We learned today that our district is going to be voting Monday on a recommendation to begin school remotely. This is not at all unexpected. What is COMPLETELY unexpected is that the recommendation will be that school be remote for the ENTIRE FIRST SEMESTER. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would not be allowed to go back to school until January. It makes my heart hurt tremendously. Furthermore, they are recommending the complete and immediate suspension of all extracurricular activities. This is far, far more draconian than we had anticipated.
I completely accept that starting remotely is the safest plan. I am even aware that with my mom moving, and with Catherine going to college but having some extra medical appointments, having flexibility was going to be important. Again though, I never in a million years thought that my income would be eliminated until January. The elimination of extracurricular activities also means that Andrew will lose his supplemental.
We will be okay though. We told the kids that we aren't broke and it will be okay. The announcement was also made that the district will be eliminating jobs, but Andrew is not in any danger of losing his position. We are safe, we are healthy (mostly!), and Andrew has a great deal of job security, and our house is full of love!
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