Major school districts press to reopen throughout Washington D.C. metro area
In lockstep with President Joe Biden’s push to reopen schools across the United States, school systems throughout the broader Washington D.C. metropolitan area have reopened or are in the process of reopening. The return to schools follows separate announcements by the governors of Virginia and Maryland calling on all schools to reopen in March.
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On January 21, the day after Biden was inaugurated, Maryland’s Republican Governor Larry Hogan announced in a bullying speech that all Maryland schools should return to at least hybrid instruction by March 1 and threatened action against teachers who did not return. During his press conference, Hogan pointed to Chicago, where the city locked out and withheld pay from teachers who did not return to schools, as well as South Carolina, where the state threatened to take away educators’ teaching licenses.
Some Fairfax County students return to a greatly changed learning environment this week
Some Fairfax County students return to school
Some young students in Fairfax County are returning to school this week – and learning about how to stay safe in the era of COVID-19.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Some young students in Fairfax County are returning to the classroom this week – and they’re learning how to do it safely.
Thousands of pre-K and kindergarten students were among the second wave of students returning to schools, despite the persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m feeling really excited , said Graham Road ES Kindergarten teacher Claire Kelly. Super hopeful for the future!
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