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    StephenL

    When will Schools Reopen? A UK Question

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    It is regrettable that they are relieving the teachers from teaching lessons. Even pre-recording a video of the day’s lesson would be preferable to expecting the students to learn it all by themselves. I suspect a lot of families at your high school are going to have to hire tutors next year, especially for subjects such as maths that build on prior year’s knowledge. You may want to find tutors early next year before the good ones get booked up.

    Sorry it’s been such a disappointment for your uni student as well. In the States, there’s talk of students suing their schools for inadequate online coursework.

    Unimpressed by online classes, college students seek refundsThey wanted the campus experience, but their colleges sent them home to learn online during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, students at more than 25 U.S. universities are filing lawsuits against...apnews.com

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    I also saw the latest pronouncement on reopening the secondary schools in June. Do you have any idea how that’s going to look with social distancing protocols?

    • Getting a tutor is a possibility for the younger one. I would be peeved (to say the least) to have to pay twice for her education, though.

      Legal action sounds to be proportionate response, but it would require parents to bond together to mount something akin to a class action suit. I am not confident that many parents would have the appetite to join this, unfortunately. They will, nevertheless, retain their right to whine about the inequity....