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A big problem with this is that it effectively means parents will have to pay for childcare throughout elementary school. Instead of getting a full day of childcare with a slight aftercare supplement for a couple hours, they would need to spend much more.

If nothing else, this pandemic has shown that [b]school is primarily for childcare and other social functions[/b]. Logistically, it’s also more difficult because you’re transporting children more frequently. [/quote]

This is one of the hundred reasons I choose to homeschool.[/quote]

Shall we assume you have a partner who works?

Don’t be the smug homeschooler, PP. [/quote]

+1 Homeschooling is a tremendous economic privilege. Glad you can swing it, if that's right for your family, but as an option for society it's terrible and your "I got mine" attitude is shocking. [/quote]

NP - Please, everyone I know that homeschools makes tremendous economic sacrifices to do it.  They purposefully choose a lifestyle that is doable on one income.  That is not privilege, that is planning.[/quote]

DC is one of the most expensive areas of the country. If you can afford to live on one income, you are privileged. Yes, it might mean the difference between a 1600 square foot bungalow in Historic Takoma Park (sacrifice!) and a 2000 square foot house in Bethesda (luxury!) but it's still privilege. [/quote]

Again, no... it means living in Damascus or Mt. Airy or Derwood or Aspen Hill or the neighborhoods around Kennedy HS or in a cheap townhouse or apartment, because you have made your children a priority.  Get out of your own bubble.[/quote]

This.

I live in craptastic Aspen Hill and we have a good number of homeschoolers here.  People who have one spouse who stays at home to teach.  They live in a small, old house, in a not great neighborhood for that option.  It’s not a privilege.  They have planned for it and sacrifice.

We send our kids to MCPS, but none of us could afford to live in either Bethesda or Takoma Park.

Get out of your wealthy bubble.[/quote]

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