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More_Cowbell

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6. Schools didn't always stay open

Reply to Moostache (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 22, 2020, 12:47 PM

Apr 2020

They were closed at various points off and on over the decades, because of polio. Polio was largely a summer disease, so it didn't always affect schools, but I know that sometimes students in closed schools got lessons over the radio.

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Not sure how it was done, but polio was handled and schools stayed open... Moostache Apr 2020 #1

Schools didn't always stay open More_Cowbell Apr 2020 #6

Thanks! Moostache Apr 2020 #7

Some balance between classroom and on-line schooling might be a good way to prepare for the future. Hoyt Apr 2020 #2

This is terrible. We have to fix this. LisaM Apr 2020 #3

a thousand times yes... dhill926 Apr 2020 #4

As mentioned in another OP Jake Stern Apr 2020 #5

And it's so dismissive of teachers. Teachers are trained to teach your kids. LisaM Apr 2020 #8

I know teachers very well Jake Stern Apr 2020 #9

This High School CRK7376 Apr 2020 #10