Dan Springer reports on parents, students losing hope in liberal city
SEATTLE – The first scheduled day of going to school in a year did not go as planned for Seattle parents and students. District officials planned to bring back kindergartners and first graders, but the Seattle Education Association refused.
Nearby Northshore School District was the first in the nation to go all remote when the pandemic hit last year. Students are still all remote, and many parents are angry worrying about their children. They re lonely, they re isolated, they re depressed, their grades are down, said Karli Geller, who has two kids in Northshore Schools. She and her husband are also teachers.
January 27, 2021 at 3:22 pm
A view of an empty hallway at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 just prior the 2020/2121 school year on Aug.17, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
A mom in the Northshore School District is among the families pushing the district to let kids in the building and reopen, at least partially, for in-person learning.
“We’ve actually been talking with the district since October, hoping that they would see that there are many ways to get kids connected to their schools, out of their houses, out of their bedrooms, and near friends,” Karli Geller said. “… Since October, we’ve come up with ideas and just aren’t being heard, and we’re not understanding why. So since then, we’ve continued to talk with them.”