Baltimore County families rally to reopen schools

FAMILIES ARE FIGHTING TO GETSCHOOLS BACK OPEN FORSTUDENTS.

THEY HELD A RALLYYESTERDAY IN TOWSON, CALLINGFOR TRANSPARENCY FROMBALTIMORE COUNY PUBLICSCHOOLS... AND A SAFE PLAN FORRETURNING BACK TO SCHOOL.

WMAR2 NEWS ABBY ISAACS JOINS USFROM SCHOOL HEADQUARTERS INTOWSON TO EXPLAIN THE ONGOINFIGHT.ú LOOKLIVE- THE GROUP OFPARENTS, STUDENTS ANDSTAKEHOLDERS SAY THE LONG TERMDEVASTATING EFFECTS OF VIRTUALLEARNING OUTWEIGH THEPOTENTIAL HEALTH RISK OFRETURNING BACK TO SCHOOL OFCOURSE WITH PROPER SAFETYPRECUATIONS.

2:24-28 SEANKAMMER - You could tellimmediately that things justwerenALMOST A YEAR SINCE STUDENTSMOVED TO A COMPLETELY VIRTUALSCHOOL MODEL, AND THE NEGATIVEIMPACTS ARE EVIDENT FOR THEKAMMER FAMILY.

3:26-35 SEAN-As a composite group of boys,theymiddle-high B performeroverall as an average to a Dif weFOUR BOYS BETWEEN GRADES 4 AND9 ARE MORE THAN READY TO GETBACK INTO SCHOOL 6:05-11MICHAEL KAMMER // 7TH GRADER-I feel like if we go backwechance of performing better inacademics.

THEYGROWING GROUP OF BALTIMORECOUNTY FAMILIES CALLING FOR INPERSON LEARNING TO BE ANOPTION.

34:47-51 FROM SATURDAYVIDEO NAT- We deserve thechoice.

THE GROUP RE- OPENBALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLICSCHOOLS HELD A RALLY OVER THEWEEKEND, ASKING FOR THE SCHOOLSYSTEM TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUTTHEIR RETURN TO SCHOOL PLANSBECAUSE THE LONG-TERM EFFECTSOF VIRTUAL LEARNING CAN BEDEVASTATING& NOT JUST ONACADEMICS, BUT SOCIALISOLATION AND DEPRESSION ARETAKING THEIR TOLL.

37:14-18FROM SATURDAY VIDEO MATTHEWKAMMER // 4TH GRADER- Theexperience with online schoolis just terrible.

BALTIMORECOUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAYSTHEY ARE CONTINUING TO WORKVERY HARD TO REOPEN SCHOOLS ASSOON AS POSSIBLE ANDCONSISTENT WITH THE STATEHEALTH METRICS FOR REOPENINGAS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE.

THECOUNTYS RECOVERY PLAN STATES AHYBRID MODEL COULD BEINTRODUCED IN FEBRUARY, IFHEALTH METRICS ALLOW.

THEGROUP BELIEVES THE COUNTYCOULD BE READY NOW.

13:31-58AILEEN KAMMER- IIthis virus does to patientsand I understand how importantit is to be safe and I thinkif the county took theappropriate precautions theway the private schools havedone, and the kids wear masksand they wash their hands andthey stay 6 feet apart, thetheyBRANDON KAMMER // 9TH GRADER-This virus isnanywhere anytime so we aregonna have to learn how tolive with it.

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