Imagine students returning to school this fall after months outside of the classroom. Here’s what teachers envision for the 2020-21 school year.
, a 60-page document released in the third week of May, recommends that schools place desks six feet apart, serve lunch in classrooms, close playgrounds, keep children in the same groups every day and cancel field trips and extracurricular activities. It also recommends daily health checks and temperature screenings of staff and students daily, if feasible.
Willow Creek School, located 40 miles west of Bozeman, reopened on May 7. The tiny K-12 school enrolls 56 students; only 37 returned for in-person instruction. their teachers and parents. Preliminary research has shown that children can carry and transmit the virus without showing symptoms themselves.
Superintendents from 62 of the country's largest school districts have called on Congress to provide about $200 billion more in educational stabilization funds. Without a federal bailout, school food programs will be forced to make cuts, meaning there may be fewer cafeteria workers to prepare meals. Schools will also have to figure out how to prepare and serve foods in buildings while adhering to social distancing measures.
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