Thanks to Schools and Parents for Making the Right Choice!

Would you feel like a responsible parent if you sent your precious child, pre-teen or teen off to school in the middle of a worldwide pandemic with the dire prognosis of it getting worse in the fall when the school year usually begins?

What about your neighbor’s children, or the children of other family members and friends that are facing the same decisions of whether to send their children back to school in the fall amidst one of the deadliest pandemics that we’ve had to face within our lifetime?

Does your heartfelt empathy go out to them as well?

And how do you feel, knowing that most schools will not receive any additional funding unless they open their doors in the fall, forcing parents and schools to choose between the welfare of the children, or the economic benefits of receiving desperately needed funds for teachers, supplies, programs, etc.

Parents should not be forced to be “Hansel and Gretel” parents, leading their helpless and trusting children out into a pandemic wilderness to meet their grime fate.

Many schools are planning to open with online classes, as dictated by common sense and science. The probability of budget concerns and not being able to adequately prepare and execute the extensive precautionary measures that would have been necessary to ensure the safety of students was most likely another important factor in the decision to go with online classes.

We are thankful that schools and teachers have decided not to play the “Hansel and Gretel” deadly game of forfeiting our children’s welfare in exchange for short term economic gains.

We salute and congratulate our teachers and school systems for making the right choice.

Rosa Perdue