hang in there. reporter: his message to the children is think of this as a gift, returning to the classroom a gift. for example, during christmas, you wait a whole month to open your gifts and going back into the classroom will be a gift. he also noted the district has air purifiers in each classroom but not only did covid kill his father, a week after his father died, covid ended the life of his uncle and nephew. so he has some real life experiences as he s making these tough decisions, brianna and john. yeah. his personal toll is certainly significant. thank you so much for that report. look, no one is saying these decisions are easy and they re not. no. people have gone through so much personal loss there. but education, the idea of framing it as a gift, it s a right for kids. and these kids are for whatever