Regardless of what Trump does or doesn’t do, even the most carefully designed reopening plans are going to be hard to implement if there’s a major outbreak in the state https://t.co/Yt4oft6LPs— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) July 9, 2020
I'm honestly not sure how much authority independent school districts have to refuse to open after TEA has told them to. Then again, most shut down without TEA authority, which was granted after the fact and as a recognition of reality.
Would be interesting to see TEA take an ISD to court over the issue. I don't think they want to do that, though.
And by the way, there already IS "a major outbreak in the state." I mean, I know we're not New York City, but please!
And this is the real "X" factor:
I just watched a virtual forum on school reopening.— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) July 9, 2020
It made me wonder if the hybrid plans to comply with distancing may be moot. So many parents said they will NOT send their kids to school. The science about kids' low risk is not reaching them. They are terrified for their kids.
My school district straddles the dividing line between rich and poor. High expectation the "rich" will keep kids home, because they can afford to. "Poor" have to get back to work. Gonna be some segregation de facto (as there is in socioeconomic status), but also gonna be an administrative nightmare, accounting for children who are "learning" at home and those coming to class.
Either way, "social distancing" is gonna be a joke. And imagine trying to keep masks on kids who all refuse to wear them, if they decide to.
And the incoherence keeps starting at the top:
The White House is saying that they don’t want to tell schools how to reopen, insisting that CDC guidance is just that, while simultaneously arguing that they can tell them when to reopen.— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 9, 2020
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