By Kathleen McNerney, WBUR Reporter
April 15, 2021
Kathleen McNerney, WBUR Reporter
More parents want their kids back in classrooms this fall even if they aren't comfortable sending them back into school buildings now, according to a new WBUR-Dorchester Reporter-The Boston Foundation poll.
Only 49 percent of parents surveyed said they want their children back in school buildings now. But 67 percent said they wanted in-person learning come September. As in previous polls, Black and Latinx parents were more likely to hesitate about sending their kids back into classrooms.
“It's tough,” said Tawana White of Mattapan, who helps care for her 8-year-old niece. “Yes, you want the children to go back. I feel like it's very necessary for them. It's their social life. ... I just would love to know there's a great enough handle on what's going to happen [with the coronavirus] between now and September, but we don't know. It's up in the air at this point.”