Editorial: It's time for a careful return to Columbus school classrooms
The Columbus Dispatch
The Columbus City School District’s plan to return to some in-classroom learning for its youngest students and those with the most complex needs seems carefully considered, and we wish the students and teachers the best.
Some parents are not happy with the plan and don’t consider it safe – just as other parents weren’t happy last fall with the opposite decision, when a rising number of COVID-19 cases in Franklin County prompted district officials to halt reopening plans.
But much has been learned in the past 10-plus months, and this growing bank of knowledge supports the idea of allowing more gathering, with appropriate protections in place.