My latest: San Francisco’s 55,000 public school kids will learn mostly from home on the computer this year. Distance learning didn’t go well in the spring, but the district has given teachers no additional guidance on how to make it successful since March. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heathe…
The San Francisco school district and teachers’ union haven’t even begun talking about major issues like how many hours teachers will work per day and how much teaching they’ll need to do in real-time versus videos and links. And this is with 5 weeks to go before school starts.
And the city has no details on how much childcare it can offer to kids whose parents must go to work or when they can sign up. Meanwhile, scores of parents told the district in an online town hall their top concern is kids being left home alone all day.
To reopen schools eventually will require far more health and safety supplies. Four months into the pandemic, the SF school district has gathered just one in every eight thermometers and hand soap containers it will need. How are we short on soap in super-rich San Francisco?!
Parents are sharing great ideas to make the fall work better. Can we get class lists now so families with the same teacher can form mini learning pods and parents can rotate childcare? Can we use school outdoor space for afternoon camps and clubs? Hope we can get creative.
