Lee County parent unhappy with Lee Home Connect
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RESIDENTIAL TENANTS ONLY, NOTCOMMERCIAL... AND IS EFFECTIVEUNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH.ONE LEE COUNTY PARENT ISFRUSTRATED WITH THE DISTRICTAFTER HER DAUGHTER’S FIRST DAYBACK TO SCHOOL.SHE SAYS LEE HOME CONNECT DOESNOT WORK WELL WITH HERDAUGHTER’S LEARNING DISABILITY.4 IN YOUR CORNER’S CHRISTINAEVANS SPOKE WITH THE MOM WHOASKED US NOT TO SHOW HER FACE,WHO SAYS THE DISTRICT WILL ALLOWHER TO SWITCH TO IN PERSONLEARNING... BUT FEELS THAT’S NOTA SOLUTION."I don’t know what I’m going todo honestly!"FOR SAMANTHA’S 6 YEAR OLDDAUGHTER, THE FIRST DAY OF FIRSTGRADE STARTED OFF WITH A SMILEBUT ENDED IN TEARS.We already seen she was about tocry 3 different times, and thelast time she just couldn’t takeit anymore.
And I had to signher off of zoomHER DAUGHTER IS ENROLLED IN LEEHOME CONNEC━ THE ONLINE SCHOOLOPTION WITH LEE COUNTY THAT HASA TEACHER INSTRUCTING STUDENTSLIVE IN AN INTERNET BASEDCLASSROOM.SAMANTHA HAD HIGH HOPES FOR HOMECONNEC━ BUT QUICKLY REALIZEDHER DAUGHTER’S LEARNINGDISABILITY LEFT HER UNABLE TOKEEP UP IN CLASS .When everybody is talking all atonce.
The children have controlover who’s muted, who’s on videowho’s not on video, you hearother parents talking to thechildrenIts very distracting, and herwith ADHD she can not have anydistractions like thatTHAT’S WHEN SHE TOOK MATTERSINTO HER OWN HANDS BY CALLINGAND EMAILING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTTO TAKE HER DAUGHTER OUT OF LEEHOME CONNECT AND SWITCH HER INTOLEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL.Basically her school told methere nothing they could do.Virtual is out of the question,its closedI basically felt like I wasbeing shut down.
I wasn’t beingheardUNDER THE CURRENT MODE━ UNHAPPYPARENTS CAN NOT SWITCH THEIRCHILD TO VIRTUAL SCHOO━BUT TODA━ THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DIDSEND OUT AN EMAIL ALLOWINGPARENTS TO CHANGE FROM LEE HOMECONNECT OR VIRTUAL SCHOOL TOFACE TO FACE LEARNING.SAMANTHA THINKS THATS GREAT FOROTHER FAMILIES BUT BECAUSE OFHEALTH CONCERN━ THATS NOT ANOPTION FOR HER DAUGHTERNow they can go and decide "wellthis is not for me, I’m going toput them face to face" Great forthem!
But they don’t have thesame situation I have at theend of the dayI’m looking out for my daughter.My baby has asthma.NOW- SAMANTHA SAYS SHE FEELSSTUC━ TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOWTO MOVE FORWARDAT THIS TIME━ SAMANTHA SAYS SHEISNT GOING TO LOG HER DAUGHTERBACK INTO LEE HOME CONNECTTOMORROW BECAUSE OF HOW TODAYWENTSHE SAYS SHE’LL WAIT UNTILWEDNESDAY TO HEAR BACK FROM THESCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT BEFOREULTIMATELY DECIDING WHETHER ORNOT SHE WILL WITHDRA