulated 4 and 5 star schools and throw that money at the problem that the school district has exasperated this year.  Because the only possible way of closing the achievement gap now will be to bring down the top.  [/quote]

This! My SN kids are falling through the cracks and the gap is expanding. I've stopped working and turned into a FT teacher for my 3 kids, and it's not good enough. I'm not a qualified teacher, plus it's soooo much better if a qualified professional/not the parent provides the interventions. So I'm killing my relationship with my kids while they fall behind. Two of them cry almost every day because remote therapies aren't working and they hate virtual learning. We're further behind where we were one year ago, and the backslide started when we went virtual in March. It's a constant struggle and we're still losing ground.

And I have a masters degree and spending 10+ hours a day on school and homework. I can't even imagine what it's like for low achieving kids without a parent to spend this kind of time on their education. Meanwhile, parents with non-SN MC/UMC kids can plop them in front of the computer, spending only an hour or two on schoolwork with them and they advance.

This is insanity.[/quote]

As a parent of two kids with special needs I couldn’t agree more. We feel further behind than a year ago too and every day is a major struggle. Just know you aren’t alone, which I know it feels like some days.[/quote]

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