Oregon school ends live classes over ‘socialization’ issues and children fighting after year of lockdowns

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Superintendent Danna Diaz sent an email to parents explaining that the yearlong disruption due to COVID-19 has “taken a toll on the well-being of our students and staff.”

“The safety and security of our students, families, and staff is our highest priority,” Diaz said in the email. “This priority is even more significant as we continue to navigate a global health crisis which required schools to provide distance learning in the spring of 2020, then slowly move into hybrid in-person and distance learning in the spring of 2021, and finally move back into full in-person learning this fall.”

“We are finding that some students are struggling with the socialization skills necessary for in-person learning, which is causing disruption in school for other students,” the email continued.

Fights between students and other behavioral problems prompted the school to take action, district spokesman Steve Padilla confirmed.

“It’s not just fighting, … It’s disruptive behaviors as well — students are disrupting other students, making it hard for them to learn,” Padilla said. “We need to take care of this now, … It’s urgent.”

Dr. Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, criticized the school’s decision on Twitter.

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“Wow, think we should invest in emotional support for children instead of closing schools again after prolonged schools closures last year (that led to mental/emotional difficulty),” she wrote.

The Washington Examiner reached out to Reynolds Middle School for comment but did not receive a reply.