A group of Wake County parents has written Gov. Roy Cooper asking him to reopen schools for in-person instruction. Wake is the state’s largest school system.
“There is no rational basis for restricting public-school children in one set of schools while allowing private school children in the same neighborhood to enjoy the benefits of in-person instruction,” reads the letter from Anthony J. Biller of the Envisage Law Firm. The letter also went to state school Superintendent Catherine Truitt and to members of the Wake County school board.
A bill to reopen schools still sits on the governor’s desk, and he has intimated he wouldn’t sign it because it neither follows state health department protocols nor preserves the ability of local authorities to respond to emergencies. What he means, exactly, by those caveats isn’t clear.