Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday sought to reassure parents he is doing all he can to keep students safe as most schools in the state prepare to reopen next week.
School bus drivers lead a caravan through downtown Los Angeles to demand that Congress and California legislators provide sufficient funding to ensure all students have the support they need for distance learning and the eventual safe return to in-person classes during the outbreak of coronavirus disease in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Polls show Biden in a dead heat with President Donald Trump in Texas, long a Republican stronghold but where the Democratic Party made significant gains in the 2018 midterm election. How Abbott handles the pandemic and the reopening of schools could have a big impact on how voters cast ballots in November.
“The ways that COVID-19 will most likely spread in the school setting is in gatherings after school is over,” Abbott told a press conference in Lubbock.
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