Trump Insists Most School Districts Can Reopen Safely
Tyler Durden
Wed, 08/12/2020 – 18:34
Update (1830ET): Perhaps the only real takeaway from tonight’s press conference (as far as reopening America’s schools goes) is that Trump hasn’t drifted from his position that all schools should reopen, even though he knows local districts will make the ultimate decision based on what’s happening in their individual districts.
- TRUMP SAYS BELIEVE MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN OPEN SAFELY
There are more than 13,000 school districts in the US. Many will make up their own plans.
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President Trump is planning to unveil the administration’s plan for getting kids back in school safely, an announcement that comes as New York alone among the country’s largest schools districts has said it plans to return to some form of in-person learning. The administration has been pressing for states to tap unused FEMA money (accessed via national emergency declarations that were rolled out back in the spring), but many are still wary of returning to school at a time when cases in the worst-hit states have only just started to decline from their peaks.
Recently, the administration suffered an embarrassing setback when students at a private elementary school in North Carolina were forced to quarantine a week after Vice President Mike Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited a nearby sister campus when an asymptomatic student tested positive.
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