anticipation and nervousness and the pandemic adds to that mix of emotions and i think about all of the parents that i ve talked to since the start of this pandemic worried about the loss of learning that their child or missed opportunities that their child is having because so many of them had to stay at home, all had to stay at home. but so many of them didn t have access to the internet. didn t have access to just it was didn t have the equipment. worried about whether or not the school lunch program was going to still be available. so much anxiety. and it is not just academics. it is the friendship and the socialization and maybe equally as consequential. it is access to critical services like meals, school counseling and that helps the students tay physically and mentally alert. but i want to i want folks to know that we re going to be okay. we re going to be okay. we know what it takes to keep our children safe and our