Many parents balked at the notion of having to quickly change plans — and questioned the motivation behind the proposal.
After springing an announcement on parents late last week that schools would be closed Friday for a mental health day, the San Diego Unified School District abruptly changed plans, making school attendance optional that day while also allowing anyone who wants to take a mental health day to do so.
San Diego Unified officials described the impetus behind the recommended day off as an acknowledgement of the stress families and teachers have been under as they navigate the return to“The last 20 months of the pandemic have challenged all of us in different ways,” Lamont wrote in the original announcement, sent out Thursday. “We have heard from many parents and students that their mental health has suffered.
Kirby wrote that she hopes the board does not approve the plan, which would do more harm than good for many families. One person posted on Twitter what appeared to be an excerpt from a message from an SDUSD elementary school principal saying the biggest reason for the proposed day off was district-wideSDUSD’s updated announcement did not address staff shortages.A long-simmering crisis of mental health struggles among students has been magnified by the pandemic, and most teachers are not adequately prepared to deal with it as campuses reopen.
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