What about next flipping year?!

        It's the middle of July, and usually at this approximate midpoint of summer vacation I already have pages of plans & potentials for the following school year. New essential questions, revised grading & assessment systems, some primary/secondary source possibilities, etc. Not yet, though! What is the point when I don't even know...

• how many days per week I might see students
• what % will be virtual versus what % will be in the school building
• what the 'rules' will be for remote-learning this time around in terms of grading, acceptable amount of work, expected reliance on internet devices, etc.

     Everything hinges on those details, which I believe are coming from the superintendent on Wednesday, although major changes could still occur after that. So I am maintaining some sanity by blocking my brain from trying to plan ahead for September. I am not even sure what I'm hoping for the plan to be, since basically all possibilities have huge drawbacks.