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by thorin 2137 days ago
I'm a little confused at the current situation in the US. It seems in the UK that the priority will be to get schools back full time in September. My kids have been in school 2 days for the last few weeks before summer and just had a couple of days in a tennis camp. Are most US schools going remote for the foreseeable future?

I'm a single parent so have been working a full time software architect job from home while looking after the kids 3 days a week. To start with we did quite a lot of learning but it dropped off to survival half way through lockdown, they were 4 and 6 so couldn't work independently. It's been a tough year so feeling pleased we've done as well as we have. I really feel getting the kids back in some kind of social environment with some kind of education is an absolute priority for us right now. Let's see what happens!
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actfrench 2137 days ago
I think a lot of people in the US are concerned about health risks and the way social distancing policies are being put in place. We have still far from flattened the curve in this country - and there is a lot of new research showing that kids carry the disease as much as adults. As a teacher, this doesn't surprise me since little kid diseases always seem to affect us adults much worse than it does them.
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thorin 2136 days ago
I can't assume there will be much social distancing at school. My ex-wife has had the illness once but suffered no ill affects, slight cold for 2 days so it's possible the kids and I have had it although they isolated for 2 weeks with me around then. She works in a busy hospital. I have very little contact with anyone as a work from home dev.

Any contact with the grandparents is likely to be carefully controlled and they won't stay in our house. Things do seem to be improving now in Europe, but going downhill in American, good luck guys.

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jeffrallen 2137 days ago
Yes this! Especially the "let's see" part. I am grateful to my fellow Europeans: we did the work, took the hit, reduced the spread, and now our kids get to go back to school. Thank you, neighbors, for your solidarity.
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