As the third month of remote education comes to a close in the Santa Barbara Unified School District, teachers and parents are still left wondering if classes will return to in-person instruction this fall. The answer is yes, probably, but it will not be anywhere near pre-pandemic learning.
“I am a single parent with a rising 4th grader at Adams Elementary, and elementary kids are not learning with remote learning. If the board directs the district to engage in remote learning in the fall, please know that it’s a vote against students and their learning,” said Sarah Gorman at public comment.
“As an essential worker, I just finished working, and I cannot tutor my 9-year-old child and simultaneously work,” she continued. “Tutoring and sitting with my kid for almost every moment of the school day is what it takes for remote learning to work.”