n>Five-year-old Jonah Richter has been happily enrolled at Manhattan Day School since he was 3. Before the arrival of COVID-19 and Zoom learning, his parents had planned for Jonah to continue at MDS for kindergarten. Now they are waiting to learn what the fall might look like. “MDS is doing a phenomenal job with early childhood,” his mother, Jessica Morgan Richter, said. Nevertheless, she is acutely aware of the technology’s limits. “I know from my own experience and from that of other parents, no 4-year-old is doing any activity unless a parent is sitting there with them. If I have to check on the baby, everything falls apart.” For now, she is optimistic, but not certain, about her son’s return in the fall. “We’re going to try to stay the course at MDS,” she said, “unless it’s a 100% Zoom situation.” Read Full Article »