Primary/secondary Education - , New York, United States
August of 2020 brought a fever of uncertainty into every home. Parents with young children were especially unsure of what the day to day would hold. Families hoped and waited for some form of direction from the schools. The usual comfort and thrill of gathering lunch boxes and notebooks was not knocking on any doors this year. Somebody needed to piece together something soon or this waiting would be forever.Knowing this, Nikki Ostrower of NAO Wellness put the message out that she was looking to create a pod school for her kindergartener. Connecting through Facebook groups and friends in the downtown area, it became clear that other families were looking to put their heads together to create an in-person and hands-on pod learning system as well. Four families put trust in the plan of creating an education pod.