Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous states in the United States instituted measures to close schools or shift them to virtual platforms. Understanding parents' preferences for sending their children back to school, and their experiences with distance learning is critical for informing school reopening guidelines. This study characterizes parents' plans to send their children to school, and examines the challenges associated with school closures during the 2020-2021 academic year. Methods: A national-level cross-sectional online survey was conducted in September 2020. Focusing on a subset of 510 respondents, who were parents of school-aged children, we examined variations in parents' plans for their children to return to school by their demographic and family characteristics, and challenges they anticipated during the school-year using multivariable logistic regressions. Results: Fifty percent of respondents (n=249) said that they would send their children back to school, 18% (n=92) stated it would depend on what the district plans for school reopening, and 32% (n=160) would not send their children back to school. No demographic characteristics were significantly associated with parents plans to not return their children to school. Overall, parents reported high-level of access to digital technology to support their children's learning needs (84%). However, those who reported challenges with distance learning due to a lack of childcare were less likely not to return their children to school (aOR=0.33, 95% CI: 0.17, 0.64). Parents who reported requiring supervision after school had higher odds of having plans to not return their children to school (aOR=1.97, 95% CI: 1.03, 3.79). Parents viewed COVID-19 vaccines and face masks important for resuming in-person classes. Discussion: About one-third of parents surveyed objected to their children returning to school despite facing challenges with distance learning. Besides access to vaccines and face masks, our findings highlight the need to better equip parents to support remote learning, and childcare.

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在大流行中上学：父母对重新开放学校的看法以及COVID-19期间的预期挑战

简介：在COVID-19大流行期间，美国许多州制定了关闭学校或将其转移到虚拟平台的措施。了解父母将孩子送回学校的偏好，以及他们在远程学习中的经验，对于告知学校重新开放的指导方针至关重要。这项研究表征了父母送孩子上学的计划，并研究了2020-2021学年与停课有关的挑战。方法：2020年9月进行了全国性的在线横截面调查。针对510名学龄儿童父母的受访者，我们研究了父母针对孩子的重返学校计划的差异。人口和家庭特征，和他们在学年中使用多元logistic回归所预期的挑战。结果：50％的受访者（n = 249）表示他们将把孩子送回学校，18％（n = 92）表示这将取决于学区对学校重新开放的计划，而32％（n = 160）不会把他们的孩子送回学校。没有人口统计学特征与父母不让孩子重返学校的计划有显着关系。总体而言，父母报告说，可以使用高水平的数字技术来满足孩子的学习需求（84％）。然而，那些因缺乏保育而因远程学习而面临挑战的人，不太可能不让孩子重返学校（aOR = 0.33，95％CI：0.17，0.64）。报告称放学后需要监管的父母更有可能计划不让孩子重返学校（aOR = 1.97，95％CI：1.03，3.79）。家长们观看了COVID-19疫苗和口罩，这对于恢复亲自上课很重要。讨论：尽管面对远程学习的挑战，约有三分之一接受调查的父母反对他们的孩子重返校园。除了获得疫苗和口罩外，我们的研究结果还表明，需要使父母更好地装备以支持远程学习和育儿。