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[quote=Anonymous][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]

NP. So far I have read only a few direct quotes, and even those are purporting to sum up an entire group of people in a school district. I actually really, really want to hear it from the source - anyone who can point me to the actual data I'd appreciate it.[/quote]

I don’t have any data to link you too. sometimes the source is actually working with  these families and talking to them. My students families have multiple generations living at home, they work service jobs and cannot afford any paid quarantine or leave for being sick nor do they have good insurance. They’re in hardest hit zip codes. They cannot miss work or it’s a catastrophe. If a child gets sick and brings it home it could get elderly relative sick or working parents sick. They do not think school is safe because they see how bad the spread is in their area. And contrary to PP they are well aware of the ramifications of this choice. One mom told me yesterday “I know my son is struggling and I don’t know how to help him but I am scared to send my kids in the building with covid normalized.” They know the consequences because they feel them the most harshly. [/quote]

If you look at the Virginia Department of health information it is the Latino and African American families that are being the worst hit by COVID. whether or not you want to admit it these are also the lower income families. They are trying to minimize the impact to their home life and have selected distance learning.[/quote]

You are right. And my students are Hispanic. Their communities are hit about 4x harder than the wealthier whiter zip codes. You simply CANNOT judge them from a privileged white standpoint. [/quote]

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