[sterlingice]

Some I know, suggested in the abstract, what if we just paused education for a year?

You were in 6th grade last year, you're in 6th grade refresher this year. You can receive the base level of instruction to not decay learning but keep things pass/fail, etc. However, the job is to just do that "daycare/working parents" task not the education task and instead use that time to ease pressure and focus on the metal health aspects of the pandemic.

You wouldn't need the same level of teaching to just maintain so you could get substitutes who don't need the same level of expertise. You could shield older teachers and those who are willing to risk it for a job in a tough job time could help out. Would the level of instruction be the same? Of course not, but it's not going to be with the situation as is so we need to stop pretending it's going to be.

Yes, there will be students on crazy advanced tracks who want to get ahead, but that's not going to be the bulk of students. And those will likely be the ones with more means who don't need the other functions as much.

It kindof sounds crazy but what we're doing with the "status quo" is similarly crazy because it's not the status quo.

SI