Israel reopened some schools on Sunday but the bid to edge back to normality as coronavirus concerns ease was boycotted by several municipalities and many parents who cited poor government preparation.
A girl speaks on her mobile phone while arriving to her elementary school in Sderot as it reopens following the ease of restrictions preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease in Israel May 3, 2020 REUTERS/ Amir Cohen
“We are excited and concerned at the same time but we have to take the first step,” Hila Mizrachi, a 37-year-old teacher, told Reuters as she escorted her own daughter to school. The back-to-school decision was made on Monday and tweaked into the weekend. As the Israeli work-week began on Sunday, one mayor, of the city of Beersheba, said he had yet to receive final Education Ministry guidelines.
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