'Life is just too precious and we can’t get this wrong,' one teacher said.
continue to rise, Pensacola mom Latoya Floyd says she doesn't want to risk her children’s health by sending them back to school next month but that she doesn’t have a choice, either.
As Florida began seeing a surge in cases in early July, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order requiring schools to open for traditional in-person learning.
Latoya Floyd is a single mother of two children in Florida who says her kids' education may suffer if they don't return to school in the fall, despite concerns of COVID-19.Floyd said her children, 10-year-old Tyler Floyd and 6-year-old Skylar Woods, are supposed to begin fifth-grade and first-grade classes at Ferry Pass Elementary School in Pensacola next month.
Latoya Floyd's children, 10-year-old Tyler Floyd and 6-year-old Skylar Woods, pictured in an undated family photo, will be returning to school in Pensacola, Fla., this fall despite concerns of the coronavirus.Still, educators within the Escambia school district expressed concerns about the safety precautions their schools will have when they reopen. Math teacher Willie Craig is also the director of Camp Magnolia Summer Day Camp in Milton, Florida. When the pandemic began in the U.S.
Willie Craig, a math teacher in the Escambia County school district, has a sister with COVID-19 and expressed concerns about reopening schools too soon.MORE: Coronavirus updates: Florida reports 2nd day of record-setting deaths Carol Cleaver is a science teacher in the Escambia County school district of Florida who says she was also part of a task force that came up with a reopening plan for the state in June.
First grade teacher Yolanda Vasquez stands in protest along with other teachers and counselors in front of the Hillsborough County Schools District Office on July 16, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. Teachers protested in front of the Hillsborough County Schools District Office, July 16, 2020, in Tampa, Fla.MORE: Too little too late: The story of how Florida shattered the country's single-day COVID record
Megan Carrigan, a kindergarten teacher and cancer survivor, has been teaching a summer school program in Florida since July, and says she plans to continue teaching in-person for the 2020-2021 term despite COVID-19.Carrigan is a cancer survivor and diabetic who says she’s aware of the risks she’s taking every time she walks into the classroom.
"As a teacher, as a person, as a parent, you need to do what's best for you and your family,” she said. “And if you do not feel like it's a place that you need to be at that time, then you need to stand true to what you feel. ... For me, personally, being in the classroom is where I want to be and where I feel safe going."
Dr. Jason Wilson is an emergency physician at Tampa General Hospital in Florida who says it was tough deciding whether he should send his son to in-person school. Ultimately, he decided he would.
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