Fact Check Team: Should schools return to remote learning?

[Sherman A1]

WASHINGTON (TND) — America is seeing about 268,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day as omicron rages through the country. Now, some schools are making plans for remote learning until the virus is under control.

The National Desk’s Fact Check Team has been researching districts nationwide and the impact of school closures on children’s health.

Chicago Public Schools gave out 150,000 take-home coronavirus testing kits ahead of winter break in an effort to keep cases low when classes return at the district’s more than 650 schools. If there is an outbreak, they’ve geared up for remote learning by purchasing 100,000 laptops.

Some districts across the country have already made the call for remote learning or are putting in some mandates in place before kids and teachers return to school.

https://krcgtv.com/news/nation-world/fact-check-team-should-schools-return-to-remote-learning

[snpsmom]

1. The caveat is "with the proper resources."

I don't know what other districts did, but mine spent CARES Act $ on immediate PPE and then on funding long-neglected IT. That money is gone, and we now have no more "proper resources. There's no adequate ventilation, no more PPE, unless teachers buy it ourselves, not testing, etc.

So while students do need to be in classrooms, we're all together in unventilated Petrie dishes with unmasked, unvaxed kiddos.

[Sancho]

2. I'm completely ready to teach online this spring...

...here in Florida, the schools are completely unable to keep students and staff reasonably safe. DeSatan sabotages every attempt at safety measures.