great to see you today, sandra. what are we learning about this? sandra: well, now members of the house gop say they want the fbi to stop probing parents. that was predicated on this letter that they have now apologized for. that would make sense. i fear in all of this, covering this story and being a parent myself, the intimidation factor is already there for so many parents. these parents live in school districts where they might be struggling or think that their voices can t be heard and stepping up, showing up to school board meetings and now there s this. people just can t move or change schools. they see the learning gap that happened during the pandemic here. they just want their kids to learn. now there s this intimidation factor that i don t know even if the doj tells the fbi to stop probing these parents, if they get too loud in the room or whatever it is, that parents fear retaliation. i think that s a big part of this. after that letter was issued and
believes that school board mom is going to be the key swing voter in the 2022 midterm elections. he says that it is not just a trans am problem in an off year election in virginia. this is a national movement that is gaining steam across the country. sandra: we will continue to get the parents voices out there. it is so important right now. the pandemic outcome of the learning gap, it is real and they are dealing with a lot more than just this. right? john: this is an interesting side effect of remote learning. parents actually saw what their kids were being taught. sandra: looked over their shoulder. john: hey, sandra, ever have thanks given without turkey. thanks to the supply chain crisis this might be the year? sandr grocery stores are being hit especially hard by the shortages. stew leonard is on deck, he will weigh in. if you do not know who that is, you are just not a new yorker.
Clamour for reopening of educational institutions is growing across the country as learning losses due to suspension of offline classes has become a genuine problem.