You still have to pay (and in this case, probably train) teachers.
Lack of planning within school district is as rampant as everywhere else.
Unfortunately, most places you have to have a license in order to teach. There are various rules and policies that prevent a teacher from getting overtime - either at all, or it's limited.
Of course, these rules and laws can be suspended rather easily for a crisis. But...school boards are shaking in their boots about next year's funding - and summer is budgeted out of last year (which is probably already spent).
Gah. To all good HS students, may I recommend community college online courses? There should be way more available - and in some states, at least, it's free for high school students. They can often count it toward HS graduation as well as transfer it (depends on the state).
For those in states where there is seamless access to state universities (via many methods), high school students can typically enroll while they still seek their degree.
Well, thankfully our public school has a private NFP 80 million dollar endowment and we ain't worried about state funding. We can support our school for many years if we had or want to.
Yup!!! Started 50 years ago, with bingo games to raise funds for the band. We own 3 shopping centers, one in our town and two others in large cities, and other businesses that provide a positive revenue stream, and in additional fund raisers throughout the year. The foundation has full time staff constantly providing for our students.
The foundation provides all our kids Apple Computers, IPads for lower levels for at least 10 years or more. Our schools provide 3 FULL meals per day. Breakfast and lunch children under the state mandated food program.
Monday thru Friday and any weekend with school activities we provide dinner/supper for all students, teachers and parents if they want to come. We pay the school system for use of the cafeteria and kitchen, purchase and cook our own food and rent storage at each school., We want to make sure kids staying for after school activities are well feed and not eating fast food or late dinners. Well feed kids produce better grades, have less stress from worry over lack of food and promotes camaraderie.
We also, provide take home backpacks with a dinner meal, snacks and drink. Anyone can participate in backpack, no income requirements.
We provide grants/gift cards for clothing purchases. Have provided washers and dryers to all schools, so kids can have clean clothes for parents who can't/won't wash clothing. We have closets full of personal hygiene supplies, laundry detergent, toilet paper and more. We've paid rent, electric and water bills to prevent homeless. We have ZERO homeless kids.
We ain't shaking in our boots, but we are asking where the CARES money was spent. As this should be used to upgrade the school with protection for our students rather than relying on the foundation.
We know why the school can't have more than classes.
We have remote areas with NO internet service due to mountainous areas, folks living 1 to 5 miles off the main road. We have purchased an array of hotspot devices, thru CARES and hoping and praying this will work. So many families will have to download the classes and teach children without teacher assistance. We've even offered to help move some families move to a more central location, through the foundation. Six families so far have taken advance of this. If the hot spots don't work, we will be renting facilities with internet access, and creating student centers with meals for the kids and family, close to their homes.
See things work a little differently in some areas of the country. We are hard working, southerners, use to helping our neighbors and providing for those less fortunate, rather than relying on our government. Many school systems in the south have foundations and have for years. Its not the PTA, its a NFP, that spends the interest from our investments and revenue sources.
As for community college class, so many major university won't/don't except the classes towards a degree, the are counted as electives. Most four year universities consider community college classes little more than HS classes.
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