Remember when back in the fall we were very excited about the kids going to school two days a week? That was very short-lived as that schedule lasted for only 3 weeks before they got sent back to fully remote again.
However, we are very happy to say that our district has agreed that K-5 schools can now go back 5 full days. We started last week and the kids have been so happy about it. Seeing their friends, seeing their teachers and I'm sure learning much more in the building than they were on the computers make for happy children and parents.
We are very thankful that the teachers have worked so tirelessly to provide instruction over various platforms during this whole year but there is nothing quite like being in the classroom. We are cautiously optimistic that this will continue for the rest of the school year. Caroline even took apart her school drawers that held her "reading, writing and math folders" to make room for her art supplies. While I tried to assure her that we are hoping school will continue at school, we also still have to be flexible that there could be a time where she or her brother could be asked to come home again for remote learning.
Covid is still here in our state but cases are no longer on the rise and science is showing that kids this age are not the super spreaders that everyone thought they could be at the beginning of all of this.
Cheers to more sound science and discovering more and more about our world!
