DODEA schools juggle schedules as parents, kids adjust to digital learning during coronavirus pandemic
DODEA schools juggle schedules as parents, kids adjust to digital learning during coronavirus pandemic
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Some military schools in Europe will adjust their digital learning schedules this month, consolidating and staggering the times students spend online for group instruction, a top school official said.
The changes seek to provide relief to families with more than one school-age child and to students feeling overworked since classes moved online, said Steven Sanchez, the superintendent for the Department of Defense Education Activity schools’ Europe East district, which covers 32 schools in the Kaiserslautern area and other communities in Germany.
“When you have multiple kids and everybody is teaching at the same time … it really spreads our families thin in being able to assist and support,” Sanchez said.
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