Parents, teachers unions, governors and President Trump all have distinct ideas about when it's safe to resume in-person classes, putting district leaders at the center of the debate
Monday about students who have contracted Covid, the public health agency said “Monitoring at the local-level could inform decision-makers about which mitigation strategies are most effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in schools and communities.”
“And it’s like the kids are the pawns in this whole process,” he said. ”You know, let’s just throw ‘em out, just like cannon fodder. No regard to their safety. No regard to their welfare. It’s just to make sure that schools are open and parents can go to work.” Here’s a snapshot of some of the nation’s largest school districts as they reopen, or weigh whether and how to do so, and the dilemmas they face:New York City has the biggest school system in the country with more students than the entire population of Montana. Almost half of the students have opted to learn from home, for now.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has been desperate to open schools despite calls from teachers and principals unions to hold off and provide remote instruction until later in the fall. The mayor has said there’s too much at stake economically and educationally to not try to reopen schools for as many students as possible.
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