So I woke up today to learn that the @A2SchoolsSuper has ca…

In her email, @A2SchoolsSuper said that COVID-19 means "we have missed many of the simple joys that make our time together memorable."

Simple joys? You mean, like seeing friends? Actually learning in a classroom? Heck, like learning at all?

Or having your parents not be quivering messes because they haven't had their kids in school for nearly a year and are at the ends of their ropes? Or not waking up in the middle of the night worrying if the district is ALSO going to limit or suspend in-person school for the fall?

She writes: "Snow days are opportunities for children, young people, and adults to play in the snow, read books, take a break, and enjoy the winter season." You know what adults can't do that? Adults who work. And yes, this burden fall primarily on moms.

Also, we just had a four day weekend! My kids have played in the snow! They've read books! THEY'VE HAD A BREAK.

They don't need those things right now. They need school. We need school.

This email has broken me. I don't even know what to say. It's basically a big middle finger to working parents. And it's a mark of how unimportant Ann Arbor seems to regard the basic job of teaching kids.

We know that schools can be reopened safely. CDC has said they can be reopened. @GovWhitmer has begged that they be reopened.

But the schools remain closed. There is no date for reopening.

In her email, @A2SchoolsSuper can write, with apparent lack of irony, that "stress is high and wellness is more important than ever" during COVID.

Does she have any idea how that sounds to parents who are desperate to get their kids back into a classroom?

I'm angry and sad and scared about what this might mean for the fall. Will the union insist that its teachers can't go back until COVID is eradicated? Or that we've got to insist on six feet distancing even if all the teachers are vaccinated, so my kids go in twice a week?

School is not optional. It's not a luxury. It's the most important gift we can give our kids. We need to find a way to get back to school immediately. We shouldn't be looking for excuses to take what little school exists away. /fin