HERE'S THE PLAN

 

School starts 9-1-20.  Next week.

Our school district is offering two options: 

5 full days or virtual.

Lydia will be attending 5 full days.

Because the boys have an IEP, we have been able to formulate our own plan for them.  

The boys will be attending school from 9-12 each day.  They will have lunch at home, no recess, and no art, gym, or music.  They will also not have any time in their 4th grade classrooms.

They will spend their 3 hours in the special ed room having teaching time with their special ed teacher as well as their occupational and speech therapy.  I will work in the afternoon on things the teacher sends home with them.

At any point, we can change this plan and start giving them more time and more inclusion at school.

We are choosing this plan for the following reasons:

1. Minimal amount of contact/interaction for the boys since social distancing is VERY hard for them;

2. The boys will be able to be taught new things by their teacher since I feel like I am better in the role of maintaining/reviewing skills;

3. The boys will be able to have their therapies again after a very LONG break-since March 2020!

I am still very nervous about sending them to school even for 3 hours/day.  The boys have basically been safe at home since March.  We have been very protective of them.  Now I am letting them go to school, and I wouldn't even be there to watch over them.  This is very hard for me.  I worry about them getting sick, but I also worry about them getting others sick.  I honestly don't know if this will be the plan until Tuesday, 9-1 at 9 a.m. when I actually have to drop them off at school and drive away.   

I hope we are doing the smart and safe thing for them.  It's just so hard to know what is the right thing to do in this very confusing time we are in right now.