February 26 2021
A group of protesters says online learning is a failure and it is safe to go back to in-person learning.
Naomi Haring is hurtling toward the end of her freshman at Barlow High School, but she has never taken a class in the Barlow building. She joined a clutch of people at the administrative offices of the Gresham-Barlow School District this week, calling for schools to reopen buildings for in-person classes. We re not being effectively educated online. It s not possible to get a good education and be prepared for college, she said at the afternoon rally Wednesday, Feb. 24. Our mental health is going down really fast. It s taken a big impact on students of all ages, she added.
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With five days left before her son’s grades were due for the end of the grading period, Lynn Heinrich received a call that her son, Miles, hadn t been turning in school work for three weeks.
Heinrich, who works to maintain her own business, questioned why she was notified that the work wasn’t received after three days in a row or even a week after.
Yet in December she brought Miles into her office to ensure he was doing school work but received an email from his teacher saying it still wasn’t turned in.
“It was still all zeros,” Heinrich said. “And I was like, ‘I’m done.’ He was defeated. He was crying. He’s like, ‘I did it.’ I know he did it. I watched him.”