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How? Are they going to do two classes per teacher (so each class gets 3 hrs with the teacher), or get more teachers? Or will most schools just run online only?

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10 kids participating online, 10 kids physically in class. Switch daily.

And how does every-other day childcare work for the at-home kids? Mom or Dad just stay home from work every other day? The alternative is paid daycare, where you’ve just recreated the problem outside of school, at a tremendous expense.

Not a new problem: a lot of those parents are already in that situation now. People seem to be working it out.

"People seem to be working it out.", I don't think I have talk to one parent that seems to agree with that statement. Setting up remote learning for kids in the grade range of K-4 is time consuming. It appears we will most likely be losing afterschool programs (with these requirements) in the fall and parents possibly going to be in the office or work trips this is a recipe for failure. This is also frustrating because many families in the Greater Boston area are dual income mainly just afford housing / childcare. How will any of this work for extend period of time.

People aren’t “working it out.”

Seen elsewhere on HN:

“Every school day my kid misses is a day he and I will be protesting in front of the state house or mayor’s office”

Count me in!

Kid’s school and socializing is suffering. Work at home worker productivity tanks, and working parents are rapidly burning out.

People that can’t work at home are simply refusing to go back to work and often (fraudulently?) continue to claim unemployment benefits.

Many states changed or removed the seeking work requirement because of Covid.

A significant percentage of students/families in many places basically just checked out of school when the shutdowns happened.

Those parents are all likely on company-wide wfh orders right now, making at home care easier. I suspect that will change for many before school starts, making this a very real problem for parents.

The unemployment rate is nowhere near 100%. There are a lot of workers already having to make this function, five days a week, right now.

The solutions are spending lots of money or sending your kids to relatives during the day—often older ones, who are precisely the ones we don’t want around kids who’ve been out and about.

That's quite an assumption. While I was WFH, I know quite a few friends (also parents), who had to work. Essential workers.

I know Day Care and Summer Camp are being offered for essential workers (Covid Front line) in more than one state. In MA it is run by the YMCA.

I'll mention that to my US friends, cheers :-)

Their work most likely has already told them about the services available, it appears to be really restricted to nurses and doctors. I do not know anyone that has used the services.

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