My daughter began school yesterday...IN SCHOOL, 5 DAYS A WEEK. I was ecstatic because I was so comfortable with the entire safety plans and protocols. I was on the Mental Health Committee and seeing what the other committees produced was extremely impressive. Plans for in person and distance learning, for those families who are more comfortable keeping their children at home were planned and now are in motion. This is the pick-up line of cars at the end of the school day yesterday. My daughter will not be taking the bus this year due to safety concerns. I was antsy waiting to get to the entrance/exit but I got there and my daughter jumped into the car and simply said, "SO MUCH FUN!!" She told me she felt safe and complained how her hands were dry from washing them all of the time! I feel good. She feels good that she is back with her teachers, her friends and she is loving being in her "outdoor" classroom. This is a good start.
September 3, 2020
A history professor in our town has a tradition of making elaborate, thought-provoking Halloween displays. This year, he -- and his friends and family, media reports share -- tackled both #BLM and COVID-19, as well as the death of RBG. My family and I went for a walk over the weekend to check it out. It's impossible to capture the full display in a single photo, but I've tried to snap a few. Media reports -- local and national -- capture a bit more. For example: A Connecticut man's Halloween display features real-life horrors: The coronavirus and Black lives lost https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/us/connecticut-man-halloween-covid-blm-trnd/index.html West Hartford family's annual Halloween display tackles BLM, COVID-19 https://www.wfsb.com/news/west-hartford-familys-annual-halloween-display-tackles-blm-covid-19/article_b22f79a0-0724-11eb-97fd-5f5558807e19.html
October 7, 2020