Students, parents and teachers have questions about Maryland school closures

Students, parents and teachers have questions about Maryland school closures

Maryland Public Schools will be closed until at least May 15, State Superintendent Karen Salmon said on Friday.

MARYLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILLBE CLOSED FOR AT LEAST ANOTHERMONTH.

TONIGHT WMA━2 NEWS RAYSTRICKLAND HAS THE STORY ONHOW THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ISLEAVING MANY PARENTS, STUDENTSAND TEACHERS WITH A LOT OFUNANSWERED QUESTIONS.I spoke to the president ofthe baltimore teachers unionand a parent of two baltimorecity school kids.

Both say thetransition to distancelearning has been stressfulbutthey say to go on anothermonth, theyto a lot of questionsanswered.

16 15 17“We aremaking the best of a badsituation” Ben Dalbeykids are in 5th and 8th grade.They both go to Hamilton inBaltimore.

He says distancelearning for them and thewhole family has been hard.

1613 52“To expect parents, momsat home caring for childretry and work at the same timeto maintain some kind ofcontinuity of learning iscompletely unreasonable” 2813“It makes us nervous thatwe are so entrenched icreating these onlineplatforms and expectationswhen we donon how many families havedevices to carry it out”Diamonte Brown is thepresident of the BaltimoTeacheritbattle for remote learninganother month withoutaddressing key issues.

12 54“There are still uncertaintiesaround graduation, grading,therewhat instruction will looklike moving forward” 16 25“Iunderstand the impact of theuncertainty of thisituation” Earlier todayafter announcing schools willremain closed through May 15thstate schools superintendentDr. Karen Salmon said theydonget back to normal, but thatthey will use this time toexamine every option.

23 13“Ifeel this is one of thosedecisions we need to makeincrementally to see where inanother month.

We donwhatcertainly donthe hopes of many children andparents”“We need to issueguidance about grades for thefourth quarter no baltimorecity student should be held toaccount for grades right now.No baltimore city schoolstudent should be held backpromotion or graduationbecause of whatright now” And during thenews conference, the stateschools superintendent did sayfederal money is availablethat could help the transitionto distance learning foreveryone.City leaders here inbaltimore are trying toaddress the digital divide aswell.

Reporting inBaltimoreRay Strickland wear 2newsGOVERNOR HOGAN ALSO SPOKEABOUT SOME OF THE S