“I don’t understand the magical thinking that’s happening, that suddenly all of these teachers and parents are going to be able to find childcare at the last minute during a pandemic. I just don’t see it happening,” said Melissa Williams, an occupational therapist who works in District 6 schools in Inwood, and has a son going into sixth grade this fall.
At 10 years old, Williams’s son is too young to stay home by himself on his remote learning days while she’s working in schools. The different blended learning schedules just compound the issues, she said.
“If it’s two days here, three days there, I don’t see how that’s going to be a predictable and easy schedule — not only for the childcare workers, but also the parents and employees,” she said. “It’s definitely going to not work for teachers who are also parents… This just gets even more ironic, considering how much of this is being framed as helping working parents get their kids out of the house.”
Source: Parents Who Work In NYC Schools Still Wondering What To Do With Their Own Kids – Gothamist
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