CDC gives road map for safely reopening schools Laura Meckler, The Washington Post Feb. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Security officer Alfreda Bacon shows kindergartner Yara Rand how to use hand sanitizer at the entrance to Ketcham Elementary School in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2021Photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn Hockstein The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that schools can safely open as long as a range of precautions are in place, offering a road map for a return to classrooms that in parts of the country have been shuttered for nearly a year. When infection rates in the community are higher, the agency recommends shifting to a combination of in-person and remote learning to minimize the number of people in school buildings at any given time. Fully remote learning is recommended only in certain cases when virus rates are very high.