The Cost of Success

This is something that has been weighing heavily on my mind the past few months. The inequities between who is set up for success during this strange time and who is not, especially in terms of the children, is something I can’t seem to shake.

I am watching students who attend private school thriving in person with their teachers and friends. I have questioned whether I will send my daughter to private school next year if D-R doesn’t open full-time. A main reason I moved to Rehoboth was to send my children to school in a community I love. The fact that this thought has even crossed my mind, and has done so based solely on the fact that I do not want my kindergartener unable to socialize and stuck home behind a screen, truly saddens me. I am lucky that I have saved enough money to be afforded this choice. So many people do not have a choice.

And then, of course, there are those who don’t want to pull their children away from their communities. The students that remain in the public school system, but their parents are able to continue working while making sure their kids have the resources they need through the use of hired help like tutors or college students. When do we bring back the service of the public school system so that all Rehoboth children, not just those who can afford it, can get back their opportunity to be successful? I am told the answer is when it is safe, but that doesn’t give me much comfort for the children this is affecting disproportionately now.