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Parents of nearly 3,500 Baltimore County students are choosing to opt out of the in-person daily instruction the school system will offer this fall and instead keep their children learning from home.
The county has joined school systems across the state making plans to allow some students to learn online this school year.
Emily Mullinix signed up her two children for Baltimore County’s virtual learning program. She is keeping her 7th grader home because online learning works better for her. She struggles with speaking, so she’s had success with the chat function in Google Meets. And she wants to stay home.
Mullinix’s sixth grader is a tougher call, however, because he wants to go back to school.
“All of his friends are going in person,” Mullinix said.
So, she may change her mind and let him go to school, but she’s nervous about it.
“I’m concerned because he’s not old enough to be vaccinated yet and there are these variants going around,” she said.
