{"id":4970,"date":"2021-02-20T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:52:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:52:40","slug":"parents-describe-a-wrenching-year-of-zoom-fatigue-as-schools-prepare-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2021\/02\/20\/parents-describe-a-wrenching-year-of-zoom-fatigue-as-schools-prepare-to-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents describe a wrenching year of \u2018Zoom fatigue\u2019 as schools prepare to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mary Barzee\u2019s seven-year-old son, Leo, sits down at their kitchen table to begin another day of online school, a routine he has been stuck in all school year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As his teacher starts the lesson, she cannot see that behind the camera her student is crafting paper airplanes and does not have his book open to the correct page. Barzee sits at the kitchen table with Leo, trying to balance working from home and helping her son with online school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis has already gone on for a year, and I am in a pretty desperate situation with my first-grader,\u201d Barzee said in an interview. \u201cHe has major Zoom fatigue. He’s regularly crying, and his self-esteem has taken a major hit. It’s a disaster. His teachers are doing the best they can, but they cannot see what’s happening on the other end of the screen.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After almost a full year of online instruction, the Durham Public Schools board voted 5-2 Thursday to begin <\/span>bringing students back into the schools on March 15<\/span><\/a> \u2014 reversing a previous decision to keep classrooms closed for the rest of the school year. The vote came in response to <\/span>Senate Bill 37<\/span><\/a>, which the General Assembly passed this week. If Governor Roy Cooper signs the bill, all North Carolina school districts will be required to offer in-person instruction for all students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n