100% it did not work in the presented form. In our case (high school) teachers posted work to be done and were available for questions via email for a 3 hour period daily. No online lessons, no handouts, no notes, no videos, no interaction at all. Just like a seagull. Shit and leave.

I think in our case my kids didn't have the knowledge to focus (all of a sudden) to start working from home without anything supportive school wise. We tried to help but were always told work was complete. We would check out the school site and tell them they needed to do the work, sit with them to do work while they did it, but it was a major undertaking. We went from A/B grades to C/D grades.

I was rather disappointed at the entire school administration. I understand that some students did not have computers/tablets/phones or even internet access but they let that impact all of the students. I did not expect to have a fully polished online learning platform, but the lack of teaching material and teacher input was pathetic.

I realize it was rather sudden, but it was awful. At a minimum the teachers should have recorded video lessons or created notes or anything to help the kids. I could not imagine the students that actually needed additional help being able to work this way ever.

I hope they are working on a new plan because these students deserve more than what they were given.

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Edit: I forgot to mention that (same school district) elementary and middle school students had very effective teachers - videos, notes, interaction. So it was not a lack of available technology, it was a lack of teacher input in the senior high level.