Virtual Schooling Support Group

Virtual Schooling Support Group

On our website.

Happening now - parents across madison county are making the decison on whether to keep their children online all semester, or just part of it.

Parents in huntsville city schools have to make the call first.

The deadline to enroll - or un- enroll - in the virtual academy is tomorrow!

The link is in this article on our website.

But either way - students will be learning from home for at least the first 9 weeks.

And parents are already finding ways to navigate the new virtual only start for students across madison county.

Waay 31's ashley carter spoke to a group of mothers.

They started an online support network for parents to find ways to help each other?

The safer-at home schooling support group already has more than one-thousand members a part of it.

Three of the women who started the group say giving parents a way to reach out to the community for help and a shoulder to lean on during this tough time was exactly why they started the group tara bailey, allis jordan, katie barron, safer at home schooling support group: "make sure that those people that do have the ability to take in extra children into their bubble for those of us that need it."

Tara bailey....allis jordan and katie barron helped create the safer at home schooling support group in madison county.

They are also mothers whose children go to school in madison county they started the facebook group three weeks ago for parents choosing the virtual learning option but had questions about it.

The women told me the goal is to form what they call a "virtual learning bubble."

Tara bailey, allis jordan, katie barron, safer at home schooling support group: "we're trying to break this down by location, break it down by need, and how these families can find one another and we're seeing the connections happen everyday."

Bailey jordan and barron say seeing so many people helping one another is exactly what's needed right now.

Tara bailey, allis jordan, katie barron, safer at home schooling support group: "i went to the home of the family that's going to be in our bubble last night, and my daughter hasn't laughed like that in a long time, and neither have her kids so being able to socialize safely is so important and i'm hoping that other parents do it too."

Tara bailey, allis jordan, katie barron, safer at home schooling support group: "it's really a great support network for parents and i think it's wonderful that we get to rely on each other to answer some of those questions that we have."

In the group page they included a form for parents to fill out so they can make connections easier with other families nearby.

In madison co ashley c waay 31 news