Ann Arbor parents rally for students to return to the classroom
Ann Arbor Kathy Bishop s second-grader was falling apart this fall as she tried to navigate virtual learning.
The struggles became so dire that Bishop pulled her child from Ann Arbor Public Schools Allen Elementary and sent her to a private school with an in-person learning program. She s a social kid, Bishop said. She loves school and was just falling apart.
Bishop joined Saturday with about 100 other parents, educators and members of the grassroots advocacy group Ann Arbor Reasonable Return to urge the district to abide by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s goal of reopening Michigan schools to in-person instruction by March 1.