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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent here. I think this time should be spent to fine tune online instruction, August is a long way but if the need be then online instruction can continue. However, at that point instead of 1 hr, at least 5 hr should be the norm. This is a serious situation and you can’t expect teachers and rest of the school staff to risk their lives.

At that point nobody will be sympathetic to the fact that teachers have their own kids at home to take care of, that’s the case for all is us. I am sure most reasonable teachers will try to do whatever they can to make online instruction work in August.[/quote]

[b]Do you think it is reasonable appropriate to have young kids sit in front of their computers for 5 hours per day?[/b]

Please, please, please let's just open the schools back up.  If parents are not comfortable sending their kids, then they can use Virtual Virginia or instructional videos and assignments posted on a Google Classroom site.[/quote]

Sure. Especially if they don’t do it for 5 hours straight. [/quote]

So something like this?

8-9am: Computer lesson
9-9:20am: Break
9:20-10:20am: Computer lesson
10:20-10:40am: Break
10:40-11:40am: Computer lesson
11:40-12:20pm: Lunch break
12:20-1:20pm: Computer lesson
1:20-1:40pm: Break
1:40-2:40pm: Computer lesson[/quote]

If by "young kids" you mean in grades K-2, this schedule is so developmentally wrong I can't believe anyone would think it'd be okay.  Maybe for college kids???  For kids in grades K-2, this *might* work for some:
8-8:30 whole group lesson online
8:30-9 independent work of some kind
9-9:30--play
Then small group work for 15-30 minutes between 9:30-10
10-10:30 independent work
10:30-12 break and lunch
12-12:30 whole group lesson online
then independent work for 15-20 minutes.

For distance learning, this is enough for young kids.  More than enough.  And that's assuming there's a parent at home to help ensure that a) the kid sits and listens to the teacher teaching and b) the kid has help with independent work.  Given that most kids do not have this, even the above schedule is very ambitious.  [/quote]

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