The parents here are praying the schools open.
The kids are in the starting blocks and ready to go back
How's that free internet and free laptop program working.
How many public schools actually have anything working in that regard ?
Distance learning is proving to be hard to pull off in other countries. I think it is going to a ineffective disaster in this country for all the reason already discussed. Some Parents want their kids out of the house and back into school provided daycare with meals provided. The kids are looking for a much needed change of pace to deal with the boredom of being away from class.
None of these things has anything to do with keeping people healthy so it is inevitable that when the schools reopen people in those schools will begin to get sick and will become potential spreaders to people outside the schools. Distance and masks and hand washing is important for students and the general population. There is just no getting away from the basic preventative measures except by disregarding them.