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anxiety around returning for the new school year. Parents with a child in kindergarten (41%) and middle school (43%) are more likely than other parents to say their child is experiencing re-entry anxiety.

• There is support from parents for school districts to increase mental health support services due to the impact of COVID-19. Three quarters (73%) of parents say school districts should increase mental health support for children because of the effects of social isolation from COVID-19.

Morning Consult conducted the polling from August 6-9, 2021, among a sample of 466 parents of kindergarten-12th grade children. The interviews were conducted online, and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of parents of kindergarten-12th-grade children based on gender, educational attainment, age, race and region. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points.