{"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

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Classroom chairs are stacked on desks at Jordan High School, awaiting the return of students. Photo by Sho Hatakeyama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Teachers want vaccines <\/strong><\/p>\n

Barzee said she will return Leo to in-person learning at George Watts Elementary School as soon as it is available, because he has struggled with virtual learning. At the same time, she acknowledges the concerns of educators who <\/span>say they should receive coronavirus vaccines<\/span><\/a> before they are asked to return to school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to advocate for vaccines for teachers and other school staff who will be going back to teach in person,\u201d Barzee said. \u201cI have hopes that Durham schools can provide safe in-person learning environments for students and teachers, too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Reopening schools could save other families from desperate situations. Kristin Cunningham said she had to quit her full-time job and find part-time work that she could do at home, for less money, just so she could oversee the online instruction of three children who are George Watts Elementary students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI felt kind of abandoned by the public school system because so many people rely on that system being in place to care for their children and to be able to work,\u201d Cunningham said in an interview. \u201cI work in health care, and I didn’t have the option of working from home.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Parents sacrifice careers <\/strong><\/p>\n

Across the country, parents have had to make career sacrifices so that they can help their children with virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This burden most often has fallen on working mothers, who are nearly <\/span>three times more likely<\/span><\/a> than fathers to stay home and take care of the kids, according to research from the Census Bureau and the Federal Reserve.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re just barely hanging on,\u201d Barzee said. \u201cEverything to do with my job is dictated by [my son\u2019s] class schedule.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Many parents are concerned that their young children are forced to spend too much time in front of their computers, when they should be socializing and playing outside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVirtual instruction is not working for my first grader,\u201d Maria Cattani of Clarendon Street said in an email to the DPS board. \u201cDespite heroic attempts by her and the teacher, every day we end up in tears and tantrums. My kid has heart-wrenching meltdowns about [how] she wants to go back to school. She wants to play, she wants to do puzzles, Legos, build forts.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Barzee has opted out of virtual art, music, and P.E. classes for her first-grader and his preschool brother. She homeschools those subjects herself, so her boys won\u2019t have to spend their entire day online.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBefore [the pandemic], we were extremely cautious about screen time,\u201d she said. \u201cWe didn’t have a TV in our house. It’s just been really difficult to watch my kids\u2019 attention span diminish.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In an email to the DPS board, Pablo Ariel of Clarendon Street described how his six-year-old daughter had a meltdown over her virtual homework. She could not stop sobbing as she repeated over and over, \u201cI just want to go to school. I just want to go to school.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKids\u2019 voices have been absent from the discussions about reopening,\u201d Ariel said. \u201cVirtual learning for young kids is a failure, and they are suffering.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For many children with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), online instruction is simply not an option. <\/span>IEPs<\/span><\/a> are special education services tailored to serve children with disabilities or other challenges that might impede their success in school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy son is autistic and will not do Zoom school. So he essentially is receiving no education at all this year from the school system, which I believe to be illegal and a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act,\u201d the parent of a four-year-old boy, who asked to be anonymous to protect the child\u2019s privacy, said in an interview. \u201cI feel disappointed at the lack of creativity or flexibility from the school system. It felt like the needs of neuro-divergent kids were coming in last.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

DPS enrollment has declined <\/strong><\/p>\n

The decision to begin reopening schools could make a crucial difference for enrollment numbers in Durham Public Schools, which lost <\/span>2,850 students<\/span><\/a> at the beginning\u00a0 of the school year. More parents have told DPS officials that they might find other options for their children, such as charter or private schools, unless classroom instruction is restored.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVirtual school is not working for our child and our family,\u201d Meghan Brown of Inverness Drive said in an email to the DPS board. \u201cWe are being forced to change school districts unless Durham changes their mind. Not trying to pressure, but it’s just our reality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>DPS website<\/span><\/a> has details of the plan to restore in-person instruction for families that want it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

K-5 students will attend in-person class every weekday except for \u201cWellness Wednesday,\u201d which will be remote. Students in grades 6-12 will be divided into three rotating groups so that each group has in-person instruction for two days a week and virtual school for three days. All K-12 students with IEPs have the option for in-person instruction up to four days per week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Betting Umstead, the DPS board chair, spoke at Thursday’s Zoom meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The reopening plan includes provisions for personal protective equipment, social distancing and other measures to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission. Bettina Umstead, the DPS board chair, said in a news release that students who opt to continue learning from home will help increase the safety for teachers returning to the classrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can and if you are able, it\u2019s important that you keep your students at home so that we can have proper social distancing and support our staff in this plan,\u201d Umstead said. \u201cI want everyone to know that we care deeply, each and every one of us, about every single one of our educators, every single one of our students, and this is not a decision that we make lightly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

9th Street Journal reporter Kathleen Hobson can be reached at\u00a0<\/i>kathleen.hobson@duke.edu<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

At top:\u00a0 Ever since they shifted to online instruction last year, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Durham’s empty schools have longed for the return of teachers and students. File photo by Henry Haggart<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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