The school has a responsibility to effectively educate students. These elementary age school kids need structure, schedules & in person instruction at these crucial young ages of their learning careers. It is NOT effective to have my 10 & 11 year olds self teach from online curriculum... they are just now learning how to develop good study habits so they can possibly display this level of knowledge & discipline in their college years. And as we have seen in life.... college level instruction is NOT for everyone. Many families of these young children have both parents going to work. That leaves these kids home alone... hopefully doing school alone on a computer. This is not the answer!

If a given student situation requires virtual training... that is a great solution... but for the majority of healthy American’s under the age of 50... COVID-19 has not been detrimental. The advice needs to be emphasized...if you feel sick, STAY HOME. Otherwise, come to school for all the learning opportunities school provides both “social-emotionally” & “educationally”.

Thank you in advance for bringing the kids back to in-person classroom teaching on September 8th!