Postpone Full-Length School Days at Del Val
Postpone Full-Length School Days at Del Val
Everybody wants to get normality back in their lives. Until that's more plausible, this petition requests that Del Val waits to return to full-length school days. Many students and teachers disagree with the decision to lengthen the school day. The decision's goal of bringing back normality is unclear seeing that the blue/gold and in-person/online days are and will still be in place. Due to social distancing guidelines, students are barred from their normal support systems that enable 7 hour school days. Many students are already having difficulty learning in an online environment and a longer session wouldn't be constructive. Some students are entirely online, which means that the online in-person students and these fully online students will be required to stare at an iPad or computer for nearly **7** hours straight. These effects also apply to teachers who need to rearrange their curriculum once more and juggle teaching and answering to students in-person and on a Zoom call. This petition isn't some plan to just wake up later; so many students are crumbling under the conditions imposed by COVID-19. Being taught for longer in an unconducive learning environment serves nobody. Until the learning environment can be improved upon, the time spent in class should not be extended.