Palm Beach County parents react to school mandate from Florida Department of Education

Parents and teachers' union officials are reacting after the Florida Department of Education issued an executive order on Monday for schools to open at least five days per week in August.

EDUCATION ISSUED AN EXECUTIVEORDER FOR SCHOOLS TO OPEN ATLEAST 5 DAYS PER WEEKAUGUST.

TONIGHT WPTVNEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S TANIAROGERS WITH REACTION FROM THETEACHER'S UNION AND A PARENTWHO HAS CONCERNS.."I DON'T THINK IT'S A ONE SIZEFITS ALL TYPE OF APPROACH."PARENT DAVE LEVINBOOK REACTINGTO THE DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION'S ORDER FOR PUBLICSCHOOLS TO OPEN HERE INFLORIDA IN AUGUST.

HE DECIDEDTO ENROLL HIS SON IN "SPACE OFMIND"-- A HOMESCHOOLING GROU"HAVING SMALLER CLASSES, THEABILITY TO DO MORE THINGS OVERZOOM THE ABILITY TO WORK WITHOUR SCHEDULE COMING FROM NEWYORK AND USED TO STARTINSCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER VERSUSAUGUST." THOUGH THE SCHOOLDISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTYSAYS IT WILL MAKE A FINALDECISION ON THE RE- OPENING OFSCHOOLS ON JULY 15TH... THELATEST MANDATE HAS SOMECONCERNED.... MANY POSTINGTHEIR FEELINGS ON SOCIALMEDIA.

WE SPOKE WITH THETEACHER'S UNION ABOUT THEIORDER.

"THEY MADE IT CLEARTHAT DECISIONS ARE STILL MADEBY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTENTITIY WHCH WOULD BE THESCHOOL BOARD THEY SHOULD BEBASED ON MEDICAL INFORMATIONAND COVID CASE NUMBERS." THEUNION SAYS THERE ARE MORE THAN12- THOUSAND TEACHERS WORKINGFOR THE PALM BEACH COUNTSCHOOL DISTRICT.

"WE PUT OUT ASURVEY TWO DAYS AGO AND THEWINDOW IS STILL OPEN, BUT OVER45-HUNDRED TEACHERS HAVERESPONDED, OUR MEMBERS.

ANDTHE VAST MAJORITY I CAN TELLYOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT GOINGBACK 5 DAYS A WEEK.

ONLY ABOUT14 PERCENT OF TEACHERS WHORESPONDED SAID THEY ARCOMFORTABLE GOING BACK FROMDAY ONE ON AUGUST 10TH TO 5DAYS A WEEK OF LIVEINSTRUCTION ON CAMPUSES."TANIA ROGERS, WPTVNEWSCHANNEL FIVE.THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT MET WITH THE STATEPRIVATELY TODAY AHEAD