Amid coronavirus, Nebraska's homeschool filings jump up 21%

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

A growing number of Nebraska parents are choosing to homeschool their children amid the coronairus pandemic.

The Nebraska Department of Education had processed 3,400 requests as of Tuesday, up 21% from the 2,800 that had been processed at the same time last year. The total includes parents who were already homeschooling last school year.

Officials said the numbers may go higher still as parents continue to evaluate the reopening plans of their children’s schools, the Omaha World-Herald reports.

Stephanie Morgan, a longtime homeschooling parent and advocate involved with several homeschooling organizations in Omaha, said she’s been fielding a lot of questions from moms interested in homeschooling. Morgan ran an informal survey on social media and found that most new Nebraska homeschooling parents were doing it because of the pandemic.

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[soothsayer]

1. Oh, noes, but the chillun die if they're not in school drumpf said

[iluvtennis]

4. I never understood trumpty dumpty's logic on kids dying if not in school. The statement was

illogical. Was he inferring that low income kids would get meals if there was no school. If that is what he's referring to, then why has he cut school lunch programs, and food stamps for families, etc. He's a fkn moron.

[soothsayer]

5. Also mental health I think he suggested

But it’s just like the mass suicides of the socially distanced.

Just strange, weird, bizarre thinking in that guy.

[iluvtennis]

7. + 1. just so strange.

[MyOwnPeace]

10. Oh, come ON!!!!!

What would HE know about mental health?!?

[paleotn]

2. I'm not fan of homeschooling....

Many times it's done by those nowhere near qualified and in my mind children need interaction with kids from different backgrounds. They're going to have to interact with other folks eventually. Might as well start them young. That aside, in the face of a dangerous pandemic and equally dangerous political hacks, sometimes you gotta to do what you gotta to do.

[jimfields33]

3. That's what's so weird about this whole back to school argument

Republicans look favorable to homeschooling so you’d think they’d welcome another year to have parents get used to the idea. Flexibility has to be a positive in the decision. But yet republicans are fighting this. So weird.

[iluvtennis]

6. trump pushing the reopening of schools is all about MONEY. School bus companies, janitorial

companies, school security companies, the companies that prepare meals for schools, etc, etc wouldn't be able to make money if schooling was done remotely.

Pushing kids back to school is trump's way of saying, "see, the nation is back to pre CV-19 days, so, all is well". uggggh.

[jimfields33]

8. I guess he looks at the almighty dollar.

Such a sad life he leads.

[iluvtennis]

9. + 1.nt

[paleotn]

12. A lot of folks can't go back to their offices without child care...

And public schools are the largest child care institutions in the US. Donnie also thinks this will somehow help him with women voters. Getting their kids out of their hair I guess. How that's supposed to actually work in the face of a deadly pandemic I don't know. Donnie logic only makes a tiny particle of sense if you divorce yourself from all care, love and kindness towards your children, spouse, family, everyone in existence but yourself. And your thoughts and ideas are the only reality. The man is really that f'd up. Scary thing is, most of his followers are just as damaged. A shrink could publish reams of papers on these people.