Parents are concerned about how APS will return to school
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Updated: 6:19 PM MDT Mar 15, 2021
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Updated: 6:19 PM MDT Mar 15, 2021
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I’M BRITTANY HOPE AND I’M RON BURKE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES A THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS ARE PREPARING FOR APS TO RING IN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR IN THREE WEEKS, BUT WE LEARNED THERE ARE SOME PARENTS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO SEND THEIR KIDS BACK AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FEARS OF THEIR CHILDREN CATCHING COVID. EMAILS LIKE THIS HAVE MANY APS PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT SCHOOL WILL BE LIKE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. SHE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT THEY’RE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WOULD BE BEST TO STAY HOME. MARY ENGLAND IS THE MOTHER OF THREE ELEMENTARY AGED CHILDREN. SHE GOT AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF HER CHILDREN’S TEACHERS EXPLAINING HOW THINGS WOULD WORK WHEN APS RETURNS TO SCHOOL IN THREE WEEKS. MY GOAL WAS TO HAVE THE KIDS SPECIALLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE KIDS OFF THE COMPUTER AS MUCH AS IS FEASIBLE I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO FIND OUT THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT’S NOT IN THE CARDS AS OF YET EMAILS LIKE THIS HAVE ENGLAND CONCERNED HERE ONE TEACHER SAYS INSTRUCTION WILL BE SIMILAR TO HOW IT IS NOW AND IN THIS EMAIL SENT MONDAY BY APS’S NEWLY NAMED SUPERINTENDENT. HE SAYS ALL STUDENTS NEED TO BRING THEIR COMPUTERS WITH THEM AND HAVE THEM FULLY CHARGED. I’VE DECIDED TO NOT SEND MY KIDS BACK IF THAT’S THE WAY THEIR CLASSROOMS ARE GOING TO BE. I THINK IT WILL BE EVEN MORE STRESSER ON THEM. I THEY WILL PERFORM MORE POORLY ACADEMICALLY INSTEAD. SHE’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEND HER CHILDREN TO A POD LIKE THIS ENGLAND’S CO-WORKERS ALL CHIPPED INTO HIGHER THEIR OWN TEACHER TO WATCH THEIR CHILDREN AND MAKE SURE THEY THEIR LESSONS WHILE THEY ARE AT WORK. IT’S NOT THE BEST BUT IT SOUNDS FAR BETTER THAN WHAT THE CLASSROOM AT APS WILL PROVIDE THE TEACHERS UNION TELLS US APS EDUCATORS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE WHEN KIDS COME BACK IT IS WORTH IT TEACHERS WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN I KNOW THEY WILL TO ENSURE THAT IT IS NOT JUST REMOTE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM LIVE. COMING UP ON ACTION 7 NEWS LIVE AT FIVE. YOU WILL HEAR MORE FROM THE TEACHERS UNION ABOUT HOW EDUCATORS ARE PREPARING FOR THE RETURN T