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I don’t get it, kids have 3 months off in summer. Do we just ignore them during those times. They still have meal requirements and issues at home. Delay sch

by sjg007 6y ago

I don’t get it, kids have 3 months off in summer. Do we just ignore them during those times. They still have meal requirements and issues at home. Delay school start at a minimum until we can get our positivity rates down. The Feds could feed kids who need it.. it seems like a false narrative to focus on kids here. Am I wrong? Congress could do a lot more and save the day.

ceejayoz 6y ago
> Do we just ignore them during those times. Working parents tend to send them to summer camp... which have also been closed.
- social_quotient 6y ago
  I know very few kids doing summer camps (before now). Any chance someone could wrangle a stat on this? I know they exist but just didn’t think it was a pervasively utilized thing.
- tzs 6y ago
  Even accounting for children sent to camp, there are a lot of children left to deal with. In the US, about ~20% of children attend summer camp in a given year (that includes both day camps and overnight camps). For children from poor families it's down around 7%. 38% for children from affluent families. Also, of those who do go to camp many of them go to camps that do not last the entire summer.
threatofrain 6y ago
Lots of parents leave their kids home alone, even if they are underaged. Largely it works, but up to a year? Lots of parents are willing for their kids to backslide a little, especially since most kids backslide together, rather than an emerging narrative of kids spending their summers cramming for placement tests. But a year? Some kids will be racing ahead because they're still experiencing personal math tutoring. And what have Americans been doing in the time during lockdown? Have they purchased time? For example, in what ways is TX more prepared for the year ahead? I guess we'll see which kids deserve to place into the best seats.

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I don’t get it, kids have 3 months off in summer. Do we just ignore them during those times. They still have meal requirements and issues at home. Delay sch

by sjg007 6y ago

ceejayoz 6y ago
> Do we just ignore them during those times. Working parents tend to send them to summer camp... which have also been closed.
- social_quotient 6y ago
  I know very few kids doing summer camps (before now). Any chance someone could wrangle a stat on this? I know they exist but just didn’t think it was a pervasively utilized thing.
- tzs 6y ago
  Even accounting for children sent to camp, there are a lot of children left to deal with. In the US, about ~20% of children attend summer camp in a given year (that includes both day camps and overnight camps). For children from poor families it's down around 7%. 38% for children from affluent families. Also, of those who do go to camp many of them go to camps that do not last the entire summer.
threatofrain 6y ago
Lots of parents leave their kids home alone, even if they are underaged. Largely it works, but up to a year? Lots of parents are willing for their kids to backslide a little, especially since most kids backslide together, rather than an emerging narrative of kids spending their summers cramming for placement tests. But a year? Some kids will be racing ahead because they're still experiencing personal math tutoring. And what have Americans been doing in the time during lockdown? Have they purchased time? For example, in what ways is TX more prepared for the year ahead? I guess we'll see which kids deserve to place into the best seats.