re: Alabama Board Coronavirus Thread

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Yeah I think schools resuming is going to be a disaster. It's really as if school administrators across the country had a collective "oh shite" moment a month ago when they realized things weren't in a good spot to return to in person classes and have been flying by the seat of their pants ever since. It should serve as a damning indictment of the administrative side of education in this country, but it probably won't for most people.

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It just has to get bad enough.

I can imagine that each school district and state would offer its own strategy. Exactly what constitutes an outbreak in a school? Two cases? twenty? Plans call for rooms in schools where students can “quarantine” if necessary — but how long can that be sustained before fear starts running through the building? These kids are often asymptomatic at their age and can maintain a school schedule even if they have the virus. Interacting with older ones after school has yet to be seen. There are a ton of demographics that don't exist yet with the school-age kids and COVID.

Now that our young ones are being put on the front lines, I think all of us are about to have our convictions and politics put to the ultimate test.