• s_p_l_o_d_e [they/them,he/him]
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    4 years ago

    one not-completely-shit thing my school does is to openly encourage and allow for students

    • who have difficult home situations
    • having difficulty in remote classes (mostly attendance, often due to depression/isolation and lack of technological access)
    • high-needs or special education requirements

    take their remote classes classes at the school building

    and simultaneously only have admin staff

    • principal
    • department chairs (who aren't teachers)
    • nurses
    • secretaries

    in the building to supervise/support them

    not a perfect solution by any means (students still have to commute to the building, intrinsically unsafe since most of these kids use public transit)

    but the building internet is far more stable than many students' home internet when only a handful of people are using it, and they can get meals there too (no public broadband option in my city, thanks Comcast and Verizon)

    and ofc teachers and students are not required to come into the buildings

    note: sorry for the formatting, I tend to talk in parentheticals a lot