Seniors Nan Besse, Maggie Baxter and Sal Burkhardt
January 30, 2022
Seniors Nan Besse, Maggie Baxter and Sal Burkhardt share a conversation about whether or not SPA should offer a distance learning option.
Elizabeth Trevathan: What are your opinions on if SPA should go to distance learning or offer a distanced learning option?
Nan Besse: I honestly kind of feel like why not? Just like because of the rising Covid cases, and everything. […] SPA in general has the means and has literally done it in the past. So if you have the capacity to do it, why not?
Sal Burkhardt: Regardless of whether we go full distance learning, there needs to be an option. Especially when people are either immunocompromised, or home because they got COVID, or are isolating because they have been exposed. There needs to be an option for people to do that. Even if the whole school doesn’t go distance learning, some people are uncomfortable being in person and need that option.
Maggie Baxter: I agree with Sal. I think it definitely should be an option because the school asked people to stay home and get tested and isolate, or whatever, which is really good that we’re doing that as community control. But then I also think people miss out on school, and that’s really difficult.
Besse: And it’s kind of hard to do work from home.
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Baxter: I think it would help if more or all teachers just had a Google Meet, and maybe not even using the Owls again because people didn’t like those. But, literally just having somebody turn the Meet on would be good [so students at home could participate and listen in class].