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I'm writing from NYC. My wife is the Principal of a school here. Schools are being given almost no support or guidance at any level from local to federal. Ed
by jshaqaw 6y ago
I'm writing from NYC. My wife is the Principal of a school here. Schools are being given almost no support or guidance at any level from local to federal. Educational administrators are being told to open schools ensuring student and staff safety without a shred of fiscal support or health science guidance. The physical infrastructure of the schools can't possibly handle the distancing requirements being imposed. My wife is being presented with a Kobayashi Maru here but with the real lives of children, staff, and extended families on the line. I am 110% sympathetic to the importance of getting kids back in school. My kids are suffering from social and educational withdrawal. When schools even partially reopen I'll be solo with the kids on their home days as my wife is back running her school. Not exactly an environment conducive to productive work or my kids' mental health. But the idea that we can just ram through re-openings prematurely is insane. It is double insane that at this time the Federal government is bailing out every private sector millionaire in creation via PPP while schools are being forced to cut budgets by catastrophic amounts.