Yeah, we signed up for the hub for our son (grade 5), but we also know that (a) We've got a lot of availability to support him, and (b) he's got a good aptitude for schoolwork where he can stay focused outside of the classroom (which he definitely didn't get from me).
Our biggest reason was basically what you said, we see a lot of value on being able to plan for how things go between here and February or beyond. There's a lot of uncertainty with what will happen in the classrooms, and how stressful it will be for the students.
For younger kids, including Grade 1, I think the social side of school is more important than in older, and there are things that may be important for a child that they may not get through online learning (depending on how it's implemented)... but I also think kids are pretty resilient and adaptable for the most part, and developing some of those social skills a year later isn't a big deal. Kids develop all those skills at different speeds anyway.
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