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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many of you think that the lockdowns in grades 2-3 did a major number on your kids at a key developmental stage? I see it in my own child whose learning disabilities weren’t flagged until much later. I see it in my students who are more immature than typical 5th graders. I had hoped they’d equalize the further we got from distance learning but they’re still lagging.

Do you see it? [/quote]

Yes we all see it. Some want to ignore it and say get over it but that’s impossible. Shutting down schools for part of one year and then having virtual school the entire next school year (only 4 days a week mind you) was devastating. The curriculum was pared down to bare bones and kids were on their own. Meanwhile other districts/privates were back in school earlier but FCPS couldn’t get it together. Which also meant that the year returning from virtual school was bad because they hadn’t worked out the in person kinks like other school already had. The first year back in person was rough because the kids spent too long in virtual school the year before.[/quote]

DP.  I have a 5th grader and an 8th grader and, yes, they were affected by the pandemic, socially and academically.

I don't think we can blame the DMV public schools that stayed closed/virtual longer than other areas or schools though.  Every school in the country, in the world, closed in March 2020.  Schools reopened after that within months or a year or longer but test scores nationwide, including the DMV and including areas that reopened very quickly, are down compared to 2019 and earlier.  Whether from the initial stress or brain changes caused by covid infection or screens or other reasons, something changed.  Kids in the DMV are not worse than kids in Florida or Tennessee or Texas.  [/quote]

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