Educators juggle home, work life during coronavirus

Educators juggle home, work life during coronavirus

Are having to juggle their own children's education along with their students.

Waay 31's rodneya ross talked to an assistant principal about juggling it all - while maintaining a healthy balance.

Ll : sara mcclendon told me these days it's all about normalcy...and that's how she's adapting to our changing world.

Sara mcclendon "so we're all getting up at 7 and the first thing that we do is we go for a walk and here's my why: it gets us out of the house like we normally would first thing in the morning."

Sara mcclendon is an assistant principal at monrovia elementary school.

Since schools closed down in march -- life has changed for the mom of four.

These days she spends most of her day on video conference calls helping build a curriculum for students and getting ready for next school year.

And she's also making sure her girls keep up with their school work.

Sara mcclendon "my older two that's when i send them upstairs and they work on their independent reading."

And to add to her stress -- mcclendon's husband is an essential worker...and the worry that he could get coronavirus and pass it onto the family has changed the way they do things at home.

Sara mcclendon "he'll come in and drop his clothes in there, run them through the wash and then go straight to the shower.

And clean off and then kind of reintegrate with the girls."

As the family adjusts -- mcclendon says they're relying on one thing... sara mcclendon "grace is the vocabulary word in our family, you know.

You've got to extend it and receive it."

Ll : mcclendon told me she wants other parents at home to know that they're not alone -- and together they'll all get through this.

In madison co, rr, waay 31 news.

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