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Golf season is back so I might give that a try.

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Golf season is back so I might give that a try.

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I don't consider myself an expert in many things, but isolation is something I know well.

While in treatment for leukemia, I spent a large part of my twenties confined to a bed. Unable to travel, eat out, see friends, take a walk. A life that many of us are experiencing right now.

There was one thing I did every day with my friends and family during that time that kept me grounded, hopeful, and connected to those around me.

Each of us did a small creative act, every day, for a hundred days. We called it the Hundred Day Project.

For me, periods of turmoil have also been invitations to deepen my creative practice and experiment with what's possible.

I invite you to join me now in this new iteration: a free weekly creativity project called The Isolation Journals.

Sign up with your email address, and every Sunday morning at 5:00am ET, you'll receive an original journaling prompt.

Past prompt contributors include: Ann Patchett, Ayodele Casel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Esmé Weijun Wang, Jen Pastiloff, Jon Batiste, Kiese Laymon, Lou Sullivan & Alexa Wilding, Mari Andrew, Maggie Rogers, Marie Howe, Mavis Staples, Melissa Febos, Nora McInerney, Priya Parker, Rachel Cargle, Ruthie Lindsey, Stephanie Danler, and more.

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About The Isolation Journals - Suleika Jaouad

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I don't consider myself an expert in many things, but isolation is something I know well. While in treatment for leukemia, I spent a large part of my twenties confined to a bed. Unable to travel, eat out, see friends, take a walk. A life that many of us are experiencing right now.

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I needed to tell myself to STOP.  I set a schedule for when it's OK to work and OK to not.  I also needed to stop comparing.  I know what I can do with my students, and that's the best I can do.  

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I needed to tell myself to STOP.  I set a schedule for when it's OK to work and OK to not.  I also needed to stop comparing.  I know what I can do with my students, and that's the best I can do.  

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It took a few weeks to settle in but simply reading. For awhile, it was hard to focus on anything more than a couple of pages.

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It took a few weeks to settle in but simply reading. For awhile, it was hard to focus on anything more than a couple of pages.

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I am walking, reading, doing puzzles, working in the garden, learning to make scones, having lunch daily with my husband, journaling, meeting with friends and family over Zoom/etc.

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I am walking, reading, doing puzzles, working in the garden, learning to make scones, having lunch daily with my husband, journaling, meeting with friends and family over Zoom/etc.

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I put together puzzles at least 1500 pieces or more.  The last one took about 10 hours total

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I put together puzzles at least 1500 pieces or more.  The last one took about 10 hours total

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I get dressed every day as if I have somewhere to go. LOL! It has made a difference.

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I get dressed every day as if I have somewhere to go. LOL! It has made a difference.

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I have been reading,  napping, doing face masks, cooking/baking, setting a firm boundary of when it is okay to be done for the day and not look at it again until tomorrow, and watching lots of this I normally don't have time for.

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Continuing my 52 lists project journal has been such a great weekly goal to check off the list.

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I watch the Holderness Family videos on Facebook and Graham Norton’s “best of” videos to get laughter in my day.
I get outside for fresh air. I’m cranky when I don’t get it.

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Help with my son's new puppy. Great therapy!

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Help with my son's new puppy. Great therapy!

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Workouts (Many gym's are posting online)
Walks with the dogs

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From my principal as a reminder.

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If you enjoy sewing, make masks for your family.

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Since the outbreak of the recent pandemic virus, I have been perfecting and improvising this face mask pattern to include all the features that needed to fight against the spread of the disease. One of the features includes adding a slot or pocket for filter media to make the face mask more effective. Secondly, a nose clamp (aka nose wire) is added at the top edge of the face mask to provide a better seal at the nose bridge area. Thirdly, due to shortages of elastic band and also due to the comfort of the wearability, head tie made out of shoelace and t-shirt yarn are recommended to use here. Fourthly, a sewing video is made for a better view of the sewing process.

You may read through the following dated updates for the details that have been made to this pattern, some large and some little tweaks to perfect the pattern. I am glad to receive emails and comments from all channels, they are telling me that many hospitals and local authorities have asked their people to sew from the Craft Passion face mask pattern because this homemade face mask gives great coverage and seal. I hope my little humble effort and the homemade face mask pattern does make a huge difference to the world. Lastly, not forgetting to thank you for sewing face masks and donate to those who needed it, you are all godsend angels.

Skip all and jump straight to download the patterns, click the button below:
(If clicking the button brings you to nowhere, then please scroll to find the family photo of mine (a 6 person portrait), the pattern options are just below that picture.)

{1st June 2020 Update:} A Windowed Face Mask Pattern has been added to Craft Passion Face Mask List below. Thanks to Kit Kenyon who works as an educator that connected to the special needs communities of Deaf, Hard of Hearing who sees the needs of her students. Kit modified Craft Passion's Face Mask Pattern (non-pocket version) to include a clear window; by means of using vinyl or a clear plastic sheet; at the mouth area to accommodate the communities where lip reading is prevalent.

{9th May 2020 Update:} After about 3 weeks of creating the Support Group on Facebook, we have almost six thousand members joining in the group for sharing and discussing topics across the face mask sewing. It has been 2 months since the pandemic emergency was called, face-covering has become essential when you need to go out of your house. We have learned and still learning so many things throughout the face mask sewing journey, from materials to pattern and to fitting. Thanks to The Fabric Patch for answering most of them, you may watch the video here. Talking about fitting, though Craft Passion's face mask has won many likes as the best-fit face mask to sew, however, not everyone is born the same, some want a longer mask to cover the chin or beard, some has a wider face, some needs more room for some reasons and so on. In the video, Cindy from the Fabric Patch talked about fitting and a modified Craft Passion's mask in the second half of the video (at 19:10). She also talked about how you can measure your face and find the closest-fit out of the 8 sizes that Jesse Killion has modified. The 8 sizes of modified face mask patterns have been included in the pattern list below as item 6. For those who have great experience in sewing with Craft Passion's instruction, you may try it out with the same instruction B & C and trim the ear-side of the lining piece 1″ away for the pocket section. Or you may watch the video here to sew it in The Fabric Patch way for non-pocket sewn-in filter version.

{20th April 2020 Update:} A Craft Passion Face Mask Support Group on Facebook is created for further discussion on the sewing topic of this face mask. With the hope that everyone can own at least a face mask or two in the current situation, we officially permit those who sew to sell to sew this pattern and sell them out with kindness. In the hope that the seller can keep the profit at minimal so that everyone can afford a face mask to protect themselves and others from the virus. Sellers, you are allowed to post your face mask product listing in the group with all the necessary information (fabric type, style, and features). Buyers, please take your own risk on the transaction. Craft Passion (the owner), the admins and the moderators of this group have no profit made from any sales deal within the group and we will not be responsible for any outcome during your transactions. Please read and adhere to the rules of the group.

{12th April 2020 Update:} A new revision (rev 3) of pattern templates have been uploaded to the pattern area to replace the old version. The shapes and sizes of the templates remained the same in rev 3 while more info is included in the template for ease of reference.

{29th March 2020 Update:} Thank you all for the feedback and suggestions, I heard you from the comments (probably miss some, oppsss). I feel sorry that I can't thank you individually for the inputs and also helping me in answering others' questions. After gathering all the info and pick up which is essential, I have made a face mask sewing video tutorial and it is embedded in this section ( click to jump straight to the video). In this face mask sewing video, I have included the detail on how to cut and sew the face mask with a pocket for the filter media. Besides, there is additional 2 new info I have added to the video: a sleeve on the top edge of the face mask for a removable nose wire, and, using a cotton shoelace as the head tie, as shown in the picture below.

The face mask design itself has a very good seal along the face, however, some may still find that fogging happened to their glasses when they breathe. In order to make the face mask sealed even better, a nose wire is added as optional. If you don't need the nose wire, you can still sew the sleeve but just skip the wire, or, you may completely omit the sleeve part.

Choice of nose wire? In fact, any wire that can be bent and stay in shape is a good choice as the nose wire, for example, twist ties, florist wire, gardening wires, hardware wire of gauge around #20. You may also twist multiple strands of thin wires to make a stronger nose wire. I personally like pipe cleaner as it also has some cushioning from its chenille stem.

I agreed that elastic loops really hurt the ears after a long hour of wearing. It will hurt less if they are not pulling so tight but the face mask will not be tight enough to seal on the edges. Hence, either wearing the elastic bands across the back of the head or using a cotton cord head tie will solve the problem. T-Shirt Yarn will be perfect too if you have a few t-shirts to cut out from. View the tutorial on how to cut a T-shirt to make T-Shirt Yarn.

Face Mask With Pocket & Nose Wire Sleeve

{Many has asked me what is the make and model of the sewing machine I am using in the video, so I hope to answer you here:
Bernina, model B550 Quilters Edition, bought in year 2012}

{24th March 2020 Update:} A grid-pattern of this face mask is included. For those who don't have the access to a printer may now manually sketch it out on a 1/2″ grid graph paper. Or, you may trace the pattern through your monitor by placing a piece of paper on your monitor and trace; make sure to enlarge the pattern document until you get the size correctly by measuring the 2″ marking with your ruler.

{22th March 2020 Update:} Good news to Cricut and Silhouette cutter users, I have uploaded the SGV files and Studio3 files here in ZIP format, please get them at the pattern section. Thanks to Tanya Chilton (Cricut) and Marlene Teter (Silhouette) in making these files free for us to download. I personally do not have these machines so I can't open the files. Please let me know if you have any questions about the files. Also, templates with seam allowance are added to the patterns, please choose your options to download and print.

{19th March 2020 Update:} Men size is included in the pattern, now we have a total of 4 sizes for everyone from age of 3 and up.

{Feb 2020 Update:} For the past few weeks, I have been receiving a lot of requests on how to add non-woven filter inside the face mask. Disclaimer: this face mask is not meant to replace the surgical face mask, it is a contingency plan for those who have no avail to surgical mask in the market. Proper use of a surgical mask is still the best way to prevent virus infection. I have updated the tutorial by adding the option to sew the face mask with a pocket for filter media, please scroll down further to find the tutorial.

{Jan 2020 Update:} We have collected some feedback from readers and updated a different way to wear the elastic band that will put less stress on the ears.

{Original Write-up in August 2013} Contemplating the ever-rising pollution level on our Earth, the respiratory face mask will soon become an essential item in our life. Every year around May till August, we will be attacked by terrible haze, as our neighboring country started to mass-burn their plantation wastes during this dry weather period to clear out their land while producing fertilizers for the next cycle (hmmm, not a right way to recycle, huh~).

The hazardous smokes and burning particles were being transported by the wind which is blowing towards us, settled in and won't go anywhere else unless the rain washes them down. At times, the API (Air Pollution Index) can go up to 400 (hazardous) in a certain area. The haze is dusty, smokey and obscuring the clarity of the sky, the most important thing is that it caused eye and respiratory irritation, it is life-threatening especially to the young and elderly person, and those with weak heart and lungs.

Besides limiting the outdoor activities and switch on air purifiers at home, my BFF and I urgently needed the face mask for our kids to wear. Like most kids nowadays, they have weak lungs and vulnerable respiratory system, the haze will impact a lot on their health condition. What makes us furious and anxious was that the kid's size face mask was out of stock in the market. So, I sewed up a storm on this double-layered face mask recently and gave some away to whom who needed them.

In order to share out more so that you can sew your own washable and reusable face mask, I made the pattern into 3 sizes, small kids (around the age of 3-6, young kids (7-12) and Teenage & Adult. Not recommended for baby. It is not medical rated but good enough to filter out those haze particles and bad smell.

Before you start sewing, please pre-wash all fabrics before sewing, and wash it again prior to wearing it. In this tutorial, I used quilting weight cotton on both layers, which is good enough for basic filtration. Besides, I sewed some in cotton flannel as the lining too, the filtration is even better but not recommended for small kids as it might be a little difficult for them to breath through properly.

Apart from wearing it on a hazy day, the face mask would be good for the motorcyclists, bicyclists and whoever needs to travel on a heavy traffic road. Exhaust gas from motor vehicles is even perilous and unhealthy! Also, you can use it on your sick days, to prevent spreading the viruses via your respiratory discharge.

Just a suggestion, you can also DIY the face mask for something fun, for example, adding some drawings on a plain white face mask like a "Red Hot Lips", "No-Teeth", "Skeleton Teeth" (a perfect match with the skeleton costume during Halloween), or any funny smiles!!! Just to have fun 🙂

See us posing for the face masks... For Better Life, cheers!!! ***camera rolls***

Face Mask Pattern Templates
Free Downloadable Face Mask Pattern in various options. Please click to download and print separately.
Type A: Normal face mask
Type B: Face mask with a POCKET for filter insert or as a surgical mask cover.
Type C: Add on a removable NOSE WIRE to Type A and Type B (as shown in the video).

1. Face Mask Sewing Pattern, WITHOUT seam allowance included. (use on Type A, B, and C)
All 4 Sizes: Men, Women/Teenagers, Kids (7-12), Kids (3-6).

2. Ordinary Face Mask Sewing Pattern WITH 1/4″ seam allowance included. (use only on Type A)
Men
Women/Teenagers
Kids (7-12)
Kids (3-6)

3. Pocket Face Mask Sewing Pattern WITH 3/8″ seam allowance included (You may sew with 1/4″ seam allowance). (use on Type B and C)
Men
Women/Teenagers
Kids (7-12)
Kids (3-6)

4. CRICUT Machine (SVG files), with seam allowances of 1/4″ included for Type A, 3/8″ for Type B and C . (use on Type A, B, and C)
Men
Women Teenagers
Kids (7-12)
Kids (3-6)

5. Silhouette Machine (studio3 files), with 1/4″ seam allowance included, (use only on Type A)
All 4 sizes in .zip file

6. New Face Mask Templates Modified by Jeese Killion (8 sizes). Thank you, The Fabric Patch, for the video that mentioned about this new pattern in their video. Now, you are able to measure your face and find the best fitting pattern to sew (watch how to measure at 20:40). For those who have great experience in sewing with Craft Passion's instruction, you may try it out with the same instruction B & C and trim the ear-side of the lining piece 1″ away for the pocket section. Or you may watch the video here to sew it in The Fabric Patch way for non-pocket version.

7. Windowed Face Mask for the Deaf & Hard of hearing communities. Thank you, Kit Kenyon, for the modification and instruction of sewing it. (The link to the pattern will open in a separate page.)

{Click this green print button on the right to EDIT (delete those you do not want), SAVE in pdf or PRINT out the content that you needed }

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1. DOWNLOAD TEMPLATE
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[ Without Printer]

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2. SEW
Type A: Normal face mask
TYPE A - NORMAL FACE MASK Step A-1. Step A-2. Step A-3. Step A-4. Step A-5. Step A-6. Step A-7. Step A-8. Step A-9. Step A-10. Step A-11. Step A-12.
Wear and breathe normally!
Step B-1. Step B-2. Step B-3. Step B-4. Step B-5. Step B-6. Step B-7. Step B-8. Step B-9. Step B-10. Step B-11. Step B-12. Step C-7.
How to cut bias strip:
Step C-8. Step C-9. Step C-10.
Stitch up both ends.
Step C-11. Step C-12. Step C-19. 3. WEAR

Wear the face mask properly, ensure no air is breathing in from sides of the mask.
Handle the face mask carefully, wash it thoroughly with warm water of 60ºC or 140 ºF every each use. Do not touch the contaminated side of the face mask, wash your hand if you accidentally touch it.

Always keep good hygiene by washing your hands thoroughly with soap for 20 seconds, don't forget the fingernails and up till the elbows.

Wear safety goggles if needed and avoid rubbing your face, eye, and nose at any cost.

I am still experimenting on using wax to make the fabric repels water droplets. I know water repellent spray can be used but I can't find any that doesn't contain chemicals. If you do have a better solution, please comment and let us know.

{29th March 2020 Update:} Expert recommended that use Non-Woven Polypropylene (NWPP) as the material to sew for the face mask. Oly-Fun fabric and is a non-woven polypropylene material where re-use grocery bags or event bags are made from. Perhaps it is a great alternative to sew in between the cotton layers. However, please check if it is washable at high temperatures for sanitization and whether if they can last for repeated washing.

{8th April 2020 Update} You may try non-woven interfacing as the inner layers for the face mask. Since it is washable and durable between washes, you may sew one or 2 layers (depending on the thickness of the interfacing fabric of your choice) into the face mask as a filter. Try it out on one of your face masks before you sewing them in bulk.

{8th April 2020 Update} Please read the comments for the suggestion on the filter material and do some research on it before jumping into the conclusion. I am not an expert in the material so I can't moderate which is a good suggestion. However, be aware that some materials could be dangerous to our lungs.

Thank you. Hope you all stay safe and stay away for any virus.

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Face Mask Pattern - Free Sewing Pattern * Craft Passion

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This is one of the cool things that has happened in response to staying at home.  Every week a new episode is released.  They are heartwarming and fun!

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Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 1

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Log your miles in the app and watch yourself cross a virtual finish line! You even get a medal (for a price).

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The Conqueror Virtual Fitness Challenges

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Teams are a fun way to take part in The Conqueror Virtual Fitness Challenges.

**Note that each team member is required to purchase their own entry into the challenge. Each team member will receive their own medal at the end**

Basically you share the distance with the other people in your team.

Your team will have your very own team icon on the map.

Each time a team member posts a distance your team icon will advance up the map.

Your team will also be represented on the leaderboard.

You (as in you personally) will also be able to see information about your own achievements and rankings separate from the team.

The distance doesn't have to be divided evenly among team member. You can team up with guru athletes and people just starting out!

So hustle up your friends or workmates and join the fun!

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NPR: 9 Ways Schools Will Look Different When (And If) They Reopen

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Three-quarters of U.S. states have now officially closed their schools for the rest of the academic year. While remote learning continues, summer is a question mark, and attention is already starting to turn to next fall.

Recently, governors including California's Gavin Newsom and New York's Andrew Cuomo have started to talk about what school reopening might look like. And a federal government plan for reopening, according to The Washington Post, says that getting kids back in classrooms or other group care is the first priority for getting back to normal.

But there are still many more unknowns than guarantees. Among the biggest, says Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, is this: "Is it safe and healthy for my kids to pack them into that classroom?"

Here are nine key ideas - drawn from interviews with public health experts, education officials and educators around the country - for what reopening might look like.
1. Stepped-up health and hygiene measures
"A school building is not what you would call an ideal place in the middle of a pandemic," says Michael Mulgrew, the head of the New York City teachers union, the United Federation of Teachers. So the first order of business, he says, is "How do you make sure there's a plan in place to make sure the people walking in are not spreading anything?"

Ideally, he says, this is accomplished by widespread and frequent testing for the coronavirus. But Mulgrew also points to the safety measures being taken right now at the city's 100 "regional enrichment centers" that provide child care for front-line workers. These include wearing masks, temperature checks, hand-washing, frequent sanitization and social distancing rules enforced even for very small children.

Other countries that are already moving to reopen schools may offer lessons for U.S. educators.

Denmark reopened schools, for lower grades only, on April 15 after a four-week shutdown. At the Copenhagen International School, children line up in the morning next to traffic cones spaced 6 feet apart. There are only 10 students to a classroom, with just one teacher. Specialists, such as the art teacher, offer their lessons remotely via video chat. And just five children are allowed on the playground at a time. Ida Storm Jansen, the school's communications director, says they have made up a new game called shadow tag to play while staying 6 feet apart - "tagging each other's shadow so they're not touching."

Kids are creative, she says: "They figure out ways to do things."
2. Class sizes of 12 or fewer
Maria Litvinova, a researcher at the Institute for Scientific Interchange in Turin, Italy, has modeled how school closures reduce the spread of illness. She argues that without treatments or a vaccine, "there is no such thing as 'safe' reopening."

Still, in an attempt to balance safety with the impact on families and the economy, she also recommends reducing social contact by putting children in the smallest groups possible. Assuming there is sufficient testing and contact tracing to reduce the spread of infection, "it's better if that student's been in contact with one group of 15 students versus 100 students."

Based on the typical size of a classroom in New York City, 12 would be the most children you could accommodate while maintaining social distancing, says the UFT's Mulgrew. At the International School in Denmark, they are grouping kids in classes of 10.

Lily Eskelsen Garcia points out that her membership has been asking for smaller classes for a long time. "The doctors say 39 sweaty bodies in a classroom is not healthy and safe - by the way, it never was. But in this case, it might spread an infection that kills people."

Serious cases of coronavirus among children are rare. Eskelsen Garcia says she's concerned not only for the health of children, but also for the health of her members, which include teachers, custodians, food service workers and school support staff. In New York City alone more than 60 educators have reportedly died from the coronavirus, and NPR has found accounts of educator deaths in 13 other states.
3. Staggered schedules
Reducing class size this drastically would probably mean staggering schedules. By way of example, Mulgrew suggests that one group of kids might attend school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday one week, then Tuesday and Thursday the following week. Others have discussed morning and afternoon shifts.
4. Younger kids first?
Denmark reopened its day cares and primary schools first. Norway started with kindergartens, and Israel with special education kindergartens. Mulgrew says opening New York City's elementary schools first might make sense, because they are more likely to be within walking distance for families, and because those students are normally with one main classroom teacher, meaning fewer changes to existing scheduling and staffing. On the other hand, the researcher, Litvinova, points out that the younger children are more likely to be "putting their hands and their mouths on their face" and, therefore, potentially spreading infection.
5. New calendars
To make up for the learning lost while schools are closed, there have been suggestions of starting school sooner, or continuing through next summer, or both.

"This situation is going to be like what is often called the summer slide, but on steroids," Virginia's superintendent of public instruction, James Lane, told NPR. "I think there will be opportunities for us to discuss different ways to approach calendars." This means, among other things, renegotiating union contracts. And while districts are rewriting calendars, Litvinova says, they should probably prepare for having to close schools again when and if outbreaks recur, until there is a vaccine.
6. Different attendance policies
Schools can open up, but some parents might still choose to keep their children at home. In Denmark, a Facebook group called "my kid is not going to be a guinea pig" reportedly has 40,000 members.

Melissa Thomasson, a health care economist at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, recently published a paper on the educational effects of the 1916 polio epidemic in New York City. The start of school was delayed by weeks to slow the spread of what was called "infantile paralysis." According to Thomasson's research, even when schools did reopen, about 200,000 of the city's 829,000 registered students stayed home out of fear of spreading the disease. And the city announced a policy of "leniency" for absences during this time.
7. No assemblies, sports games or parent-teacher conferences
Students can't mix in large groups, and parents probably won't be allowed in school buildings either.
8. Remote learning continues
Every expert NPR spoke with predicted that the need for remote learning would continue because of staggered schedules, schools prepared to close again for future waves of infection, and many students needing remediation. And that means training and support for teachers, and equipment for children.

Eskelsen Garcia of the NEA says the equity issue is acute: "What we've been telling [political leaders] for years is the digital divide is hurting children. It's hurting entire communities. To have broadband, a tablet or a laptop is not to play video games. It is as essential as indoor plumbing. It is what you need to succeed. And now it's been laid bare."
9. Social, emotional and practical help for kids
Developmental experts say disruption from the pandemic constitutes an "adverse childhood experience" for every American child. When schools reopen, says Virginia's James Lane, ameliorating this trauma will be at the core of their mission.

"I also think that there is a need for us to focus on social and emotional learning for students," Lane says, "and not only how we can provide the academic support, but how can we provide the mental health support and the wraparound supports for students when they come back, to help them recover and bring back that safety net of schools."

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9 Ways Schools Will Look Different When (And If) They Reopen

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subscribe to Coronavirus Daily podcast Three-quarters of U.S. states have now officially closed their schools for the rest of the academic year. While remote learning continues, summer is a question mark, and attention is already starting to turn to next fall.