Despite Covid numbers rising, the Wake County elementary schools are finally opening up again. The logic of it is baffling, but I guess we understand better now how to prevent the spread of the virus and everyone is just tired of trying to get little kids to do online classes.
This week Simon goes to school for four days (Wednesdays are still asynchronous remote learning days). He says he only has 4 other kids in his class this week. That's because they're rotating the kids in in small batches first, probably to practice all the new social distancing rules and work out the kinks. Next week all the K-3 students will be back, minus about half who chose to do virtual learning all semester.
So, I went back-to-school shopping in October and we sent Simon off to school today. Our new routine this year is that Zac will drop them off at school in the morning on his way in to work, and then they ride the bus home in the afternoon--the opposite of last year, but it seems to work better with our schedule and since they don't offer after-school care right now, plus we don't need it since I'm home all the time.
Anyway, Simon seemed content to go back to school just so he wouldn't have to do any more computer classes, which he (understandably) hates.
