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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are poor and so are most of their students. And for whatever reason there seems to be a correlation between DL and low income.

Its apples to oranges with schools up here. [/quote]

“For whatever reason” actually there’s many and they’re well known. This isn’t a mystery. [/quote]

Oh I'm well aware what DCUM thinks the reasons are. I just think low-income folks are being really short-sighted with their preference for DL. Their kids get less out of DL than their wealthier counterparts, I think we can all agree. [/quote]

They're not being short-sighted, They are trying to protect the health of their multigeneration homes. They also don't have as many daycare options so they need their older kids to stay home and care for the younger ones. A lot of these parents cannot miss out on work due to a covet infection because they live paycheck to paycheck. They are 100% making the right decisions for their families.[/quote]

Oh your second point is a great one. SO many of my students are home with young siblings and cousins all day. Their families can’t afford for all day care so they are staying home and babysitting AND helping these little ones with distance learning and sometimes missing class to go to doctors appointments with family members to translate. Their parents can’t risk them getting sick and not being able to do these things because financially it is NOT possible for them to send little kids to daycare or forgo income for one parent to stay home. They don’t  need some snotty FCPS mom telling them they’re “short sighted” and don’t get it. [/quote]

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