Educators call for greater distancing before reopening of elementary schools
Educators call for greater distancing before reopening of elementary schools By Anna Phillips | December 31, 2020 at 3:55 PM EST - Updated December 31 at 6:23 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Association of Educators is calling for greater social distancing and other measures to ensure safety before the district reopens elementary schools for full time in person instruction Jan. 19.
During a press conference on New Year’s Eve, President Amanda White said, “we are at the height of a pandemic and we understand everybody wants children back in schools. We want children back in schools as well.”
Plan A will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 19, the day after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Middle and high schools will remain in Plan B, as the governor has not allowed those students to return to in-person class full-time.
The board originally voted late last Tuesday to move to Plan A on Jan. 11. Although the board would have the authority to revert the action, it still included a clause in the motion stating the decision was pending an update from Superintendent Charles Foust. Board member Stephanie Kraybill suggested this “pause clause” would “sit better” with families who thought NHCS was rushing into Plan A.