What obstacles school administrators will face in reopening schools in the Fall

Many parents are starting to wonder what returning to school in the Fall will look like for their students, or if they will even return to a classroom at all.

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Many parents are starting to wonder what returning to school in the fall will look like for their students..or if they will even return to a classroom at all.fox 55's jeremy masukevich explains why local school administrators expect the game of wait and see to continue.

Bottom line is they want school to be open and be as close to normal as we possibly can.dekalb eastern community schools superintendent jeffrey stephens says its not only parents anxious to get their kids back in a classroom its teachers too.lower third: jeffrey stephens, dekalb eastern community schools superintendent sot jeff its like any profession people want to practice what they know and what they went to school for and right now no one can practice much of anything.

So everybody is anxious to get back.

Educators want to be in the classroom, and they want to be with kids.

Stephens says the superintendents across dekalb county decided all the schools will follow the same plan for reopening with the guarantee of masks and social-distancing.

But when and how is out of their hands.sot jeff we are meeting with the board of health, county health officials, other doctors, any body that has control over what happens.

Everything goes back to the local health official in what they are allowing, or not allowing us to do and protocols they want us to put in place.new legislation this week from u.s. representative jim banks suggests schools will be punished for not reopening.if passed... schools that do not reopen prior to september eighth could lose federal funding.also, e-learning will not count as reopening.sot jeff i mean we are a critical part of business infrastructure .

If we have kids sitting at home we have to have parents sitting with those kids or somebody watching those students.both east allen and fort wayne community school districts say they are paying close attention to updates from the allen county health department to determine their plan in reopening but were unable to provide an update of their own adding much of what will happen come the start of the school year will be determined over the next month.

Sot jeffflexibility is going to be the key and thats one of the things we preach all the time is student safety and flexibility to make sure we are meeting their needs.in butler, jeremy masukevich, fox 55 news the indiana department of education has released the in-class covid-19 health and safety re-entry guide for hoosier state schools to follow.the department of education will continue to revise the document to stay up to date with the latest c-d-c recommendations for