Personally, I’m disappointed that I will not be able to send my two children to SRS to learn in person with their wonderful teachers this fall. In the end, while my partner and I will both be at work, our children will be at home receiving what we all know will be a far from adequate education. But our kids will be fine. We’ll find an expensive qualified tutor and pay them thousands of dollars to walk our children through this online education, even as I go to work to teach classes in person. Make no mistake, this letter is not about my kids, or even about most of our kids. We’ll be fine. This statement is about the families that have no options. 1) Low- to middle-income families who didn’t get lucky enough to find or pay for a tutor. 2) Single parents who have to show up to work. 3) Essential employees who can’t work from home all while keeping the rest of us safe.
Opening schools this fall
I’m grateful that I live in a community in which the overwhelming majority recognizes the value of education for our children and society. As an educator, I am desperately hopeful that I will be able to teach classes face to face this coming fall, for as many of my students as are able to be there.
It pays to BBQ
Thank you to everyone who came out to support the Co-op this past Saturday at the BBQ Fundraiser. Your food purchases and donations added up to $3,206.02 that will be used to renovate the existing café space in the Co-op.