With the new school year having begun in most school districts and with classes beginning next week in the largest school district in the county, San Diego Unified, there are some concerns among many parents.
That’s because for most schools this new school year is very different than the last two years. The pandemic pretty much wiped out most in-class learning during the first year and the second year, with some schools returning to some in-class learning, the kids in most schools had to wear masks pretty much all the time.
Now this new school year begins with mask mandates gone, full in-class learning, though with a remote option available in some districts.
Yet the COVID virus is still out there, and some kids are and will still get it. With the vaccines, the boosters and the treatments, it’s not as bad as it was. But many parents worry, as parents always do about their kids.
And other concerns of parents as well as educators as this new school year begins is how learning out of the classroom has affected kids. Reports say a lot of kids are behind in reading and writing and math.
And how will the many kids who have not been with their classmates and friends in school the last two years affect their social skills, their emotional growth, and their confidence.
Of course time and this new school year will tell us something about how these pandemic-generation kids will do. These kids of what may be end being called Gen P, could surprise us and be stronger than we think and something good to come out of something bad.
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