Buffalo mom worries about all remote learning for her young son

Buffalo mom worries about all remote learning for her young son

WE'RE WORKING TOHELP YOUR KIDS GETBACK TO SCHOOLSAFELY,AHEAD OF THEUPCOMING SCHOOLYEAR.NEARLY 48-HOURSAFTER BUFFALOPUBLIC SCHOOLSANNOUNCED THECHANGE TO REMOTELEARNING...PARENTS ARE IN ASCRAMBLE TO COMEUP WITH A PLAN FORIN-HOME LEARNING...THE DISTRICT WILLCONDUCT REMOTEONLY LEARNINGUNTIL AT LEASTOCTOBER BEFORERE-EVALUATING THESITUATION.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSSENIOR REPORTEREILEEN BUCKLEY SAYSONE BUFFALO MOM ISTRYING TO SORT IT ALLOUT...JANNA WILLOUGHBY-LOHR.

"IT'S DEFINITELYGOING TO BE CRAZY."THIS BUFFALOMOTHER IS TRYING TOFIGURE OUT HOW HERYOUNG SON WILL BEABLE TO NAVIGATEON-LINE LEARNINGNEXT MONTH.JANNAWILLOUGHBY-LOHRMET WITH USDOWNSTAIRS FROMHER NIAGARA STREETHOME ON THE CITY'SWEST SIDE.THAT'S WHERE SHERUNS HER PAPERFLOWER BUSINESSWHILE NAVIGATINGFAMILY LIFE WITH FIVEYEAR OLD VERON ANDTWO YEAR OLDTHURGOOD."EVEN TRYING TOFIGURE OUT WHO WEARE GOING TO GET AFIVE YEAR OLD TO PAYATTENTION TOANYTHING ON ASCREEN...WHILE HISTWO YEAR OLDBROTHER IS RUNNINGAROUND THE HOUSEPLAYING.""THIS IS SCHOOL 81 INNORTH BUFFALOWHERE HER SONWOULD BE ATTENDINGKINDERGARTEN BUTFOR NOW - HE WILL BEREMOTE LEARNING ATHOME.""AND NOW I HAVE TOKIND OF FIGURE OUTHOW TO DO THAT."THIS MOM SAYS SHEFEELS LUCKYBECAUSE SHE WORKSDOWNSTAIRS FROMHER HOME.

HERHUSBAND WORKSFULL-TIME, BUT HERSTEP MOM HELPSWITH THE KIDS...SHE SAYS SHEDOESN'T' FAULT THESCHOOL DISTRICT FORREMOTE ONLYLEARNING ANDBELIEVES IT'S THESAFEST ROUTE FORKIDS...BUT SHE HAS A LOT OFQUESTIONS ..."IT'S BEEN REALLYDIFFICULT FOR ME NOTTO HAVE ANY IDEAFROM THE SCHOOLWHAT KIND OF SCREENTIME COMMITMENT ISREQUIRED OF MY KID -DOES HE NEED TO BEON ZOOM FROM 10 TO12 EVERY DAY."===BUTT===DR. DARREN BROWN-HALL.

"THERE WILL BE AFULL DAY OF, BUT NOTA FULL DAY OF ASTUDENT ON ASCREEN."BUFFALO SCHOOLSCHIEF OF STAFF DR.DARREN BROWN-HALLANSWERING A SIMILARQUESTION DURING ANINFORMATIONAL ZOOMMEETING BY THEDISTRICT FRIDAYMORNING...DR. DARREN BROWN-HALL<DR. DARREN BROWN-HALL.

"SO THERE WILLBE SOMESYNCHRONOUSLEARNING - WHERETHEY ARE RECEIVINGINSTRUCTION FROMTHEIR TEACHERS BUTTHE SCHOOL DAY WILLALSO HAVE SOME A-SYNCHRONOUSLEARNING WHERETHEY ARE WORKING ONPROJECTS ORASSIGNEMNT.S ONTHEIR OWN."BUT IT SADDENS THEMOM TO KNOW HERFIVE YEAR OLD WON'TBE ABLE TOEXPERIENCE THEHANDS-ON LESSONSOF KINDERGARTEN..."I'M 38 AND I TOTALLYREMEMBER MY FIRSTDAY OF KINDERGARTENAND HOW EXCITINGTHAT WAS."IN BUFFALO, EILEENBUCKLEY, 7 EWN.