School Decisions For A New Reality (Part 1): Episode 270

The Mom Hour

Mom Hour Media

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Virtual, on campus, hybrid, or homeschool? For many families, it isn’t even a choice; it’s whatever the local district decides. For some families, opting out, changing schools, waiting an extra year, or enrolling in an independent study program are options that are still on the table. For everyone, it’s an extraordinarily confusing, stressful, and uncertain time to be looking ahead at Fall 2020.

With inclusion, empathy, and nonjudgment leading the way, Meagan and Sarah kick off a two-part series unpacking the challenges of sending kids to school this fall. We talk from personal experience about our “plans” (ha!) for our own kids, and we also bring you the voices of more than a dozen listeners who share what things are like in their communities. Join us!

This episode was recorded on July 17, 2020.

A NOTE ON EPISODES RELEASED DURING COVID-19: Things change so quickly these days–including recommendations for health and safety, as well as our own thoughts and feelings–so you may hear things that feel a bit dated if you’re catching up on older episodes. Just know that we’re experiencing this in real time just like you, and that we’re working hard to follow the latest recommendations for the safety of our families and our communities. We’re also working hard to bring you timely, relevant podcast episodes in a world that’s changing very quickly.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sarah. And I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from little to
0:05.7	grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages of life. But we both know that
0:10.5	motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share tips and encouragement.
0:14.0	And remind you that it's really all going to be okay.
0:16.4	We're not experts. We're parents who've been there.
0:18.6	We're not perfect. We're real.
0:20.2	Welcome to the mom hour.
0:21.6	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 270 of the Mom Hour.
0:26.0	I am Sarah Powers here as always with Megan Francis.
0:30.0	Hey Megan.
0:31.0	Hey, Sarah.
0:32.0	So we have a big topic today and we know it's high on everybody's minds right now.
0:37.4	This week and next week we are going to be talking about school opening and school decisionmaking for fall 2020.
0:44.8	Megan, are you ready for this?
0:45.8	I just feel like this is like the most looming conversation
0:48.6	on Facebook and in all social media right now,
0:51.0	like everybody is talking about school and we're all
0:54.5	having like a slightly different conversation you know what I mean it's
0:57.4	depending on where you are and how soon school opens it's very different yeah
1:01.4	there's a lot to unpack here we're gonna get into it but I feel like Yeah, there's a lot to unpack here.
1:02.9	We're going to get into it, but I feel like there's like this very macro
1:06.3	zoomed out conversation that involves, you know, politics and, you know,
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