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GreenPartyVoter

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7. We may have a generation that lags behind benchmarks throughout school. We were

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:41 AM

Mar 2020

already scrambling to deal with kids who were behind, and as you know, this will not help. The 2 week packets we sent home were meant to maintain skills, not teach new material. I am going in next week to help the teacher put together another round, but I am so frustrated that I can’t help my Kindergarteners get ready for first grade.

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If schools are closed until Sept what grade will kids be in when they return? [View all] BigmanPigman Mar 2020 OP

13 and a half. greyl Mar 2020 #1

(I)ncomplete? nt mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #2

I can't imagine they are going to make a bunch of students repeat. jimfields33 Mar 2020 #3

The next one. Pass 'em all. apcalc Mar 2020 #4

The classes on-line and on PBS BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #5

Well that's sad samplegirl Mar 2020 #6

I can remember using up all our snow days and making them up on Saturday half days. We GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 #9

I taught at a year round school and we went until July 20th. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #13

We may have a generation that lags behind benchmarks throughout school. We were GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 #7

my grand dtr graduates this june..no online classes are in place for them.. samnsara Mar 2020 #8

Do you know if she will in fact graduate? brer cat Mar 2020 #11

Michigan Department of education gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #10

Devos will properly have no answers. Igel Mar 2020 #12