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Core Beliefs and COVID19

Hello! I'm here today to talk about the key psychological concept to a major theory of how and why humans behave the way they do. Sounds super exciting, doesn't it? What if I say I'm doing this in the context of COVID19, kids, and returning to school? Ooooo, controversial. Thursday evening I watched our local school board meeting for about 6 hours. The meeting went from 5:00 to 11:30-ish, pm. The entire time was dedicated to discussions around our "Return to Learn" plan. About 2 weeks prior, the board voted for 5 days, in person schooling. This is for the elementary and middle schools only. On Thursday, the board voted 5-2 to do the same thing except now with a "phased in" approach. Starting with 2.5 hours in person initially, with the goal of 6 hour, on-site, 5 day-a-week learning by late October. Districts around us are starting out 100% online, and this was proposed by the 2 ultimately dissenting board members. Parents who don't want to do t