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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need to recognize that for most of us schools being closed isnt a big deal.

But low income communities rely on schools and desporately need them to open. They need them open because they want their kids to get a better education then they did, and having in person, real classes is key not just for mastery of current material but also for their student's further educational advancement (scholarships, etc). They dont have the money for the extra tutors.

They also depend on schools for childcare, as many dont have the luxory to wfh.[/quote]

I just posted a reply to someone else and I'll say the same thing to you.

Within the past 15 days I have spoken with 80-85% of the parents of the students I had last year at my Title I school.  With the exception of 2 parents, they are all supporting DL and are very much anti-hybrid and anti-F2F.   They would rather have their kids at home than at school.

The two primary reasons are that they feel that they themselves are over-exposed in their work environments and they do not have adequate healthcare for themselves or their families.  They want to limit their kids' exposures to the things they can control and they don't want their kids mixing.  A few of the parents I spoke with live in the same apartment building, not complex but building, and their kids are staying in their own apartments and not mixing with the other kids.

Obviously this is anecdotal but it is hard to believe that this one parent group is the exception.  Just because families are poor doesn't mean that they are willing to sacrifice their kids.[/quote]

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