To return to class or keep studying at home?
Parents and administrators in Pearl are wrestling with those questions as the school year approaches.
DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE WILLBE HAVING, AS PARENTS ANDADMINISTRATORS ARE EAGER TOCONTINUETHE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION...PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ISTHREATENINGTO CUT FUNDING IF SCHOOLS DON'TFULLYREOPEN...BUT WILL THAT REOPENING HAPPEN,ASTHE STATE IS SEEING A LARGESPIKE IN COVID-19CASES?
THE PEARL SCHOOL BOARD HOLDING ASPECIAL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, ASTHEYCONSIDER REOPENING PLANS FOR THEFALLSEMESTER...THEY WERE HEARING INPUT DIRECTLYFROMPARENTS AS THE SCHOOL YEAR ISSCHEDULED TOBEGIN LESS THAN A MONTH FROMNOW...PARENTS EXPRESSING THEY AREEAGER TO GETTHIER KIDS BACK TO FOCUSING ONTHIEREDUCATION...I HATED THAT THEY MISSED 3MONTHS...UH, DID THE BEST WECOULD.
AND THEY NEED TO BE INSCHOOLBUT ALSO ASKING QUESTIONS, ANDEXPRESSING THEIR CONCERS OVERHOWTHIS RETURN CAN HAPPEN SAFELY...I SEE THESE NUMBERS GOIN' UPEVERYDAY, AND I'M LIKEHER...THESECHILDREN ARE OUR PRIDE ANDJOY...AND YOU JUST HATE TO SEEYOUR CHILD COME HOME WITH THATTHIS MOTHER...A NURSE, WHO IS ANESSENTIAL WORKER IS WORRIEDABOUT THE DISTRICT NOTMANDATING MASKS FOR STUDENTS...I'M JUST WONDERING THAT IFTHEY'RE NOT WEARING MASKS,AND THEY BRING HOME THISSICKNESS...OK, IF THEY BRINGHOMECOVID, OR IF THEY SHARE IT WITHTHETEACHERS...AS THE HOSPITALS AREFILLING, AND THERE'S NOTGOING TO BE ANYBODY TO CARE FOROUR CHILDREN, WHAT ARE WE GOINGTO DO?
SCHOOL OFFICERS SAY INADDITION TO DETERMINING HOWINSTRUCTION WILL OPERATE, THEYHAVE CHANGED THE CONFIGURATIONOF SCHOOLS...CLASSROOMS HAVE BEENDECLUTTERED, ANDTHEY'RE WORKING TO KEEPCLASSROOM SIZESUNDER 20 STUDENTS...SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORTIN TRYIN' TO LOOK AT OURMOVEMENTPLANS IN THE BUILDINGS, AND DOEVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TOMITTIGATE THINGS.
WE WANT OURKIDSSAFE AS YOU KNOW...I'M A PARENTTOOSCHOOL LEADERS ACKNOWLEDGE THEYARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT GETTINGBACK TOLEARNING...IN A SCENARIO WHEREKIDSCOME BACK TO SCHOOL AND THINGSWORK OUTSMOOTHLY...BUT THEN AN OUTBREAKHAPPENSWEEKS INTO THE SEMESTER...PARENTS SAYING THAT SITUATIONWOULD BE DEVISTATING...IF I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN TO GOAHEAD AND CARE FOR, BECAUSE ISENT THEM TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEYBECAME SICK...YOU HAVE TOUNDERSTAND I'LL HAVE NOTHING TOLIVE FOR.
NOR WILL ANYBODY ELSEIF THIER KIDS GET SICK NOT ONE PARENT TONIGHT WAS FONDOFHAVING THEIR KIDS BACK IN THECLASSROOM...THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS EVENTHOUGHTHERE IS A GAMEPLAN FOR AUGUST,WITH THEUNKNOWN TRAJECTORY OFCORONAVIRUS, THEYARE WORKING IN A FLUIDSITUATION...AND THATMEANS THE PLAN CAN CHANGE...SCHOOL IS SET TO BEGIN ON AUGUST7TH INPEARL... THE GOVERNOR'S NEW MASK MANDATESEFFECTIVE TONIGHT IN 13 COUNTIESACRO
The Pearl Public School District has given parents the option of letting their children learn from home, but they are also in the..
