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In recent weeks, school districts around Maine have been finalizing plans for how students will return to school this fall. In many cases, the plan calls for a hybrid of some days in school and other days where kids will study remotely. Businesses with a large portion of working parents among employees have been watching this closely and adapting their policies accordingly.

How will the public schools' plans to return to class affect your workplace?
Most of our workforce is older and workers don't have school-aged kids. (92%, 441 VOTES)
We have made working arrangements more flexible to accommodate working parents. (3%, 14 VOTES)
We are flexible, but could face problems if schools return to full-time remote learning. (5%, 24 VOTES)
Poll Description

In recent weeks, school districts around Maine have been finalizing plans for how students will return to school this fall. In many cases, the plan calls for a hybrid of some days in school and other days where kids will study remotely. Businesses with a large portion of working parents among employees have been watching this closely and adapting their policies accordingly.

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  • August 19, 2020

    Many of my coworkers have school-age children, which means that either complete virtual learning or split (two days in, one day off, two days virtual) will cause struggles for them. To make it more confusing, the afterschool and daycare programs have many facilities that have not reopened, so Maine workers are in for a rough go of it.

  • Robert Yates
    August 19, 2020

    Students will certainly have a better educational experience by being in school. However, if they split the student body so some go Mon and Thurs and some go Tues and Fri, it would cut down the amount of people to separate both in school and on bus routes.