Virginia

On this page, we offer a snapshot of the stories of Virginia-based art educators, selecting direct quotations, each of which represent a unique participant. Due to the confidential nature of the data, the teacher’s names, and mention of their school or district have been removed. 

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What art educators are saying:

Impact on students:

“One day, it was the second-grade class and there was a sweet little kid who lost a pencil that had the name of his old elementary school on it, and he just started sobbing. Just absolutely sobbing. I asked him ‘Are you okay?’ and he said ‘No, I lost my favorite pencil from my old elementary school.’ And I thought, “Oh. This is what they mean. This is what they mean when they say that [these closures] can actually be really hard on [the students].”
– Art Teacher, Virginia

Impact on Teacher Identity:

“These kids were pretty distraught that their prior elementary school had been closed down and they had to go to a new school. Those were some of the changes I was dealing with. I was adjusting to teaching elementary again on top of what felt partially almost like grief counseling.”
– Art Teacher, Virginia

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