'Stillwater Strong' Facebook Group Aims To Help Parents

STILLWATER, MN — This fall, Minnesota's "back to school" season is going to be unlike any other year, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A new Facebook group called "Stillwater Strong" aims to help parents navigate the upcoming challenges.

Stillwater Area Public Schools, like many schools in the Twin Cities metro area, will be using the hybrid learning model this fall. That means part of the school week will be held online, while the other part will be held in-person with reduced class sizes.

"There are many of us working parents that may need additional support and would like to find other households with similar agendas (kids in the same class or same ages, same or opposite work schedules, allergy similarities, etc) that could rotate hosting off days and develop a schedule with one or more similar families," reads the Stillwater strong Facebook group.

"This will keep our kids social, structured, and keep us a little more sane! We are all in this together!"

The group was created by Natali Bohm, a Woodbury resident with kids who go to Stillwater schools, reports KARE 11.

"I work from home, so I’d just like to find one or two households at the very most where we can maybe rotate our off days," Bohm told the news station.

"It might not seem like a huge deal but one day would make a huge difference, I know, for my mental capacity and I know it would with my kids too."

Find out more about the Facebook group here.