When you spend time with your family during the holidays, you never know what topics you’ll talk about. Sure, we try to stay away from politics, but we often find other things to discuss. Over the weekend, our conversation turned to a unique topic; school lunch pizza…
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We all agree that school should be a safe place for youngsters. Yet nearly every day, I read a story or two regarding schools on lockdown. It seems that this has become a regular occurrence across America. And that should be alarming no matter if it’s your town or not…
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Where did summer go? Even though the season technically ends in two weeks, this year, it seemed so short. And while we lost all of last summer, this year was even stranger. And to me, this year was worse than last year, even though we could do a little more…
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Many feel that our children are falling behind in school. Remote learning has been both a blessing and a curse during the pandemic. But, to whom or what are we comparing our kids? I have so many questions and so few answers…
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COVID-19 has given many of us a slightly different perspective on the mundane parts of life. Both kids and adults don’t mind an occasional snow day. But, as we’ve learned this week, for many people snow days are gone forever…
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We don’t get much snow here in Nashville, but even when we get a dusting, people panic. We had some flurries the other day and some area schools closed. And of course, that got me thinking back to those snow days of my youth. Perhaps those days are soon to be a thing of the…
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Many schools this week have announced that they are going back to remote learning. And while people are upset, this is only partially related to the Coronavirus. This year, many schools have had problems finding substitute teachers. And of course, things aren’t getting easier for most schools…
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We can all agree, that in-person schooling is better than online learning. But sadly with the virus ramping up again, many kids are again going back to learning from home. So, perhaps it’s time…
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Throughout the pandemic we’ve been faced with numerous product shortages. Some make sense, while other make you wonder what’s really going on. But recently we’ve been faced with another shortage thanks to COVID-19. And I can’t believe that we didn’t see this one coming…
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It might be the middle of summer, but administrators, teachers and parents are getting a bit stressed. With COVID-19 still causing problems across the US people are wondering what to expect when the kids head back to school. The kids might not be thinking about fall, but everyone else is…
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