Keeping schools closed is much more harmful to kids than it is protecting them from the virus. Schools in Europe have reopened without flareups in schools, and many students were outright not participating in school activities when children were sent home in March. There have been studies that suggest students received "roughly 70% of learning gains in reading relative to a typical school year, and less than 50% in math" in the last school year.
It's a big country. There are places where it's safe to open schools and there are places where it isn't. The federal government threatening schools is bullshit. Our district has 3 different plans (full capacity, half capacity alternating days, online only) and I have a lot more faith that they'll pick the most suitable option than the federal nutjobs deciding what's good for all schools while trying to appease their base in an election year.
@suchmoon in my personal opinion the federal government should not force the schools to reopen unless the area they’re in has very less cases, because children’s can act as carriers and spread this virus ahead. Furthermore I also acknowledge that online studies is difficult for the students, because they’re not used to staring at the computer screen for so many hours, but these are extraordinary circumstances and they should learn to adapt.
Source:
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-should-schools-reopen-fall.html
