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, these school reopening guidelines don’t offer recommendations on when to reopen schools based on achieving specific public health metrics. Many advisory groups have declined to provide concrete recommendations for this. It’s messy and there’s no clear one-size-fits-all advice. Instead, these organizations’ guidelines generally offer suggestions for things to consider when making the choice to reopen schools, like how to evaluate a school’s ability to implement COVID-19 prevention measures.
This has led to a variety of situations, even in different school districts that are experiencing the same COVID-19 caseload. Some are planning on a return to semi-normal, with children in classes five days per week and limited public health interventions. Others are using a hybrid model, with some days in class and some days online. Some have chosen to be fully online or at least begin the school year that way.
; some have arranged for smaller class sizes; some are planning for only younger children to return to school buildings while older students learn from home. Nothing is universal except confusion.Meadows notes a number of advantages to returning to a physical classroom. “In-person instruction for younger students is important for advancing learning and social and emotional development, which are critical in the early years,” she tells SELF.
Meadows coauthored recommends that school districts prioritize getting kindergarten through fifth-grade students back in school, along with special needs students who would benefit most from in-person learning.
Clearly, there are many reasons to advocate for a return to in-person schooling in the fall. But what about the flip side?Both May and Murray are skeptical that schools can safely reopen for the upcoming academic year. “In March, we closed schools based on case counts that were much lower than what we’re seeing today,” Murray says. “If we cannot bring the outbreak under control in the next month, I do not think it will be safe to reopen schools.
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