Allison Shelley for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action
With the end of the school year approaching, Indianapolis teacher Katy Aiello considered signing up to work summer school. She quickly decided: “Nope.” After a roller-coaster year of both remote and in-person learning, she’s planning a well-deserved break.
“It’s just extremely difficult for me to see myself doing something other than self care this summer,” said Aiello, who teaches fourth grade. “I need some time to travel, relax, walk away from the computer screen.”
She’s not alone. Fourteen months after the pandemic started, many teachers are facing burnout. But the fatigue comes at a moment when educators are in high demand.
Washington: Pauline Rojas high school in San Antonio is open. But like many of her classmates, she has not returned and has little interest in doing so.
During the coronavirus pandemic, she started working 20 to 40 hours per week at Raising Cane s, a fast-food restaurant, and has used the money to help pay her family s internet bill, buy clothes and save for a car.
Rojas, 18, has no doubt that a year of online school, squeezed between work shifts that end at midnight, has affected her learning. Still, she has embraced her new role as a breadwinner, sharing responsibilities with her mother, who works at a hardware store.
Schools Are Open, but Many Families Remain Hesitant to Return
Even as fears of the coronavirus abate, many students are continuing to opt out of in-person learning. Some school leaders are trying to woo or push them back.
Pauline Rojas, a Texas high school student, has decided not to return to in-person classes.Credit.Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
May 9, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Pauline Rojas’s high school in San Antonio is open. But like many of her classmates, she has not returned, and has little interest in doing so.
During the coronavirus pandemic, she started working 20 to 40 hours per week at Raising Cane’s, a fast-food restaurant, and has used the money to help pay her family’s internet bill, buy clothes and save for a car.
Some IPS High Schoolers Will Be Required To Ride IndyGo
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Indianapolis Public Schools Board approved a change Thursday to require around 600 high schoolers to use IndyGo for their sole school transportation in the 2021-22 school year, instead of a traditional yellow bus.
The approval is part of a broader transportation reduction plan that includes enforcing decades-old walk zones at all schools. That means around 2,000 additional K-12 students will be required to walk to school rather than use district transportation.
The reduction in bus service is one of several transportation service changes and part of the district leaders’ plan to chip away at an $18 million budget shortfall, caused by a dip in enrollment this year. The total saving is expected to be $5 million.