I don’t disagree with the sentiment that the goal should be to have kids on campus.
But hope isn’t a goal.
They are doing nothing to provide the steps necessary to meet the goal. @WhiteHouse @AFTunion @NEAToday @andrewsparfea @cgauronskas
— Fedrick Ingram (@fedingram) July 7, 2020
Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said in a July 6 emergency order that students have to go back to school five days a week come the fall. “…extended school closures can impede educational success of students, impact families’ well-being and limit many parents and guardians from returning to work,” said Corcoran.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the state school’s reopening plan after five weeks of steadily declining positive COVID-19 cases. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has pushed back the date of public schools reopening until mid-August at the earliest.
Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander said although the number of positive COVID-19 cases are surging, not allowing children to go back to school is worse than keeping them home.
Schools reopening a political issue
Trump also interjected that former Vice President Joe Biden and other leading Democrats do not want schools to reopen in the fall for political reasons. “They think it will help them in November. Wrong, the people get it!,” President Trump tweeted.
