Some how, some way, the kids need a classroom. I see the people I deal with, and I know they have kids at home, and I know there is no discipline at all to not only encourage the kids, but enforce the online rules. Heck, I've heard of a dress code now, yet their parents can't even get out of their jammies to go to the store.
We are probably the exception and not the rule, but my 7 and 8 year old have had a consistent schedule since school closed in March. We created a ton of extra materials for them and thought them math, ELA, music, art etc as much as we could. They received more 1:1 instruction out of school than they were in a classroom. We’ve continued this over the summer with 1 hour a day of reading and writing summaries of what was read, math activities and more.
But my wife isn’t working, so we had time to do that. If they go back to remote learning, I hope the district has figured out an effective way to make it like in class learning or I’m going to be very displeased.