Reply To: Contingency Plans for Extended School Closings

“One thing is certain. If one starts using the internet, there’s no turning back..”
I think you may be overstating it a bit. If a school hands out chromebooks to its talmidim (as one yeshiva has done) for the duration of the school closing, and uses them on a limited basis for the duration of the closing, there is no reason they cannot return to their regular system of chinuch once the schools physically reopen. There are very innovative contingency plans being reported. To address the lack of home broadband access, one school has set up hotspots at three local mosdos so the parents can drive to the parking lot and download materials for their kids. Again, this will not work for all (e.g. in some cases both parents and kids lack any computer skills) but it is mindless to simply not have a plan, even if that plan contemplates doing the best possible job w/o computer technology for remote instruction.