The 22nd and 23rd of April were days 126 and 127 of the pandacademic year. On the 22nd I was away from the in-person Abrome meetup as I was focused on administrative work, and on the 23rd I had planned to be…
read moreFriday, April 9th was the last in-person day of cycle 8, meaning it was the last day of our social justice oriented Flying Squad, and it was day 120 of the pandacademic year. As the Learners came into the space before the…
read moreMonday, April 5th was day 116 of the pandacademic year. While most of the best news about Abrome comes on the weekdays, that weekend was really great news for the Abrome community—Facilitators Ariel and Lauren got their second Covid-19 vaccination shots! Facilitator…
read moreFriday, April 2nd, was Day 115 of the pandacademic year. It would be a sparsely populated day with only three Learners showing up, with one of the Learners planning to be there for only half a day as she had a planned…
read moreMarch 28th was Day 110 of the pandacademic year, and it was the final day of our first week of cycle 8. We had a good week up to that point, although Learners being out due to quarantines and the fixation on…
read moreDay 76 was the last day of our last full week of cycle five, and it would have been the last in-person day of the cycle had we not been in Covid-19 risk stage level five in Central Texas. The following Monday…
read moreThe pandemic blues continue Friday morning came and I checked the pandemic numbers and they are getting no better, but at least they seem to have plateaued, even if temporarily. It’s pretty apparent that we are not going to have any hope…
read moreAnd local schools are still open … Day 67 was our last day of our first week of 2021, and it was the first entirely remote week of our pandemic year. With the numbers continuing to rise in the Austin area, and…
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