Parents Creating Pods For Socialization

Casey Albritton was in Huntsville talking with parents about who will be in their pods.

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This evening - parents across north alabama are creating socialization groups - called pods.

The pods will allow a small group of students to spend time together through out the school year and limit exposure to coronavirus.

Waay 31's casey albritton is live with how parents are deciding who will be in their pods.

Casey?

Parents are using a checklist to determine who they want their children to socialize with on a regular basis... questions on that list include how many people are living under one roof and if firearms are inside of a home.

Tara bailey/ mother "she was just being so secluded in all of this covid madness."

Tara bailey's daughter is about to start kindergarten.

Bailey is trying to find a way to allow her daughter to socialize and do her online school work at the same time.

Tara bailey/ mother "i really wanted her to have other kids her age and to be able to manage that in a safe environment."

The solution...small groups called pods.

Cyle lewis/ parent "a pod would be a small group of students schooling in a home or maybe going between a couple of homes."

Bailey and some other parents say finding who to include in their pods involves asking sensitive questions.

Tara bailey/ mother "you may need to know do they have firearms in their home and are they locked up in a safe.

Do they have animals in their homes and are any of the animals aggressive?"

So bailey and several other parents created a list of these questions to help people organize their pods-- and posted it on facebook.

Tara bailey/ mother "in order to understand how safe somebody should be or how safe the other family is being."

Cyle lewis is a mother and teacher.

She's looking to create a pod to teach her kids and a few others.

Cyle lewis/ parent "my older students, they were telling me that it's difficult to get motivated and when you didn't have people around you."

For the full list of questions that parents are using to build their pods , go to our website at waay tv dot com.

Live in madison, casey albritton, waay 31 news.