chicago schools closed. lori lightfoot playing. her kids are in private school doesn t impact her personally. what is the impact on kids in chicago who aren t in school and don t know when they will go back and there is a stabbed off with the unions there? thanks for having me. my kids are struggling. they have struggled all week. i wish that they could at least be online with their teachers. we are trying to do work. they are communicating with their teachers. i m texting some of the work that they are doing and they want to be in school whether it s online or in the classroom. we re just not going to have school isn t acceptable for them. pete: of course it s not. alberto, the unions refusing to come back, they were first in line for vaccinations, first in line for boosters, all the medical protocols, money invested in schools. yet, they are still refusing. why are they not going back to
you know, tests positive, what then happens? what are the ripple effects of that? so, you know, our principals are supposed to be instructional leaders. and we do have school nurses but our school nurses are dealing with, you know, the responsibilities of being a school nurse. but now, they are taking on the role of, also, testing for covid. # so with those two, the principal and the nurse, they are testing. they are contact tracing. they re quarantining. we bring our students back after five days to test them, again. hopefully, they are negative and they can get back into the classroom. and get into instruction. our principals are needing to make sure that we have plans on our campus platforms so student who aren t in school can have access to instructional material online. it s really taken on a whole, nother aspect and job responsibility and stretched thin. superintendent simon, i really appreciate your time
professionals who have been advising us on how to respond to covid and our safety for staff and students. the parents the majority of parents are in agreement. we have a small group that are very upset, and they re very vocal. and it it is, you know, obviously, unpleasant. many times in our board meetings when we have people share their frustration in an unpleasant way. but for the most part, the majority of our families are happy and, you know, they want their kids in school and this is how we keep them in school and we have the direct instruction and that s working for us right now. although, we are still concerned with the amount of positivity rates, we have over 420 students right now positive. that number keeps growing and we have over 1,600 kids who are quarantined and that means if they are quarantined, they are not getting that direct instruction and it will impact their learning. yeah. i mean, just the logistical challenges that you have to face. if a student in a class
police s powers to stop people is a way to reduce crime, it will be interesting to see what reaction it gets when the plan is published later today. gets when the plan is published later today- gets when the plan is published later toda . ., . ~ , ., later today. 0k, adam, thank you very much later today. ok, adam, thank you very much for later today. 0k, adam, thank you very much for that. mps are urging the government to introduce a national register to monitor children in england who are being educated at home. the commons education committee says there s an astonishing lack of information about children who aren t in school. the committee has also suggested there should be an assessment in literacy and numeracy for children studying at home. ministers say they re committed to introducing a national register soon. (tx with me is the mp robert halfon, the chair of the commons education committee. why doesn t the government know how many children are home educated? well, i
understands this is still a very dangerous disease, we do need to use the tool that we have, self isolation is the one that we have got. i urge people to do it, but don t forget, folks, we are coming forward with the new system from august 16, we will comport with the test to elites release approach. until then, test to elites release approach. untilthen, please test to elites release approach. until then, please everybody, stick with the programme. mps are urging the government to introduce a national register to monitor children in england who are being educated at home. the commons education committee says there s an astonishing lack of information about children who aren t in school. the committee has also suggested there should be an assessment in literacy and numeracy for children studying at home. ministers say they are committed to introducing a national register soon. i spoke to the chair of the commons education committee, robert halfon, a little earlier and he to