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Final supporters
Option 1- let children learn in class
Option 2- let children learn distantly from home.
Our kids are receiving instruction via Google Classroom, zoom, and not learning from it as it became apparent that this is not how to handle our current situation with most homework not being turned in, understood, or being retained such as mathematics. My children’s education matters to be and they are significantly falling behind because I am not able to spend 3 hours a day with each for my 1st and 7th grader being their teacher.
But the truth of the matter is that our kids are not receiving instruction.
They are receiving curriculum.
And it is not our job as parents to deliver the instruction of that curriculum.
Our teachers have been placed in an impossible situation. I appreciate this effort. I really do.
Under normal circumstances.
That is just not possible right now.
Because even though all students in a classroom are not on the same level, at least the field on which they are playing is level. And there are support teachers in the classroom to help kids who have special needs and IEP’s ad 504’s.
But now the kids are playing on 20+ different fields.
You’ve got kids at homes where both parents are working from home. You’ve got kids living with single parents. You have kids living with one parent some of the time, and another parent the other times.
Expecting your children to learn, from home, in a completely new classroom settings, without a trained teacher present, when their parents have to work from home, with siblings of all ages in the home, and just about all of their usual outlets — friends, playgrounds, sports teams, after school activities, etc. — completely stripped away from them is just, well…
It’s completely ridiculous.
And unreasonable.
The amount of stress and pressure after the school district announced they would not be opening for the beginning of the year again was off the charts.
Then let’s add in a few things.
Let’s add in the kids whose parents were just laid off and have no income and had no savings.
Then let’s add in the parents who are scared shitless they will be laid off if they don’t produce work from home.
Then let’s add in the women who are in abusive relationships and are now trapped at home 24/7 with their abusive partners.
Let’s add in the kids who are now home 24/7 with abusive parents.
Let’s add in the parents who are essential workers who are working in ridiculous conditions in hospitals and many grocery stores where ignorant people are clueless about protocol.
People are stressed out beyond belief.
And on top of that, let’s now require them to be THEIR KID’S FULL TIME TEACHER!
It’s not okay.
I know there are people from different camps on the whole at home instruction thing but parents should be given the option which type of schooling they want, in the class or distantly.
Please help me fight for our children’s educational futures!
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Updates
July 15, 2020
Seeing this momentum grow proves that I am not the only parent watching my kids struggle through a screen. It is validating to know so many of you share this frustration and want our classrooms open again.
July 15, 2020
I have spent my mornings sitting at the kitchen table with my kids while they struggle to understand basic concepts through a screen. It is heartbreaking to watch them lose their spark because the current setup simply does not work for our families. I am currently working to get a direct meeting with the school board to present the reality of what we are facing at home.
11 Comments
I think families should have an option to send our children to school. Schools need to adapt to provide for the safest environment such as more outdoor learning and plexiglass for the teachers like at the grocery stores. Children learn so much from other kids. It is detrimental to their health in so many levels to have them stuck at home doing school on screens. My teens feel it is a huge waste of their education. Please work to get our children back in school.
if we all teach our children to follow the protocol, wear face covering, wash hands, used sanitizer, separate the desk, create a protocol for breaks, etc. or at least open the school partially, let the children be at school at least one or two days a week. I
Kids need to be around other kids. Their mental health is at risk! Kids do not spread COVID-19.
Since so many countries in Europe have their children in school without adverse effects, why can’t we? Looking at the science it surely makes sense.
No. I understand that it is a difficult situation, but the answer isn't to put children and teachers in classroom where they will continue spreading the virus through the community and many will get infected and die. Petition for funding to hire additional teachers for distance learning so there is a better ratio of kids/teachers. Petition for better access to unemployment for those who have young children and aren't able to work. Petition for more PPP funds for small businesses. Petition for a better social floor so we aren't put in this situation again. Do not petition to fill classrooms during a pandemic. And don't anyone dare come back to me with mortality rates and percentages. I don't want to hear percentages. They are impersonal, they discount the value of lives. I want to hear raw numbers. How many dead children is worth it to put kids back in classrooms? How many dead teachers? How many dead people in our community because of increased spread is an acceptable trade for sending your child to school?
BRAVO, courtney
If Scandinavia and most of Europe can keep schools open by reviewing the "Science" we can too
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Option 1- let children learn in class
Option 2- let children learn distantly from home.
Our kids are receiving instruction via Google Classroom, zoom, and not learning from it as it became apparent that this is not how to handle our current situation with most homework not being turned in, understood, or being retained such as mathematics. My children’s education matters to be and they are significantly falling behind because I am not able to spend 3 hours a day with each for my 1st and 7th grader being their teacher.
But the truth of the matter is that our kids are not receiving instruction.
They are receiving curriculum.
And it is not our job as parents to deliver the instruction of that curriculum.
Our teachers have been placed in an impossible situation. I appreciate this effort. I really do.
Under normal circumstances.
That is just not possible right now.
Because even though all students in a classroom are not on the same level, at least the field on which they are playing is level. And there are support teachers in the classroom to help kids who have special needs and IEP’s ad 504’s.
But now the kids are playing on 20+ different fields.
You’ve got kids at homes where both parents are working from home. You’ve got kids living with single parents. You have kids living with one parent some of the time, and another parent the other times.
Expecting your children to learn, from home, in a completely new classroom settings, without a trained teacher present, when their parents have to work from home, with siblings of all ages in the home, and just about all of their usual outlets — friends, playgrounds, sports teams, after school activities, etc. — completely stripped away from them is just, well…
It’s completely ridiculous.
And unreasonable.
The amount of stress and pressure after the school district announced they would not be opening for the beginning of the year again was off the charts.
Then let’s add in a few things.
Let’s add in the kids whose parents were just laid off and have no income and had no savings.
Then let’s add in the parents who are scared shitless they will be laid off if they don’t produce work from home.
Then let’s add in the women who are in abusive relationships and are now trapped at home 24/7 with their abusive partners.
Let’s add in the kids who are now home 24/7 with abusive parents.
Let’s add in the parents who are essential workers who are working in ridiculous conditions in hospitals and many grocery stores where ignorant people are clueless about protocol.
People are stressed out beyond belief.
And on top of that, let’s now require them to be THEIR KID’S FULL TIME TEACHER!
It’s not okay.
I know there are people from different camps on the whole at home instruction thing but parents should be given the option which type of schooling they want, in the class or distantly.
Please help me fight for our children’s educational futures!
Updates
July 15, 2020
Seeing this momentum grow proves that I am not the only parent watching my kids struggle through a screen. It is validating to know so many of you share this frustration and want our classrooms open again.
July 15, 2020
I have spent my mornings sitting at the kitchen table with my kids while they struggle to understand basic concepts through a screen. It is heartbreaking to watch them lose their spark because the current setup simply does not work for our families. I am currently working to get a direct meeting with the school board to present the reality of what we are facing at home.
11 Comments
This is not just about learning. It’s about the socialization of our children. We are paying school taxes and we are not getting a service in return. We can’t shut society down.
I think families should have an option to send our children to school. Schools need to adapt to provide for the safest environment such as more outdoor learning and plexiglass for the teachers like at the grocery stores. Children learn so much from other kids. It is detrimental to their health in so many levels to have them stuck at home doing school on screens. My teens feel it is a huge waste of their education. Please work to get our children back in school.
if we all teach our children to follow the protocol, wear face covering, wash hands, used sanitizer, separate the desk, create a protocol for breaks, etc. or at least open the school partially, let the children be at school at least one or two days a week. I
Kids need to be around other kids. Their mental health is at risk! Kids do not spread COVID-19.
Since so many countries in Europe have their children in school without adverse effects, why can’t we? Looking at the science it surely makes sense.
No. I understand that it is a difficult situation, but the answer isn't to put children and teachers in classroom where they will continue spreading the virus through the community and many will get infected and die. Petition for funding to hire additional teachers for distance learning so there is a better ratio of kids/teachers. Petition for better access to unemployment for those who have young children and aren't able to work. Petition for more PPP funds for small businesses. Petition for a better social floor so we aren't put in this situation again. Do not petition to fill classrooms during a pandemic. And don't anyone dare come back to me with mortality rates and percentages. I don't want to hear percentages. They are impersonal, they discount the value of lives. I want to hear raw numbers. How many dead children is worth it to put kids back in classrooms? How many dead teachers? How many dead people in our community because of increased spread is an acceptable trade for sending your child to school?
BRAVO, courtney
If Scandinavia and most of Europe can keep schools open by reviewing the "Science" we can too
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This is not just about learning. It’s about the socialization of our children. We are paying school taxes and we are not getting a service in return. We can’t shut society down.