Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Anthony Hamlet says he wants students back in classrooms, learning in front of teachers. But’s hard to pinpoint
90.5 WESA s The Confluence for Wednesday, January 6, 2021
On today s program: Pittsburgh Public Schools administrators are assessing when to bring some students back to schools; A local environmental advocacy group weighs in on the Environmental Protection Agency’s updated rules for lead and copper and Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority’s work on reducing lead in drinking water; and Erie voters with differing political views discuss the results of the general election.
Pittsburgh Public Schools hopes to bring back students, but only if the data says it’s safe
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“It’s important to note this would be a small group of students,” explains WESA’s education reporter Sarah Schneider. These students include those with disabilities and those learning English as a second language. The district brought this cohort back into the classroom briefly last fall, but they returned to remote learning after a week due to rising cases across Allegheny County.