learning for our students. they have suffered enough. i want to bring in the woman in charge of the largest teachers union in the country. becky brprin gle. nice to see you again. so do you agree with secretary cardona s goal, all schools should be open for in person learning full-time now? it s good to be with you again, pamela. you know, even as we were sidelined by yet another variant with omicron, my what i ve been saying from the very beginning has not changed. my message is the same. that is to follow the science, listen to the infectious disease experts, work together with educators and parents and communities to make good decisions so that we can keep our students and educators safe and we can be in person, we know that is the best way for our students to learn and then
in making those decisions so it takes the entire community, entire community before i let you go, becky, go ahead to listen to the experts, follow the science, and work together to keep our students safe. before i let you go, should schools be going virtual this week? we know several school districts have chosen that route. many school districts have chosen to start virtually. some have not. many have chosen to do testing before the students come back. what i ve been saying all along is work together to make the best decision for your community. but we know that many of our schools have worked so hard, pamela, to ensure that they have in place the tools and the supports if for whatever reason that i have to go back to virtual. that s important to make sure our students stay safe and continue to learn. becky prin gle, thanks so