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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Students’ reasons for not wanting to attend school in person sound quite similar to workers not wanting to return to the office[/quote]

Uh, not really. Adult workers who don't want to return to the office, have more legitimate reasons, which include:

1. Saving on commute money and time
2. Being available to take care of childcare and household duties
3. Flexibility to work during off-peak hours

Kids don't have any expense for their commute. They either walk or a bus is provided for them free of charge.

They aren't staying at home to do virtual school to take care of anyone for the most. Low-income families might have older kids who do that but that's not the circumstance for the vast majority of kids of who are skipping. And they're definitely not scrubbing down the bathrooms and catching up on laundry.

Kids aren't skipping school to make up their schoolwork during off-peak hours. They're skipping class, not doing work and running around in the streets doing at best, just goofing off and hanging out, and at worst, committing crimes.

I'm not seeing the overlap here that you are.
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What’s wrong with adults working at home and that’s irrelevant.  Some of our kids are still virtual but as a parent we can monitor them better.

And, some parents due to the walk or bus ride drive their kids.  We have always had to drive ours. [/quote]

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