There is some real dissonance in this article in which a charter school teacher describes her experiences during the pandemic. When Covid hit, she writes, the supports provided by the school evaporated. "The wealthiest parents snapped up teachers for 'microschools,'... others left for private school... middle-class parents who could work remotely toughed it out at home, checking in on school between their own virtual meetings. Those with younger kids or in-person jobs scraped together education and child care." Bad, right? Right. Lelac Almagor writes, "I am still bewildered and horrified that our society walked away from this responsibility, that we called school inessential and left each family to fend for itself." Well, yeah, because that's what people wanted when they set up a charter school. In the real public school system, meanwhile, teachers and staff performed miracles making sure everyone was included.
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