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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of us have been saying that forever but others choose to say its a requirement.  Its about numbers.  Want numbers down, be part of the solution, not problem.[/quote]

excerpt from CNN article today:

"It feels like schools are the only thing closed. In northern Virginia, you can throw back beers late at night indoors at a bar. You can send your kid in person to private school. You can shop indoors at pretty much every type of establishment. You can gather for coffee, go to the farmers market, get a parking ticket, pay a parking ticket and pretty much anything else you want, as long as you wear a mask and follow social distance guidelines.
You cannot, if you're a kid, go to public school. My kids' district has set a mid-February target for younger kids who choose to return to the classroom. Schools have been completely closed since March. The number of children failing classes, particularly Black and brown kids, has skyrocketed.
But the district has missed previous markers to put special needs kids back in classrooms. It has set metrics, based on the spread of Covid in the community. It seems very unlikely those metrics will be met. Parents are expecting a notice pushing off the mid-February delay."

Why is Northam allowing this but not making a hard stance on a date to open schools statewide? [/quote]

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