The U.S. attempt to return children to the classroom this fall has turned into a slow-motion train wreck, with at least 2,400 students and staff either infected with COVID-19 or self-isolating because of exposure.
that there would not be enough staff available to continue instruction.
"We pay absolutely no attention to what the White House has to say on this and neither do most big city school districts," said Michael Casserly, the executive director of the Council of Great City Schools, a coalition of the nation's largest urban public school systems. Miller, in South Carolina, said her board anguished for months before finally deciding on offering parents a"hybrid" option, starting Sept. 8. The option allows parents to choose in-person instruction for their kids two days a week -- a move that cuts down the number of kids in a school at one time to allow for social distancing.
"I definitely still say, 'Give this a shot.' I think there is a way to do this in person," Carlo Wheaton, the parent of a junior at Woodstock High School in Georgia, told WSB-TV in Atlanta after the school announced it had to close temporarily after 14 people tested positive for the virus and 15 more were waiting for their test results.
There's no federal standard on when it's considered safe to reopen schools, although the White House and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevent have released various documents suggesting"phased" reopenings and advising that kids and staff wear masks and keep students six feet apart. Education Secretary Betsy Devos speaks next to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway as Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump listen during a coronavirus disease pandemic response event about reopening schools the White House, Aug. 12, 2020.Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, suggested communities look at the number of new COVID-19 cases in a given week for every 100,000 people.
"There's not a national superintendent, nor should there be, therefore there's not a national plan for reopening," she said last month. The money could be used to improve ventilation and expand classrooms to allow instructors to teach their students while socially distanced.
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