City Schools Re-Opening: parents, students, really, really, really, really, really struggling.

Parents, kids talk about the reality of school right now in their own words.

The Charlottesville School Board voted 4-3 last night to move Buford Middle School and Charlottesville High School to a hybrid model opening after spring break. Thought of doing a write-up, but decided just to let parents and kids speak for themselves. Which pretty much tells the story. Collected from various news reports:

Shymora Cooper, parent (The Daily Progress.) - “That’s been really challenging to me — to watch your son be so vibrant and now he’s a totally different child. Academically, he’s doing well, but emotionally and mentally, he’s really, really, really, really, really struggling.”

Rachel Thielmann, parent of two CHS students (The DTM) - "I think a lot of other parents besides myself were getting a feeling of "we don't know what to do so we just aren't going to have school" which seemed...kind of crazy. There was also a lot of discussion about what hybrid and virtual learning would look like with kids coming back. In reality, they have been making plans on this since the…