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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents are scared too, OP.  There is no playbook for this.  It doesn't help that we're getting absolutely ZERO guidance from the county in the way of metrics.  Unfortunately, the loudest groups are the parents who insist everyone must go back and teachers be damned, and the teachers who insist that nothing is safe and parents are sending them to their deaths.  I think most parents and teachers are more in the middle, and more tempered voices are being drowned out.  My personal view is that the only way to see how it will go is to try - even if that means starting small the way some schools are doing and bringing a grade or two back at a time.  Give schools a chance to test their plans.  Give kids a chance to show they can adapt to less social contact, more computers, more rules.  Enforce the hell out of those rules. Stay cautious, but move forward.  Otherwise it's all speculation and we'll never get out of this.[/quote]

+1. Well put.

I'm a parent and I'm scared too. I am worried about sending my kids back into school buildings, but I am also worried about what a year (or more) at home will do to their development. I also take the health of all parties seriously and don't want anyone to get sick or to die. I am also worried about the health of the community and do not want private school openings to add to community spread.

At the time time, many families, including ours, have taken on a significant financial burden to send our kids to private school to be a part of a school community. It is difficult to accept flat out refusal to at least try to implement measure to bring students back in limited numbers or for limited hours. I have older kids and don't need childcare. In fact, I love having my teens home with me, maybe too much. Unfortunately, as young adults, what they need more than anything is the opportunity to develop socially away their parents and school is a big part of that. I keep hearing teachers say that teaching can be done remotely and that is true to some extent. However, parents and students pick private school based on factors beyond academics, including the school community, activites, sports, and the arts. In fact, that's what most of us remember most from our school days. Any in person component, no matter how small, is helpful in building the connections between the students, their teachers, and the school community.

But I agree, there are no easy answers. I sympathize with teachers, administrators, other parents, and especially the kids.   [/quote]

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