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California Parents Plan Weeklong 'Zoom Out' Student Protest Over Coronavirus School Closures
The planned weeklong protest is starting Monday, September 28, and is set to go until October 2.
By Betty Yu
Posted On: September 27, 2020 at 11:20 pm
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SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Families who say they have had enough of distance learning are calling on students to log off statewide for a full week to protest the continuing closure of public schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The planned weeklong protest is starting Monday, September 28, and is set to go until October 2.
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“With distance learning, you can’t just ask the teacher to help you,” said student Nicholas Han.
His mother Syndie Ly has four children who have all been learning at home. But this week, they plan to participate in the “Zoom out.” Ly helped organize the strike through the Facebook group Reopen California Schools. It now has more than 6,800 members.
Ly spoke to KPIX 5 about some of the challenges her sons are experiencing.
“It’s very difficult to take AP classes doing distance learning twice a week. You can’t possibly do AP classes doing distance learning,” she said. “With regards to my middle school, he has expressed a bit of depression.”
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