How Some Districts Are Trying To Get Anxious Families Back Into School Buildings

[Jilly_in_VA]

Paullette Healy isn't sure yet where her 13-year-old son, Lucas, will go to school this fall.

She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and says New York City school buildings are in "disarray," with overcrowded classrooms and windows that barely open. She worries about classroom ventilation and social distancing.

The city has announced it will not offer a remote learning option in the coming school year. In a statement to NPR, a NYC schools spokesperson said the district's buildings are "some of the safest places to be during the pandemic," adding that classroom ventilation systems are fully operational.

But Healy isn't convinced.

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/26/1017864066/how-some-districts-are-trying-to-get-anxious-families-back-into-school-buildings

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Why do they keep pretending?

Schools are germ factories. That’s where cold and flu season is born.

If we don’t face reality, we will never get away from covid. Pretending that kids don’t share germs further delays our recovery.

[crickets]

2. Agreed. It's grim. nt

[roamer65]

3. In-person schooling will kick this latest wave into warp speed.

That’s feeding it crowds like it encountered in India.

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. Some school districts

are at least having the sense to require masks. My oldest grandson went back to in-person schooling all last year, wore a mask and was careful about handwashing and sanitizing etc. and never caught anything, even a cold. It looks like many Virginia districts will require masking.

Florida, OTOH......