Parents forced to make difficult decisions for 2020-2021 school year

School is less than one month away, and some families are having to make tough decisions.

Among them is the Warren family.

SCHOOL IS JUST DAYS OR ACOUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY FORDISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA.AND THAT MEANS TIME IS WINDINGDOWN FOR PARENTS TO DECIDE --WHETHER THEIR KIDS WILL LEARNAT HOME OR IN THE CLASSROOM.

9ON YOUR SIDE'S LUZDELIACABALLERO SPOKE TO ONE FAMILYWHO'S STILL WEIGHING THEIRDECISION.

ANIMATION 1-10 FULLSCREEN 50-55 55-1:00 1:01-09ON CAM THE WARREN FAMILY SAYSWHILE THEY LOVE BEING AT HOME,LEARNING CAN BE DIFFICULT WITHDISTRACTIONS.

PKG YEAH, I'MWORRIED& VANESSA WARREN IS AMOTHER OF THREE-- NATS SHESAYS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL INTHE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC CANBE TRICKY THINGS CHANGE FROMWEEK TO WEEK, AND THERE'SREALLY NO EXAMPLE TO GO BY.HER OLDER KIDS GO TO PUSCHRIDGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY--WHERETHEY'RE GIVEN THE OPTION FORIN- PERSON OR REMOTE LEARNING.VANESSA IS LEANING TOWARDS THEIN-PERSON LEARNING OPTION.THIS WASN'T A VERY GOOD HOMEENVIRONMENT FOR MY KIDS TOLEARN BECAUSE I HAVE ATODDLER...AND SO TRYING TOHAVE THEM LEARN WITH HIMRUNNING AROUND ISN'T GREAT,BECAUSE I CAN'T REALLY GIVETHEM A LOT OF ATTENTION.

SHESAYS THE SCHOOL WILL REQUIREMASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCING,SMALLER CLASS SIZES, AND DAILYCAMPUS CLEANING.

13 YEAR-OLDLOGAN WALKER SAYS WHILE HE'SNERVOUS ABOUT CATCHING THECORONAVIRUS, HE'S ITCHING TOGO BACK TO SCHOOL.

IT JUST ISA LOT EASIER TO LEARN ATSCHOOL AND ALSO LIKE, I NEEDTO SEE FRIENDS.

HUMANS NEED TOSOCIALIZE.

11 YEAR-OLD RACHELWARREN SAYS ZOOM CALLS JUSTAREN'T THE SAME AS IN-PERSONLEARNING--ADDING SOMETIMESTHEY FREEZE, OR THE CONNECTIONIS LOST.

I'M EXCITED THAT WEGET TO GO BACK.

IT'LL BE KINDOF WEIRD, BUT SINCE I HAVEN'TBEEN TO MIDDLE SCHOOL YET,IT'LL FEEL PRETTY NORMAL.

ASFOR LITTLE 2 YEAR-OLD LUKE,WHILE HE ISN'T IN SCHOOL-- HESTILL LIKES GETTING INVOLVED.NATS WHEN I'M TRYING TO DO MYMATH HOMEWORK, HE'LL SOMETIMESJUST RUN.

SOMETIMES HE'SWRITTEN ON MY HOMEWORK& BUTTHEY'VE LEARNED TO ADAPT ANDOVERCOME-- NOW, VANESSA ISHOPEFUL HER KIDS WILL HAVE ANOPTIMAL AND SAFE LEARNINGEXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM.

ICAN'T CHANGE OR EVEN PREDICTWHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT,BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT MY KIDSWILL LEARN AND DO BETTER THANWITH ME TRYING TO HELP THEM.ON CAM TAG: PARENTS AT PUSCHRIDGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HAVEUNTIL JULY 31ST TO DECIDEWHETHER THEIR KIDS LEARNREMOTELY ONLINE OR IN PERSON--REPORTING FROM THE EAST SIDE,LUZDELIA CABALLERO, KGUN9 ONYOUR SIDE.NINE ON YOUR SIDE'S FIRST