- Hey, thanks for coming in.
Take a seat.
- I am so excited to see you.
- As your child's teacher,
I wanna get an idea of what you're expecting.
- I'm expecting them to be back to school.
- What are you envisioning for the the next school year?
- I'm envisioning them back in school.
- Yeah, about that--
- I can't do the distance learning again.
I mean, all the crying and the screaming
every single day.
- Wait, your kids are crying and screaming every day?
- Oh no, no, no, no, that was me.
I was crying and screaming every day.
Have you done 7th grade math before?
It's super hard.
- Our priority is to keep your kids safe.
- So you will keep the kids?
- Safe.
We wanna keep them safe.
- Of course, of course, safety.
I mean, I'm no scientist, and yes,
these are our current numbers, but what if we?
- Why are you turning it upside down?
- Eh?
Eh?
Ah!
See?
Better. - Actually it's kind of funny,
'cause it's still terrible.
Yeah, the ideal, that number was lower.
'Cause you know as teachers, we are concerned
with our own health and safety.
- Yeah, you probably have your own families
you're worried about, too.
- So let's say we go back.
Are you good with the rotation?
Every third week.
- Every who, what?
- One week in the class. - What?
- And they stay home for two weeks.
- Every who, what?
- So mostly at home. - Huh?
- One week class, two weeks distance.
We're also recommending masks all day.
- No problem!
Got it covered.
- So you think your son who has the special chair
to help channel his fidgeting is gonna keep
a mask on all day?
- [Kim] Yeah.
Totally.
- You don't picture him doing this?
(coughs)
- No.
- Or this, hey you wanna trade snacks?
- I will tell him not to do that.
It'll be fine.
- So you're gonna tell him to do something,
you think he's gonna do it because you said so.
- There is a first time for everything.
- And this, we're gonna have you fill out this form
every day to confirm your child has no symptoms or fever.
- And we're gonna have to do this every day
before they get on the bus?
- Knowing your history of forgetting field trip forms
and health forms and participation forms,
I'm a little worried.
- That is the old Kim.
This is pandemic Kim.
I'm totally together.
- Kim, where's the form?
You've lost it already, haven't you?
- Paperwork is really hard.
- We're gonna keep them in the same class.
Have lunch in the classroom, no switching classes.
We need to reduce exposure.
- Makes total sense.
- And within the class, the kids need to stay
six feet apart.
- No problem.
- Are you sure that your son who uses tackling
as a form of communication will not touch his friends?
- If it means him going back to school,
we will make sure he doesn't touch anybody--
- You can't use rope on the kid.
- And then the mask.
(laughs)
And then the form--
- You can't do that.
- Is right here, and he's good to go.
- That's not gonna work.
This is gonna be great.
- This is gonna be great!
It's gonna be great.
- In the event that we need to continue distancing--
- La, la, la, la, la, la.
- In the event we need to continue distance--
- No, nope, I don't need that negativity in my life.
Power of positive thinking.
- I'm more of a realist.
- If we do this distance learning thing again,
I'm gonna need--
- Some wine?
- Yes.
(pours)
More.
Just, perfect, perfect, you got it.
Perfect, thanks.
Cheers.
- It's cute how you think you're the only one
who doesn't like this.
- Okay, so funny story, we have to be quiet about this part
because our kids, if they heard us talking about
some of the things we just talked about--
(mimics explosion)
- Here's the thing, parents.
No matter what your school comes up with,
you're gonna sell it with the excitement
of an NFL cheerleader, okay?
If they say, "Hey, it's one week off, two week."
Yay!
And you're gonna be excited about it
because our kids are watching us.
I am very concerned for our community
and our health and safety of our teachers
and this system as a whole.
This is my level of concern.
It is high, okay?
We are very concerned.
We also want our kids to go back to school.
So we want them both.
- [Both] Safety, sanity.
- We're gonna take all the recommendations,
and then we're gonna make the decision as parents
what is best for our family.
But we're really hoping we figure out a good plan
to go back to school.
And whatever the plan is, we're gonna sell it.
We're gonna be excited about it,
and we're gonna talk up how great it is.
- Can you see the rage behind her smile?
It's awesome.
- Anyway, thanks for watching.
What is your school district proposing right now?
Everybody's doing the best they can.
And we love the people that are working so hard for us, so.