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Parents found themselves in a unique yet stressful situation when schools suspended in-person classes and transitioned into virtual and distance learning.
Angela “Angel” Douglas and Sarah Blissett are among those who have found themselves having to provide schooling for their now homebound children.
Douglas balances keeping her two boys focused on schoolwork with her job with an insurance company. She told The State Journal-Register that she could occasionally use an assistant.
Blissett, also a mother to two sons, took up her children’s school district’s offer of bringing home devices to help with their assignments.
While Douglas, Blissett and countless other parents try to navigate the seemingly new normal, one thing they can be sure of is that grades will not weigh as heavily as they would in normal circumstances.
Springfield School District 186, according to The State Journal-Register, implemented new grading practices they intend to do no harm to the student. Superintendent Jennifer Gill Monday said students have an opportunity to push through with their studies.
Springfield Education Association President Aaron Graves added that it is a new paradigm.
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