COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus City Schools parents have less than 48 hours to figure out a plan for their kids. Currently, the plan is for students to begin the academic year on Wednesday learning remotely.
What You Need To Know
- Parent Jasmyne Turner said grandparents, her inner circle and digital assistance is what she’ll use to help
- Turner plans to make sure her kids are present for online schooling and as prepared as possible
- Turner’s employer made accommodations during the pandemic that aren’t applicable during a teacher strike
Jasmyne Turner said she’s already pulled out her dry erase board and is ready to start filling it in with the schedules for her kids. She’s already got her own schedule laid out as well.
Turner said having the schedules will be important for her as a working mom, especially since her job is not providing special accommodations as it did during the pandemic, leaving her unable to provide as much help for her kids as possible.
Turner also knows that she’s going to need help because of that.
“I’m willing to tap on others in my community, or in my inner circle if you will, to help them out,“ she explained.
That’s in addition to the fact that she knows she’ll also need to get tutoring services for her child. Turner said during the pandemic her oldest fell behind while learning remotely.
“My oldest was struggling with reading and I struggle with reading myself,” Turner said. “I’m actually dyslexic.”
That made it difficult to help him with reading at all. Now, with the strike, it means she may have to shell out more money if the strike drags on to make the tutoring happen.
“It’s like having a whole other car payment, but it’s something that is important to me cause I do not want my children to fall behind,” she said.
Turner said that is not her only concern. She said knows the district intends to use substitute teachers to fill in the gaps, but she’s not thrilled about that.
During the pandemic she said it was hard for her first grader to follow a syllabus and connect to links for school work without a lot of help. Having a substitute teacher, in her opinion, wouldn’t make that any easier.
Even so, she hopes both sides will be able to come to an agreement quickly so that kids can get back in the classroom.
