All of that is great. But we have a "What happens to kids who cannot access resources at home no matter how many there are" current abuse problem & I feel like people are ignoring the kids who disappeared from schools virtual or otherwise this year. They can't wait. https://twitter.com/BeauWillimon/status/1282730586138914821

I don't love the idea of schools completely reopening. But we need a better plan than "Fix these systems" because we have no replacement in any culture that doesn't require people gathering together. We came up with settlement houses & orphanages & so on because social species

I'm all in on building new systems but please understand the severity of abuse in the cases that make it to a hospital has increased. Reports are down because there is no way to report. Kids are in current danger. They can't wait two to five years for a new system to be built.

The best things I have seen are hybrid systems because it allows for some socialization (needed for development) academic support (needed) & social distancing. Essential workers have kids who can't be neglected while they work & aging out of daycare isn't aging out of childcare

We are in an excellent place for fall. We can support kiddo academically & he's old enough to understand what is going on. But I need people to step outside of themselves & ask how many places are balancing low/no budgets for kids in need & increased rates of violence now.

America already had a violence epidemic & a lot of kids are missing everything from their educational access to food security already. No school/only virtual school this fall means more kids who are barely hanging on don't make it.

So yes, arguments to reopen school with no options for hybrid plans are terrible. But the motivation to partially reopen schools in some capacity isn't rooted in bad faith. Kids aren't going on a shelf until we figure this out. And they need current systems as a bridge.