New CDC guidelines set a high bar for Michigan schools to resume in person
Updated Feb 21, 2021;
Posted Feb 21, 2021
Students get off the bus at Hunt Elementary School in Jackson on Friday morning, Aug. 7, 2020. The school is the first in Jackson County to open for the year amid the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.J. Scott Park | MLive.com
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Despite a sense of urgency to return students to the classroom, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has set a high bar for how to do it safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thenew CDC guidelines come as parents and educators in many Michigan communities are engaged in intense debate over reopening schools. The federal agency says schools can open safely if they put layered mitigation measures in place and offers a road map based on the surrounding community’s rate of COVID-19 transmission.