https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 04:12:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916662 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 07:20:23 +0000 MrsSRS 2916662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm back teaching preschool full time now. But this fall I have a rising kinder and second grader. Online schooling wasn't great for my eldest, but we are changing schools and a different system could be better. I'm going to wait to make a call because it really depends on what the online choice looks like. But if school is 100% online I will probably homeschool both of my kids. I have experience teaching both Pre-K and early elementary so I'm in a bit of a unique position. However, this would require me to change careers immediately since there's no way I can be in my classroom and care for my children at the same time as a single parent. I'm exhausted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916638 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:00:01 +0000 LemonJack 2916638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: Those statistics are horrifying. I’m fortunate that I’m in a relatively well funded district, so we aren’t doubling up on classes nearly as often as it sounds like you are, but it happens often enough that it’s a major concern I have going into next year. And, I know it’s obviously happening with much greater frequency in a lot of other places. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916633 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:49:11 +0000 DesertDreams88 2916633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonJack: i don't have time to do such an amazing summary like you did, but I just want to say to others that I echo everything you said from my perspective as a teacher in Phoenix, and I'm talking about lots of districts here. </p> <p>1800 classes left unstaffed by a certified teacher *every year* across the state. 21 times in 27 weeks last year we had to split up kids due to lack of subs and I had classes of 45. It's no joke. 50% average sub fill rate across the district, affecting 10,000 kids. I have more data but it's at school.</p> <p>Also here in AZ, hybrid schooling won't be funded. Only 100% in person or 100% virtual, per student. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916632 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:53:17 +0000 Chuckles 2916632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jess1483: that might work in elementary school but will much harder to accomplish well in middle school or high school. I wonder if teachers will have students log in remotely to synchronous teaching that they are doing with other students physically present. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916631 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:31:21 +0000 LemonJack 2916631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: I’ve had the same concerns.</p> <p>@Jess1483: I think this is a really smart solution and makes a lot of sense for districts that can pull it off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916630 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:25:04 +0000 Jess1483 2916630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: I know in my district, they are aiming to have one teacher at each grade level and school (presumably those with medical concerns) do full-time remote (obviously, there will have to be grade shuffling to pull this off, since there might be 2 in K and none in 4th, for example).. The other teachers would have a reduced class size, and we are likely to have kids only going 2 days/week. Our schools are small (generally, most grade levels in a school have 3-5 teachers.)</p> <p>I agree that the decision makers are not teachers, and that's a problem here and in pretty much every facet of education. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916629 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:21:46 +0000 Chuckles 2916629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One other issue to point out with all this is that schools will (I think) have to also provide some sort of virtual option to students who are medically fragile or immune compromised. It's more kids than you might think. Who will teach those students? I really don't know what will happen in the fall here, but for me it just underlines that, as with everything in education, the people making the decisions either have never been teachers or are so far removed from teaching that they can't/ don't know the real impact all this will have on teachers, students, and learning. Maybe other teachers can comment on this, but it may be the source of some of our frustration and anxiety and the feeling that this job is different than some others that also have higher risks.<br /> ETA: I realize that many people are in jobs where they need to go back to work and have distant people making decisions that may not feel safe or make you feel not valued. But for teachers, every year and sometimes every month we are subject to the different whims of a whole lot of groups that have no or very little experience actually doing our jobs. It's just a cumulative thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916628 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:05:57 +0000 LemonJack 2916628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bear with me as this is long.</p> <p>@Mrs. Carrot: Thank you for speaking up. And I wish I could say I was surprised at the callousness you witnessed, but I’m not. It does make me wonder what planet these people are on though. There are huge teacher shortages everywhere, so just dismissing it by saying teachers can not come back if they’re concerned doesn’t answer the question of how they could possibly fill those empty positions. They couldn’t.</p> <p>I’m hoping if we go back it’s in a hybrid model. That’s the only way I can currently visualize it being done safely. It brings up another massive issue (childcare), which is a headache for many, including me. I wish it were easier.</p> <p>@2littlepumpkins: I agree virtual school isn’t ideal. I was trying to teach while also homeschooling my kindergartener and watching my 2 year old and small infant. So I get it. But I am distressed by the dismissiveness I’ve seen (not from you, just in general) regarding teachers’ very valid concerns. I would prefer to be in school, and so would almost all of my colleagues, but I also feel like I need to know the following:</p> <p>1. How social distancing can realistically happen, especially if schools refuse a hybrid model<br /> 2. What procedures will be in place for sanitizing<br /> 3. How they will deal with teacher shortages<br /> 4. What the plan is for subs (severe sub shortage)<br /> 5. What procedures they’ll have in place to cover classes without a sub<br /> 6. What is expected regarding in person and virtual teaching/planning</p> <p>I’ve seen many plans for social distancing and sanitizing, at least with a hybrid model, but haven’t seen much of anything regarding staff/sub shortages which will be a huge issue. That needs to be planned for before schools reopen or all of the other safeguards will go out the window when dealing with multiple absences. </p> <p>To give you an idea of the concerns with staffing shortages, during a regular flu season, it’s not uncommon to have days where my building is missing 3-4 teachers without a sub. So, what happens is that teachers have to give up their prep periods to cover (if they can), but if they can’t, then teachers have to double up classes. That means you’ve got approximately 50 kids in a room together, sharing chairs, sitting on the floor, basically wherever they can fit. Social distancing isn’t possible in those situations, and at my level (middle school) the kids will be in the room together for 45-80 minutes, depending on the class period. When my kindergartener’s teacher was out without a sub last year, my daughter was in another teacher’s room all day. So in that case, all those extra little bodies were together for hours. This is one of my biggest concerns if districts try to go back normally. </p> <p>The above scenario is something that been happening more often over the last few years as our sub shortage has grown. Now, imagine next year. I suspect more teachers will be out due to both precaution and potentially real illness. In a typical year this would already be really bad because of the existing sub shortage, but it will be even worse this year because it’s likely a lot of subs will choose not to work. I’d estimate that 30-50% of our regular subs are retired teachers. I’m guessing most of them will opt not to work due to their risk, since most of them are doing it to keep busy, not because they need the income. So, now we have even less subs to pull from, which means classes will be combined even more often out of necessity. Those are very real issues that aren’t unique to my district or state, and they need to be rectified before schools can safely go back into session.</p> <p>One way to help alleviate this shortage might be to hire a few full time substitutes to work at each building every day. They could cover when teachers are out without a sub. Sounds great in theory, but where does that money come from? Schools can’t afford to hire all these full time staff members, especially because many states are actually in the process of cutting more funding to schools because of Covid.</p> <p>As far as other places opening back up, I agree there are a lot of issues all around. However, I think one thing to keep in mind is that like others have said, teachers are up close and personal with kids for hours every day, and kids are notoriously unable to keep their hands to themselves. I work with middle schoolers, and even at that level they can’t stop touching each other, although I *hope* it would be better in this scenario.</p> <p>I think some people hear teachers’ concerns about reopening schools and view it as teachers not wanting to return. I don’t think that’s the case. We want to return if we can be assured that it can be done safely, and so far we aren’t seeing that. How in the world can we implement all these necessary safety procedures (busing issues alone are $$$) while education budgets are being slashed? I’m genuinely asking. Are people willing to actually give us the funding we need to make this happen safely? Unfortunately I’m not optimistic about that.</p> <p>I suspect our district will probably have a hybrid model, and I feel safer with that because I can see us being able to make social distancing actually work. When I hear about districts trying to push forward and open normally I think that’s incredibly irresponsible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916627 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 21:47:39 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2916627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: I think that is sad, but also not unexpected for a pandemic response that those type of guidelines would be posted. I think the numbers for who wants to go back versus not would be different by school/region, and I wish there was more flexibility allowed to accommodate that. Also I don't think there are any great options.</p> <p>@gotkimchi: Yeah I guess that's where my response comes from too. I just don't think there are great options. I have asthma and am working outside the home a couple days a week although not much public contact at this point. We will be returning to being open to the public in an area with very high cases and fatalities (I know several of my clients have been hospitalized, one died that I know for sure was of covid) but staying closed to the public indefinitely is just not an option. My husband and I are both designated emergency response workers as well (i.e., not eligible for the family leave), and me working in the shelters is not out of the realm of possibility, among other things. But yeah, it's just stuff we have to take care of at this point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916626 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 21:28:34 +0000 bhbee 2916626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: no worries on thread jacking! It’s all relevant and I’m constantly down the rabbit hole. </p> <p>“Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath has determined it will be safe for students to return to their campuses this fall. School districts will not be required to mandate students wear masks or test them for COVID-19 symptoms, confirmed Frank Ward, a spokesperson for the Texas Education Agency”</p> <p>I have zero clue how they’re making the determination on safety when our conditions are worsening?? (Not everywhere - but certainly in the big metro areas)</p> <p>I’m pretty sure from what’s been said our district is going to drop a hybrid option, and I am so not sure how to feel about that when there’s not enough room to distance with a full class. I hope they enforce masking at least, we haven’t heard details yet. </p> <p>What is it going to be like to be the school nurse next year? How are they going to handle deciding if kids need to go home or quarantine at home or what?</p> <p>Sorry for the rambling, so many questions with no good answers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916625 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 21:05:31 +0000 gotkimchi 2916625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: our workplace is less common sense measures and more bottom line measures. @petitenoisette: it seems like our schools are smaller here and that is a huge difference as well - our high school is about 800 and I can see if the schools were larger and more crowded how the problem is exponential </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916624 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:43:04 +0000 DesertDreams88 2916624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petitenoisette: ugh yes I forgot to describe the situation from a high school perspective.... if schools were to "go back like normal" that would mean 2000 students in the building, no cohorts truly possible, exposure of about 150 students a day mixing with 1850 others regularly.... I truly think that most high school is going to be online next year because that is the age group that is impossible to cohort AND can mostly be trusted to be home alone, AND has the motivation of "earning credits" in order to pass.</p> <p>I'm sorry to the OP about thread-jacking. As a K-12 teacher married to a K-12 teacher, my head and heart are just swimming. My kids are babysat by my older in-laws so that's a different complication. </p> <p>If I had a child *becoming* a kindergartner in this scenario, I would not send him/her if the school setting was highly restrictive; because I wouldn't want to risk their views / attitude towards school for the rest of K-12. I *personally* would ask my friends to see if any of them would babysit him or homeschool him for $$ (thankfully, I have LOTS of SAHM friends and homeschooling friends.) If I had a older kid... I'd try to enroll them in my school and say I need a synchronous schedule with my child. I know that's not an option for most others - if I was in a job that could be remote, I'd push for that, or I'd take the new FMLA leave childcare option if available. I have even thought about taking a leave of absence but financially couldn't swing that without credit card debt.</p> <p>It's a new world... hopefully a temporary one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916623 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:38:24 +0000 petitenoisette 2916623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: you probably have a working ventilation system though, right? Your customers are also just there briefly and like @DesertDreams88: pointed out can be encouraged to get their prescriptions in a safer way. I am NOT trying to downplay the fact that you feel unsafe, but just point out the differences. </p> <p>I have no ventilation to speak of and my windows don’t work (tho Ive realized I‘ll just force them open for the year and we’ll just be cold in the winter). During a normal day I have at least 100 different students in my classroom for an hour at time (this clearly will be different; thankfully my state is taking this seriously). My students are older but I have no idea the type of compliance we’ll get from them and obs how do you disinfect 6 times a day? Never thought I’d go from school shooting training to now pandemic prevention...</p> <p>To address OP, my kid will need to go to K Whatever they offer, but even if we’re all home I will be super grateful for whatever online stuff the district does because that’s just one thing off my plate to plan. I have the same concern about the amount of online direct instruction, so I have no problem limiting what my child attends if it’s too much for her. It will all be new for us so we’ll have to see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool/page/2#post-2916621 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:04:04 +0000 DesertDreams88 2916621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: I think grocery stores should be doing a lot more to protect their employees as well! I'm very pro-worker's rights, etc. I hope at least you can have a plexiglass slider installed and access to n95s since you are a healthcare worker of sorts. It would be also great if your pharmacy would create signage and brochures showing people how to get prescriptions online through services like OptumRx. All workplaces need to take common-sense measures. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916620 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:57:02 +0000 DesertDreams88 2916620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: Here's a specific number:<br /> 3 million teachers in America, which is 1% of our population.<br /> 29% are age 50 and older.<br /> (<a href="https://www.childtrends.org/nearly-one-third-of-u-s-teachers-are-at-higher-risk-of-severe-illness-from-covid-19-due-to-age" rel="nofollow">https://www.childtrends.org/nearly-one-third-of-u-s-teachers-are-at-higher-risk-of-severe-illness-from-covid-19-due-to-age</a>)<br /> 30 teachers died in NYC<br /> (<a href="https://abc7ny.com/teacher-deaths-doe-department-of-education-schools/6173896/" rel="nofollow">https://abc7ny.com/teacher-deaths-doe-department-of-education-schools/6173896/</a>)</p> <p>The Santa Clara County Office of Education is already planning for our deaths:<br /> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/SCCOEdeath" rel="nofollow">https://tinyurl.com/SCCOEdeath</a> </p> [attach=5393/20/qc5en2.600x163.Santa-Clara.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916619 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:54:55 +0000 gotkimchi 2916619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: I do work in a small room with a locked door and no windows but not that many people all day. I’m in a grocery store pharmacy so I have directly 5-7 people in our small area but tons of people coming and going all day. And most of these adults don’t wear their masks correctly so I know children won’t. I do keep my mask on because I feel like it’s all I can control but yah I would say grocery store conditions aren’t great </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916617 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:44:28 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2916617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: Totally fair question, and I'd love to talk about it if you go on a separate thread! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916616 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:44:09 +0000 DesertDreams88 2916616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: "i do think teachers are in a really shitty position but i think so are a lot of us. Like I generally don’t feel safe at work and I think there are a million things they could be doing better but I need to work and this is my job."</p> <p>Do you have to work in a small room that has NO windows and the door CAN'T be left open for security reasons AND there's 25-35 individuals elbow-to-elbow in the room, most of whom might not wear a mask and/or wear it appropriately? (masks are going to be optional in many AZ districts here so far.... that could change though...)</p> <p>Not many jobs have that level of crowding, without barriers, PLUS the lack of ventilation.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916614 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:55:35 +0000 bhbee 2916614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ModernDayJibarita: my incoming K guy has asthma and a tendency to pneumonia also. I’m actually probably more worried about the other stuff he’ll pick up at school and get pneumonia from - what if he needs to be admitted for breathing and things are overwhelmed by Covid and he’s exposed when he’s already weak? Our allergist said it was ok to send him if they take enough precautions but agreed we could keep an option to pull him out. He also said there’s some data that daily steroid inhalers may be preventative of severe issues. But someone in our house has gotten flu the last 3 years (even after shots) and at least two of those were via classmates for sure so it’s nerve wracking. We pulled our youngest from fall 2 year old preschool just to lower our overall germ pool. </p> <p>Sorry for the novel, really just saying solidarity! I’m so glad you’ve found a curriculum you like and I’m going to check into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916613 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:46:17 +0000 bhbee 2916613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonJack: if you are comfortable having it here feel free - I agree it should be talked about and I’d like to be more informed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916612 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:29:17 +0000 ModernDayJibarita 2916612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We un-enrolled our son from preschool for the Fall yesterday. I was simultaneously worried about his safety (Asthma with 6pneumonias in 4yrs) and the measures needed to keep him safe (his montessori school will place the kids on their own rug, 6ft apart from others and give them a work to do there). I fully expect school to close this fall and since I’m on maternity leave , I’d rather he avoid the upheaval and we leave out spot (ratio is 1 teacher per 9 students and there are usually 20 students per class) </p> <p>We started a homeschool Pre-K curriculum in June with home to do most of it before I go back to work in November. Just finished week 3 and I freaking love it! We’ve already read so many great books!(It’s a literature based program) We are doing Torchlight Pre-K but replacing Preschool math At home with Kindergarten Math with Confidence (both are by Kate Snow) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916611 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:48:29 +0000 gotkimchi 2916611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonJack: if you want to wall me or start a new thread that would be great because i really want to know more </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916610 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:31:03 +0000 LemonJack 2916610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: I have many thoughts on this, but don’t want to thread jack. I’m happy to continue the discussion elsewhere as I think it’s important to talk about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916609 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:18:43 +0000 bhbee 2916609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: thank you! I’ll look into those. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916608 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:11:07 +0000 HappyBaker 2916608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: ah that does sound intense in terms of attendance and funding! I’m using Logic of English Foundations for learning letter sounds / to read and write, and Kindergarten Math With Confidence for math. The latter is super new but I’ve followed the author’s blog for a long time and she previously wrote reviews on like every homeschool math curriculum available so I figured it was worth a shot, and it was super inexpensive. I didn’t want to spend a ton of money on stuff in case we don’t end up doing it in the fall, but so far so good. Kindergarten is “easier” to plan for since you just start at the beginning ha. I had also already done a lot of research into homeschooling in general because I had been considering pulling my oldest last year before we switched her school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916607 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:01:04 +0000 bhbee 2916607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: curious what curriculum you’d use for K?</p> <p>Yes we can definitely homeschool without notice mid year. Going back - I’m sure they have to take you, but there are some space issues so we probably wouldn’t be guaranteed our neighborhood school. Still I am trying to keep it in mind as an option. </p> <p>Funding here is not something I totally understand but they’re pretty strict about absences since they can affect school funding after 10 days. Like I got a warning letter last year because my oldest missed 5 excused days between a virus with fever and norovirus. If you are not there when they take attendance, you don’t count toward the school’s number. Generally they could not count online schooling toward funding - there was some kind of exception last year since the state closed the schools, and it sounds like there will be an exception this year to make districts flexible but not sure what rules it will come with (they are supposed to clarify soon so the districts can get serious on planning). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916606 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:44:28 +0000 HappyBaker 2916606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me personally my oldest who’s entering 2nd grade will return to her private school in the fall because they’ve already given us their tentative plan and because they have a huge amount of space and teachers but low kid numbers they can return fully in person. My middle kid is supposed to start kindergarten and if it’s not mostly in person I’ll definitely choose to homeschool him and reassess mid year. My youngest is 2, and so far the daycare guidelines here are too strict for me to consider sending him back, so I’ll be hiring a babysitter/nanny to watch the younger 2 kids for 5 or 6 hours a day so I can work, and homeschooling the kindergartener in the morning before she comes. We’ve been trying out homeschooling with the curriculum I’d use in the fall and we can do reading and math in like 30-45 minutes a day, so it would definitely be manageable even with adding more subjects. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916605 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:39:57 +0000 HappyBaker 2916605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have to commit to one option or the other for the full year? I’m pretty sure in my state you can pull out or re-enroll whenever you want or need to throughout the year (within reason). </p> <p>So if you tried whatever option school is giving you for a month or two and it’s awful, you could still switch to homeschooling, and conversely if you choose to homeschool but suddenly in December the world is magically normal you could re-enroll in public school. </p> <p>I think I’m terms of school funding also it’s not as of September 1st here, for some reason I remember reading somewhere that they pull enrollment numbers for the year in January or even the spring, but not positive on that one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916604 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:28:32 +0000 gotkimchi 2916604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Carrot: @2littlepumpkins: @LemonJack: i do think teachers are in a really shitty position but i think so are a lot of us. Like I generally don’t feel safe at work and I think there are a million things they could be doing better but I need to work and this is my job. I think the rub for teachers is it affects so many other people and so maybe they’re getting a lot more pressure about it? But out of everyone I know who has remained working this whole time no one feels great about it it’s more a feeling of what can we do?</p> <p>I don’t mean this to be snarky at all because our teacher had 5 kids at home and still had to do our virtual learning and I literally can’t fathom that I guess I’m just curious if people think this is worse/more problematic then other jobs returning </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fully-virtual-school-vs-homeschool#post-2916603 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:01:28 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2916603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonJack: I'm not a teacher but this is the only reason I'm not fully on board with full return. I was amazed at how many people were disregarding the teachers in this conversation. I was on a video call with a few of our board members and people were literally saying "why are we worried about the teachers, they can get other jobs if they don't feel safe." :bummed: My daughter's teacher emailed me after and thanked me for standing up for teachers in that meeting because there were so few voices and it was awful. Their union surveyed people and found 75% of those who responded don't feel comfortable going back, and the district couldn't reasonably answer questions about cleaning supplies and safety measures. It's a mess and I totally feel for the teachers in this, which is why I'm sitting and trying to listen to them as much as possible. </p>