Madison County Parents Frustrated With Changes

Alexis Scott spoke with one Madison City Schools parent about how she and her children try to cope with changes while being understanding of why they have to happen.

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We've heard from frustrated parent in every north alabama school system as increases in coronavirus cases and quarantines force schools to make repeated changes to learning plans.

Waay 31's alexis scott joins us live after speaking with one madison city schools parent about how she and her children try to cope with the changes while being understanding of why they have to happen.

Alexis?

Madison city schools are on a hybrid schedule of both remote and in-person classes this week, and a decision on if that will continue next week could some as soon as tomorrow.

But one mom told me sometimes the amount of notice parents get just isn't enough.

Jocelyn broer, mom 1:03-1:17 "i hope the numbers will go down but the hardest part is not having the flexibility i think it's really important," jocelyn broer has 2 high school-aged kids in the madison city school system.

She told me she understands administrators are doing what they can to deal with spikes in coronavirus cases in schools, but wishes the switch between in-person and virtual could be done differently.

Jocelyn broer, mom 4:18-4:33 "that's what i hoped would happen when i signed them up for in-person this fall.

I was hoping as promised when the numbers were too high that they would go back to half days," broer told me she and other parents have heard concerns from their kids on how hybrid learning impacts their learning.

And she hopes come next year they can have a more detailed and set plan for students.

Jocelyn broer, mom 1:23-1:35 "at this point, we don't know how it's going to look in the spring, we didn't know how it was going to look over the summer.

We just keep going back and forth and i really think even we just instated a plan that would have been more long term," we reached out to the school district for an update on how their hiring process is going for substitute teachers needed to fill in the gaps caused by coronavirus abscenses.

We're told more information may come on wednesday.

We'll let you know what they tell