@ajlamesa Mant parents literally begged superintendents, school boards & local health departments throughout 2020 & first half 2021 to reopen school.
Here is an impact video my group of parents shared telling the story of harm to our local school board & HD. https://t.co/edTONEZ1oE
"How we can entrust our children’s academic instruction to the administrators and teachers who are not critically examining the research around the mitigation measures."
https://t.co/exMp6GM5ru
Have we LOST our minds? Why does this year need to be a "wash"? How is Zoom school even on the table for the fall? And how is there not a national outrage about this? KIDS ARE NOT GETTING AN EDUCATION AND NO ONE CARES @uft@SecCardona@DOEChancellor@NYCMayor#openschools
Stories of a lost year for Newark teenagers - lost jobs, lost homes, lost ambitions. "I miss everything"
More light at the end of their tunnel then for #phled teenagers "More changes are in store next week when Newark school buildings reopen"
https://t.co/mt3xmcgbKx
"How 'COVID myopia' may be harming children's eyesight."
"Children whose screen time soared during the COVID-19 pandemic could face longterm eye damage because of “COVID myopia."
https://t.co/CDli8Hx2qn
There are just so many examples of a lone case, which they believe the child acquired from the parent. In cases when there are quite a few in a school, asymptomatic testing indicates it's still not spreading in the classroom: https://t.co/NHC7G7eN29
“McMaster Children's Hospital says a large number of these youth have reported COVID-related issues such as lack of social interaction, increased conflict at home, and the inability to rely on friends as main contributors.”
Our kids are not ok & they haven’t been for some time.
My son is playing minecraft AGAIN during class time. Why because the PE teacher told him he could send her a picture of him playing tennis later instead of doing the YouTube video she showed in class. This is what passes as education today. @NYCMayor@UFT@DOE@NYGovCuomo
@LegallyRed73@jaketapper@CNN@FCPSSupt How often have parents or @Ts4OpenSchools had a voice in the program (and CNN / cable news more broadly)... vs Weingarten/Pringle, who’re there on the regular? That was the topic @elenfilippatos discussed with @LarryOConnor this week, and it’s valid.
It’s a structural imbalance that we need to keep considering.
It explains why Randi and Becky are on @jaketapper@CNN on the regular, while parents and pro-reopening voices get sporadic coverage.
And so much more about the persistent reopening challenges in some regions,
Fairfax County mom Guadalupe Williamson shared the heartbreaking story of her son, a special needs child, who has been struggling with virtual learning.
FCPS's absurd solution: they offered to let him come to school & sit by himself, in an empty room, with a classroom monitor
@Berninyc@elenfilippatos@GovMurphy Always the same question as if remote hasn't always been an option for anyone who wanted it.
Home schooling, cyber charter & recently many school districts even offer their own district cyber option.
In-school is the option that hasn't existed until now