“My hope is that next year, Nathan can finally have a normal school year.”

Why did that catch me off guard? Because while I know his first and second grade years were altered by Coronavirus/full remote learning and Coronavirus/hybrid learning, respectively, I thought his Kindergarten year was normal.

“Nope. Teacher strike.”

Holy crap. He really has had three screwed-up school years to start his educational career. How messed up is that?