Thousands of children are returning to school since the beginning of the pandemic.
"A CRITICAL MOMENT," WITH CASESRISING RAPIDLY IN EVERY PART OFTHE COUNTRY.STUDENTS IN LEE COUNTY HEAD BACKTO CLASS THIS MORNING.FOR SOME... IT’S NOT JUST THEFIRST TIME BACK SINCE WINTERBREAK... IT’LL BE THE FIRST TIMETHEY SEE THE CLASSROOM AGAIN,SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.all MONTH, *THOUSANDS ofstudents will MAKE THETRANSITION FROM AT-HOME TOIN-PERSON LEARNING.JESSICA ALPERN IS LIVE FROMCYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE AND HIGHSCHOOLS... WHERE THE BELL WILLRING IN JUST A FEW HOURS.(NOTE: 7:05am for high school,9:45am for middle).OVER THE NEXT MONTH, WE’RETALKING ABOUT 65-HUNDRED MOREKIDS RETURNING TO IN-PERSONLEARNING.HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS ARE ALSOHEADING BACK INSIDE SCHOOLS LIKETHIS... MEANING EVERYTHING FROMCLASSROOM SIZE, TO THE AMMOUNTOF PEOPLE IN THE HALLWAYS ISABOUT TOMOST OF THE STUDENTS RETURNINGTODAY ARE HAVE ALREADY BEENDOING IN-PERSON LEARNING.BUT LATER THIS MONTH IS WHENTHAT INFLUX OF NEW STUDENTS,ALONG WITH ABOUTTWO-HUNDRED-AND-60 NEW TEACHERS,WILL BE JOINING THEM.FOR MANY, THAT DECISION DOES NOTCOME WITHOUT HESITATION AND FEAROVER SAFETY.MORE PEOPLE AT SCHOOL MEANS MORERISK WHEN IT COMES TO COVID-19.RECENT DATA DOES SUGGEST KIDSARE MORE LIKELY TO GET THE VIRUSFROM SOCIAL GATHERINGS LIKEPLAYDATES... THAN THEY ARE INTHE CLASSROOM.THAT’S BECAUSE MASKS AREENFORCED AT SCHOOLS.BUT WITH EVERYONE RETURNING FROMWINTER BREAK AND MORE DOWNTIMEFOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS... EVENPARENTS WHO *ARE SENDING THEIRKIDS BACK REMAIN HESITANT.SOME SAY THIS WILL BE A TRIALPERIOD.Bethany Bauer, Sending Kids BackTo School"I’m concerned about gettingCOVID again, particularlybecause of the long termeffects.
I’m worried about thekids getting it, even if theyget it mildly, because we don’tknow what the long term effectscan be." (13s)BUTTBethany Bauer, Sending Kids BackTo School: "I don’t know goingforward.
We may make yet anotherchange depending on thcircumstances in the upcomingmonths."(8s)THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEECOUNTY SAYS IT’S WORKING TO MAKESURE THIS IS A SAFE TRANSITIONFOR EVERYONE.WE’LL LET YOU HEAR FROM THEM INOUR NEXT HALF HOUR.ONE THING THEY’VE ACKNOWLEDGEDIS THIS DOES MEAN LESSDISTANCING BETWEEN SCHOOL DESKS.BUT THEY’RE WORKING TO MAINTAINAS MUCH OF A SOCIAL DISTANCE ASTHEY CAN.A MAJORITY OF STUDENTS AREEXPECTED BACK NEXT
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With the exception of a short period before the Thanksgiving holiday break, CPS students have not seen their classrooms since the..
