In January 2021 President Joe Biden pledged to re-open schools by the end of April 2021. His plan included providing school districts with necessary funding to reconfigure classrooms for social distancing, procuring protective equipment and devising plans to accommodate at-risk teachers and students. Biden’s plan was praised by the two major national teachers unions. Opponents argue that children should immediately return to school since the coronavirus is not harmful to children and point out that the CDC’s infection fatality rate for people under the age of 19 is .003%.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, but insist that only vaccinated students may attend in-person learning at schools and unvaccinated students must continue learning online
@8TP6QKS3yrs3Y
Yes, but only unvaccinated students who cannot shed dangerous spike proteins on others should be allowed to attend
@8FP7T823yrs3Y
Yes, but only if WHO and scientists recommend it
@8TF44GJ3yrs3Y
No, online learning should come to replace in-person learning
@8TB798W3yrs3Y
It should be the choice of each individual school or organization.
@8RBQDDP3yrs3Y
Yes, as long as students and faculty are vaccinated and healthy, and it is safe to do so
@8MF2HYV3yrs3Y
Yes, but only vaccinated students should attend in person. Non-vaccinated students can attend online until we have more evidence it is safe for all.
@8T3YWW63yrs3Y
Yes, but only high schools should have the choice for being completely in-person since their students are old enough for vaccination, but still offer students the option for online learning.
@8R6XFJ63yrs3Y
for me, it is up to the counties and the school district
@dandman3yrs3Y
Yes, but offer a choice between online and in-person learning and only remove restrictions after a majority have been vaccinated
@7C2LD623yrs3Y
No, and get rid of government funded education and replace it with community funded education programs instead.
@BestPoliticsIN3yrs3Y
Yes, but offer a choice between online and in-person learning, but slightly lower funds for schools with more online students
@8S4VH5F3yrs3Y
Yes, but offer in-person and online learning, along with mask wearing.
@8MJN4XZ3yrs3Y
Yes, once the staff is vaccinated and students begin having a safe option to be vaccinated.
@8S2LJ243yrs3Y
No, not until a vaccine is available
@8RYSM733yrs3Y
Yes, if the risk is determined to be low and as long as a choice is offered between online and in-person learning, and require students and staff to correctly wear masks and physically distance.
@8RTZDTX3yrs3Y
Yes, but allow local school districts to decide if they want to reopen or not with providing a choice between online and in-person learning
@3H2PX7K3yrs3Y
Yes, but wear a mask if social distancing cannot be maintained.
@8PBY8XC3yrs3Y
Regardless, this should be decided at the local level.
@8RJ9QLC3yrs3Y
Yes, wear a mask and follow mandates
@4JYTC7M3yrs3Y
It depends: If the surrounding community is practicing safety measures and community transmission is low, sure; if the surrounding community is not practicing safety measure and community transmission is high, no.
@8RG4NRY3yrs3Y
No, and low income parents should receive weekly payments to stay home rather than work
@892HFDV3yrs3Y
Yes, but wearing masks and social distancing should be up to the individual schools, not the government or even the school district.
@8P6PWZP3yrs3Y
No, not until the vaccine is available to everyone and the amount of people who have the virus is down by a lot.
@8KP8Q9T3yrs3Y
Yes, but make the students wear masks and social distance from each other.
@8QN8L653yrs3Y
Yes as long as they follow the guidelines.
@7X7RD4T3yrs3Y
No, the entire school year should just be skipped
@Brunk3yrs3Y
Yes, school openings should be decided by the parents and the teachers, not the government
@8QVKJQM3yrs3Y
Yes, if masks and social distancing are enforced and teachers can get vaccinated
@8QVBBMS3yrs3Y
Yes, but offer a choice between online and in-person learning and everyone should be vaccinated to be allowed to attend class in- person.
@8QDSNZY3yrs3Y
Yes, but only if the school plans everything in an orderly and safe fashion, also force all people to wear masks when they are near other people at all times except small mask breaks where the student asking for it goes into a hallway for a few seconds. Also, offer a choice between online and in-person learning
@8QR824N3yrs3Y
Yes, but it should be based on the number of cases locally.
@8QR5MBJ3yrs3Y
No for now, but when more vaccinations are provided then reopen
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@8QQZN7Z3yrs3Y
They should open if the COVID case numbers are declining or remaining the same they should stay closed if the numbers rise
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@8QQVYDT3yrs3Y
If they are safely able to do so
@8QMGH9W3yrs3Y
If the corona virus is still here then no but if everyone is ok and healthy then yes
@8QQJSTM3yrs3Y
Schools should be open in areas where COVID-19 has been controlled, areas where COVID-19 is still high should remain in Distance Learning or in a Hybrid mode.
@8QMMB5M3yrs3Y
Yes, though they should allow their students to go virtual if desired
@8QQHX243yrs3Y
Only if the number of cases has decreased significantly, and their is not as many deaths.
@6T6Y4L23yrs3Y
Yes, but only if enough of our country gets the COVID-19 Vaccine
@clbcarman3yrs3Y
No rush to open schools. But provide those without internet with better avenues for education.
@657FQGT3yrs3Y
I think will have to wait and see what happens first
@8QQBYDR3yrs3Y
Schools should wait until all kids attending in-person are vaccinated to stop the spread of the Coronavirus.
@6K36GJH3yrs3Y
Depends on the positivity rate in the surrounding area.
@8QQ7NWT3yrs3Y
Yes, if everyone has been properly vaccinated.
Deleted3yrs3Y
Only if we get a grip on the virus, which we won't so.
