Thanks for building on your previous post Annie. I have a co-worker who was in that situation as a parent, since they chose 100% virtual, their district had purchased a program and the teachers were just supporting the program. My co-worker is a former teacher (his daughter is in 2nd grade) and felt like he and his wife (a graduate student) would be better served by purchasing their own home school curriculum that was more flexible for their daughter. Not everyone has that option, especially with his wife being home during the day most days to help with the technology portion. My grandson, who is in first grade, was virtual most of the year and we all worried about how 1st grade was going to work since that was when a lot of reading/literacy is developed. It was a real struggle and I think you pointing out that much of the current conversation regarding education doesn't consider the changes to these beginning learners over the last year. I think we will be realizing the effects for years to come.
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