SCHOOL SCHEDULE

 

Since this blog is my digital memory book, I want to record the boys’ school schedule for the past 2 years as a result of the pandemic.

3rd grade, 2019-2020: Starting mid March 2020, school closed because of Covid 19.  We all thought this would only be for 2-4 weeks, but it ended up school was closed for the remainder of the school year.  I homeschooled the boys from mid March to June.  There was some virtual schooling for them, but mostly it was me.  

4th grade, 2020-2021:

1. Plan was for both boys to attend mornings only in the special Ed room only as a way to limit any exposure to Covid 19.  

2. Because Jonah got sick the end of August, only Ben started school in the beginning of the year.  He went in the mornings only, only in the special Ed room.

3. In the afternoon, I would do school at home with the boys using materials provided by their special Ed teacher.

4. By the last week in September, Jonah had recovered from his 9-4 surgery and was ready to try in person school.  He joined Ben, in the mornings only, only in the special Ed room.  

5. The end of September we were informed our boys were direct contacts to a Covid case at school.  This lead to a 14 day quarantine at home.  During quarantine, the boys did virtual school in the morning, and I continued to work with them in the afternoon.

6. During this time, Jonah started to feel sick- lots of pain and discomfort. This was the start of frequent infections as a result of the catheter/stent.  However, it wasn’t until early November that the doctor decided to put him on a daily antibiotic to help prevent the infections.  So October was a very rough month for Jonah.

7. After the scare of the direct exposure as well as Jonah feeling sick, we decided to keep the boys virtual and not go back to in person school.  We would re-evaluate after Jonah’s 12-17 surgery to replace or remove stent/catheter.

8. Mid December- Andrew, Stephen, and myself got Covid.  This meant the 12-17 surgery had to be postponed until 2-11-21.  We decided to keep boys virtual until Jonah’s surgery since we wanted to do all we could to not have to delay it again.

9. After the holidays, school had no Covid cases for all of January.  We decided since Jonah was feeling much better since being on the daily antibiotic, we would try in person school in the mornings again, only in the special Ed room.  I would continue to do school in the afternoon with them.  This was early February.  We also were less concerned about Covid for the boys because they were around 3 of us having it in December and didn’t get it themselves.

10. We even started full day Tuesdays for both boys.  I would get Jonah over lunch to do his catheter care.

11. After Jonah’s 2-11 surgery where stent was removed (yeah!- but catheter had to be replaced, not removed)- we decided to put the boys in school from 8:45-3:15 everyday, in the special Ed room room only.  School was amazing and agreed to do the catheter care for Jonah so I no longer had to come and get him at lunch. 

We are so grateful for all the help and support school has shown us as a result of our concerns about Covid and Jonah’s health concerns.  Their school team is incredible!

Next year is middle school for the boys- mostly a whole new team for them.  This will be a hard transition for all of us.  I am going to miss the wonderful teachers and staff at the elementary school.  Our boys have really blossomed because of all their hard work with them!