Back to school January 7: perhaps too early, in any case better a few hours integrated by the DAD, not going out at absurd hours

Back to school on January 7: according to the agreement between the State and the Regions, the date is confirmed (except last minute impediments) but the return of students from secondary schools will take place first at 50% and then at 75% %. The provisions of the Decree of the Prime Minister of December 3 are currently valid until December 3, but it is highly likely that they still need to be extended.

Schools are getting organized

The schools are preparing the return in attendance, and nothing is easy. Because not only the educational institution is involved but also the transport and the general organization.

For this reason, there are numerous calls for extraordinary teaching colleges, to reconsider the Integrated Digital Education Plan approved in September.

But lesson times are also affected. Some schools have already been organized by “staggered hours”, with admission from 8 to 9:30. The consequence will be a delayed departure. We ask our readers what they think. These are some of the responses received [email protected]

“As an old proverb says “you can’t love the chicken and the egg and everything”, so if you want to privilege teaching in presence and I will not stop here to reexamine all the positive aspects … …, you could just exceptionally and given the particular situation of the epidemic, make a reduced schedule! Do you enter at 10? Okay …. you leave at 13.30 maximum and you will have fewer hours! Whoever enters at 8 will leave at 12! I do not understand why it was decided to maintain the same organization at all school levels (apart from diversified entrances and exits, the playground divided into sectors, etc., little changes necessary and that did not create problems). In this pandemic you have to SAVE the school, but instead of many DAD hours, better few in presence! O Facing a few hours in the morning in the presence, in the afternoon integrate time with DAD!“

“With different schedules, many students will go home at 5 in the afternoon because let’s say they finish at 3 in the afternoon, then they have to arrive at the bus station and then take the bus that, making 1000 stops, will take them home without a real lunch, very tired and not ready to study. 18 and up. These decisions are made without the knowledge of the reality that most students do not take a city bus or the subway. I teach in Gorizia and 98% of the students come from the villages and therefore spend 1 hour or 1 hour and a half in the messenger.“

“I have heard and read that on January 7th the high school boys will return to class with different schedules, we enter at 8.00 and 10.00, I imagine in shifts. This does not seem like a viable solution to me, has the calendar of technical institutes been taken into account? With the workshops the boys leave at 3:00 p.m., and it is already late, when they have to enter at 10:00 a.m. they would leave at 5:00 p.m. Any extracurricular activity is unthinkable, not to mention the possibility of doing homework, ¿ rest? ?? Lunch? The institutes do not have a dining room, in addition not all the children live near the school, some even in different municipalities … No, I do not see a good solution, the mismanagement of the world of transport cannot fall on the students. It has been dragging on for years, students are already paying a lot for this situation, it does not further aggravate their school and social life. “

“I am the mother of a 15 year old girl, it is okay to get the boys back to school, because they interact with the teachers and their classmates, but I don’t see a good idea of ​​admission at 10 …
These guys would completely revolutionize your life! A child can leave school at 3pm and then come home after about 1 hour for lunch … catch their breath and then start studying! Please don’t joke …
Wouldn’t it be more correct to make the afternoon shift work, starting at 1 pm, if anything, reducing the time instead of 6 hours 5? You have to make some sacrifices … I think that in this pandemic they are the ones who have lost the most! We all work together … and we will get these young people to go to school … they have the right …. “

Re-entry only for upper classes V, grade II and upper first grade III

Another idea could be to choose to bring back those students who may be more exposed to difficulties, that is, students who will have to take the state test.

Returning Jan 7: Too Early

In any case, the overwhelming feeling, based on the emails received at the editorial office, is that returning on January 7, even at 50%, could be a gamble from many points of view.

“I lean towards DAD until the situation is no longer calm … children at home live with grandparents … parents with problems and honestly thinking that every day I can bring the virus home causes me a lot of anxiety … and for them doing such strange moments becomes stressful to perform tasks and also in terms of nutrition … if you eat at 3pm … or … at 4pm … then immediately study … dinner disappears because my son collapses from fatigue at 9pm. we’re fine with dad … those who want to study study both in person and remotely …. January 7 is too early for me … there are still victims … hospitalized …positive in quarantine … enough with this massacre and this nightmare“

“Obviously, I would not like to be misunderstood that face-to-face teaching is always better. I have three teenagers in three different schools and I remember the two months of attendance as a nightmare: always one in quarantine, and what was I supposed to do with the other two? By law they could attend … but each time we risked infesting two other schools … more disorganized ASL, incorrect buffer requests … in short, a delusion to which was added lost lessons, programs that did not advance, fear of that they bring us the covid (we are parents to end up intubated … and if we end up intubated, who follows our children?)
With the father there is continuity, security, it is nice to see how children awaken the imagination to get in touch with classmates or friends, and it is equally interesting to observe how teachers activate ingenuity so as not to make children copy or make a concept. with alternative methods.
Children do not have performance anxiety and perform better and seem more intrigued by the study subjects. It is good to see how they help each other and I assure them that they learn.“

“I am a high school teacher, I believe that the indiscriminate reopening of schools after the Christmas holidays is a real bet: before announcing a reopening date, the contagion situation must be carefully analyzed, which among other things tends to increase these days, and be honest in considering that with the reopening of the schools the situation will get worse.
Taking into account that the school by its nature is a formidable vehicle of contagion, since 20/25 students are forced to remain locked in a classroom for 6/8 hours a day (a real meeting), it would not be better to continue with the Dad, how long will the curve for infections and related hospitalizations and deaths improve decisively? Among other things, the DAD has proven to be an excellent didactic tool and a good compromise in this difficult situation, since it allows us to follow students in teaching activities, and at the same time helps to reduce, the data confirm, the possibility of virus transmission significantly. “

How to organize teacher schedules in multiple schools

Another problem: the reorganization of the working hours of teachers who teach in various schools.

“Dear Editorial Staff, I am a physical education teacher at 3 high schools. I say I can’t stand dad because he cuts off the most beautiful part of teaching, that is, human contact with children. I would like to understand how it will be possible to organize the schedule of a teacher who has seen several schools and taking into account that already in hole hours we go from one school to another. So the time that should be spent on personal activities is only used for travel. “