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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t know why we’re pretending that there is no data about school reopening to go in.  Other countries have reopened schools.  Some successfully, some not.  https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/school-openings-across-globe-suggest-ways-keep-coronavirus-bay-despite-outbreaks

My takeaways from it are as follows:

1.  Elementary and younger kids are at the least risk of spreading the virus or getting sick themselves, and with mitigation measures in place, it should be safe for them to go back.

2.  “ So far, with some changes to schools’ daily routines, he says, the benefits of attending school seem to outweigh the risks—at least where community infection rates are low and officials are standing by to identify and isolate cases and close contacts.”

The keys there being that community infection rates have to be low, and that we must contact trace (places like Florida should not consider reopening, while places like Maine can).

For me, a better approach to reopening would be to do it in a phased manner.  Elementary first, middle next, then high schools.  We should have data from each set of students, before adding in the next.  If for instance, elementary students don’t cause a spike in cases, but middle schoolers do, then MS students can go back to DL, but ES can stay open.  Under the scenario, in person school would only be available to those that can demonstrate need, in middle/high school.

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