Homeschooling—the new normal
On the afternoon of March 13, City College students and faculty got the news that Los Rios Community College District was suspending face-to-face classes and would go fully online due to the COVID-19 quarantine.
I’m a sophomore, and spring 2020 is my last semester at City College. This news was disheartening for me. As the returning photo editor of the Express news site, I was looking forward to spending my last semester with the friends I have made on the Express and with the faculty I look up to.
My daughter, Joaquina, is in first grade and loves to go to school. Joaquina received the news that her district, San Juan Unified, would close March 16. Joaquina is a kid who gets sad on holiday breaks because she misses her friends. How do you explain to a 6-year-old that her mother doesn’t know when either of them will be able to go back to school?
There was not a lot of information that first week. Joaquina is in a dual immersion school, all in Spanish with only 30 minutes of English a day. I am not a Spanish speaker, so how am I supposed to keep my daughter up to speed to be at grade level next year?
Paul Estabrook, City College department chair for photography, and his wife had a smoother transition CONTINUE READING: Homeschooling—the new normal – Sac City Express