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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand why there’s no sense of urgency to get kids back. To me, keeping schools closed for almost a year is a crisis. I don’t think we even know yet the scope.[/quote]

If you were to watch the Council meeting yesterday where people testified about reopening to City Councillors, you'd understand the issue. 90% of speakers were STRONGLY against reopening. NO mention made of the damage to children by those presenting, to mental health or to learning or for anything at all.

These are the loudest voices, most organized, by far.

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Maybe because it’s a life-threatening public health crisis that affects all of us, not just your children who need to socialize. So weird that school is the only place your children can socialize. Maybe it’s because everything else was shut down to avoid spreading coronavirus?[/quote]

Do please continue to minimize our concerns with our kids’ development and mental health as the trite “need to socialize.” It really endears me to your cause. [/quote]

Well, they are getting educated via DL.  The only piece that is missing is the socialization.  So how else should your concerns be described?[/quote]

My kid is in K. Half their report card couldn’t be filled out because it was “not observed” due to distance learning. There is more to education than drilling through a computer screen. But I know I won’t change your mind that DL is an adequate education. Next I’m sure you’ll tell me that K isn’t important or that I’ve failed as a parent. Honestly, I’ve been patient. I support teachers. I have lowered our expectations. I try to get my kid to outdoor play dates on the weekends. And I know this pandemic is very serious. But I can’t believe, after almost a year, we are no closer to getting kids back. Nor did I see any sense of urgency to do so at that city council meeting. [/quote]

My K'er (and 2nd grader) had no trouble having their report cards filled out.  I'm not sure what your teacher is doing.  This is far from ideal, and I have never argued otherwise, but under the circumstances the education they are getting is fine and better than the alternative given the public safety threat.[/quote]

I also have a Ker and my kid's report card also had many "could not be observeds" on it. It also had tons of wrong info (apparently my child knows her phone number... I'm not even sure what phone number that would be as we don't have a landline and she certainly doesn't know my cell phone number; apparently my kid is working on counting to 20... something that she was proficient in per her PK3 report card). My PK3's didn't acknowledge unobserved areas, even though it obviously should have. (Zero chance my teacher knows if my kid can do buttons or zips, e.g.) The teacher just put him down as meeting expectations in all of those categories.[/quote]

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