I'm gobsmacked! As if school wasn't hard enough on kids, trying to get them sitting still and not follow their natural instincts on a normal school day and now even less fun than normal AND you can't go near your friends! Children don't have that level of self control. I can only imagine very little education will actually get done while teachers constantly try to keep telling kids to get away from each other. The younger the kids, the harder it's going to be.
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We drove past Esteban's school yesterday at break time and instead of the spray painted squares in the image above they were using hula hoops. Which are very small in comparison. Esteban was able to see this and I am pleased it worked out that way because even he, at age five, understood clearly this is no place for him anymore. I had imagined it would be hard to sway his mind on this one, but in fact it was easy.
The main argument I have found over on FB is actually the opposite to this. People seem to believe it will create a better one on one situation with a smaller number of kids in each class. It seems clear to me now the more scared people are, the less logically they are capable of thinking.
Fewer children in the class WOULD normally be a good thing, but they seem to be missing the fact that children seek contact, so it's a very negative environment where the chances are that they won't be enjoying or focusing on their education.
Glad you have the option to homeschool. They're already learning so much at home anyway.