It's horrific. I think about all of the kids on the edge of dropping out. The kids who have found "other stuff" to do since they were forced out of school buildings in the spring and not allowed to go back in the fall. Those kids aren't coming back to school. They'll drop out. All of the kids that stick with school, not because they like school, but because they love the extracurricular things like sports, music,, drama, etc... Without that engagement, those kids drop out as well. Not to mention the kids that will get behind in school during this remote learning farce, get frustrated, then stop trying and eventually drop out. It's going to happen in a huge way. And the kids getting abused, neglected, etc...
If parents don't want to send their kids to school, fine. Don't send them. Adults get to make adult decisions. Reality is, a lot of kids need school for reasons beyond their current classroom or this school year. Those kids are being forgotten, and it is a tragedy.