A farewell to our 8 to 3 readers
2 min readThis is the May possibly 2 25, 2022, version of the 8 to 3 publication about school, young ones and parenting.
Dear readers,
When we started out this newsletter in April 2021, we were being at a critical position in the pandemic. Only the most susceptible adults ended up suitable for the COVID-19 vaccine, and children would not be in line for inoculations for many far more months. Educational institutions experienced been shuttered for more than a 12 months, and some had just begun to reopen. Many mothers and fathers did not really feel safe sending their unvaccinated small children into a classroom just nonetheless. It was obvious that the shared frustrations, struggles, empathy and resilience of father or mother and child experienced reshaped the practical experience of schooling.
It was just the ideal moment to begin 8 to 3, which aimed to give vital information and facts to parents at a time when there were being so many unknowns. We wished to aid you navigate the each day struggles of parenting as very well as the quagmire of training plan.
And additional than 50 newsletters afterwards, we’ve performed just that. We explored the hazards of attending gatherings with kids when California was slowly and gradually opening up. We wrote about the COVID newborn bust, the unprecedented investments in summertime school and the escalating quantity of teenagers having difficulties with body impression problems since of the pandemic. We delved into why a striking number of pregnant individuals weren’t vaccinated, why a history amount of parents ended up dwelling-schooling, and why little ones just weren’t as intrigued in group sports activities. We gave you suggestions on how to cope with your kids’ pandemic-fueled social anxiousness and parental burnout. And we spotlighted the progressive techniques colleges have been addressing the youth psychological well being disaster.
As K-12 students end their 1st full 12 months again on campus, 8 to 3 has reached its endpoint — for now. We’ll maintain you up to date listed here on upcoming publication initiatives from our education and learning workforce.
I hope you will continue to subscribe to the L.A. Times’ other newsletters, which includes Important California, Boiling Issue, Latinx Files and Coronavirus Now. And make sure you hold subsequent the strong every day news coverage on all items school-relevant from our superb instruction reporters.
It’s been a correct pleasure learning with you all. Bye for now, and take treatment.
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