Quarantine:What will Everyone do Afterwards?

By: Kim Salerno

Ohio Governor DeWine announced on April 20th that K-12 schools will be shut down for the remainder of the year. While some students celebrate not waking up early to go to school, many students feel that they are losing their highschool experience due to this ruling.

Senior Kaitlyn Wilms commented, “There are pros and cons to this situation. For one thing, I believe it’s good to stop the spread of Covid-19 from spreading in schools, but it's sad for seniors who didn’t get to end the year like they wanted to. I feel even worse for Seniors in college becasuse colleges are cancnaellinggradtion and no one is hiring during this time. Must be tough for them.”

Governor DeWine has prompted that the city will start opening up in early May. Many people will be eager to leave their houses when Coronavirus cases start to go down. In a survey sent out to Badin students, about 31% of students, out of the 64 who responded, said they will go out and hang with friends once quarantine is over.

Junior Jacob Collins said, “I plan to hang out with friends and go places that have been shut down due to quarantine. I hope everything can go back to normal as soon as possible. I’m tired of being stuck in my house, but I’m lucky to still have a job to go to. I know many people are struggling to have ends meet.”

Many students are finding it hard not to go anywhere due to the shutdown. According to the survey, another 30% of students voted that they wanted just to get out of their houses when the shutdown is over. Another 7-9% said they wanted to go to the gym again or to see other family members outside the immediate household.

Junior Brook Quattrone responded, “I can’t wait to get out of my house. I love my family and all but being stuck inside with my little brother and two sisters is tough. I don’t expect everything to go back to normal immediately but it will be nice to go out into public again.”

The Badin Community is eager for early May to come around and for Cincinnati to open up. Many students are awaiting summer and hope their summer plans aren’t ruined due to quarantine.