Opinion: State’s school reopening guidance still keeps too many students at home Updated Mar 17, 2021; Posted Mar 17, 2021 While the state has relaxed one metric holding schools back, it should also lower its space-per-student requirement to three feet, similar to what other states and some public health experts recommend, the authors write. Facebook Share Leslie Bienen and Kim McGair Bienen is a veterinarian, public health professor and parent of two high schoolers. McGair is an attorney and parent of two high schoolers. Both Portland residents, they are co-founders of ED300, a group advocating for reopening schools. In her executive order mandating schools reopen for in-person instruction, Oregon Gov