What happens when the schools open this month? Could be horrible.

[Dorian Gray]

17. Best thing for WHO?

This thread is KILLING me.

I work with kids in underserved communities in Brooklyn. We are already preparing to fight for services for Trauma suffered over the last year. Literacy is down. Another year out of school would be DEVASTATING for many of these kids who chose remote learning rather than being back in person for the last year.

I have seen independent schools, catholic schools and many public schools successfully navigate covid while eliminating community spread.

I plan to work in person with children. All the adults in our building are vaccinated. I think it's the right thing to do, and these kids need to be back in person and have social interactions with adults and children in their lives. They lost so much this year, and seeing threads encouraging taking more away is infuriating me.

Encourage adults and kids over 12 to get vaccinated. Encourage mask wearing. Encourage social distancing. But school can not grind to a half for a whole other year and we expect our kids to come out of this unscathed. There is already a year and a half of trauma inflicted upon them.