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Desks are spaced apart in Samantha Rutherford s classroom. (Courtesy of Samantha Rutherford)
Jerry Logan, 68, can’t afford not to be serious about COVID-19 safety.
He’s a single father of two school-aged children and takes care of his 93-year-old mother at their North Philadelphia home.
“We can’t afford for her to get sick,” he said.
Weighing the risks, though, he couldn’t justify keeping his children in full-time virtual school.
“They’ve got to make up some of this time. They’ve been out of school almost a whole year.”
So although Logan has lost friends and distant family members to the virus, he opted for his kids to return to in-person school at Kenderton Elementary for two days a week starting today.
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Across the US, numerous school districts began reopening Monday in a reckless move that will exacerbate the spread of COVID-19. Over the past month and, in particular, following the February 10 betrayal by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), the corporate media, both big business parties and the teachers unions have conspired to send millions of children into classrooms at the most dangerous stage of the pandemic. The Democratic Party has spearheaded this campaign, with local and state officials implementing Biden’s goal of fully reopening the majority of K-8 schools by the end of April.
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AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur Steinberg (center) joins Mayor Jim Kenney (left) and schools Superintendent William Hite to announce a plan for reopening some Philadelphia school buildings. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia school officials and union leaders have reached a compromise that will allow some schools to reopen their buildings on March 8 roughly a year after the district last welcomed students into classrooms.
The deal, announced Monday, calls for pre-K through grade 2 students at 53 elementary schools to attend classes in-person twice a week, if they choose.
The School District of Philadelphia had planned to reopen 152 schools in February in its first phase of in-person learning. School officials and the union agreed that more schools will become eligible for in-person learning on a weekly, rolling basis until all pre-K to second-grade classes have returned. Announcements will be made each Monday.