‘We’re being set up for failure’: Massachusetts’ hard line against remote learning this year has left some families feeling hopeless
By Bianca Vázquez Toness Globe Staff,Updated August 31, 2021, 7:30 a.m.
Massachusetts parents are scrambling for other schooling options amid a surge in coronavirus cases, leaving some of them scared and without any education alternative.
“It’s in God’s hands,” said Worcester mother Noemi Villanueva in Spanish. “It doesn’t feel safe, but I don’t have a choice but to send them back to their schools.”
State leaders have reiterated their ban on remote learning after virtual learning left many families frustrated and many students unmotivated. While most students will return to in-person learning, hundreds of parents from Boston to Worcester to Quincy are moving to home school their children as Delta variant cases spike, or are seeking a spot in one of two state virtual schools, which already have long waiting lists.
