While some school districts are responding to a pandemic-driven surge in student misbehavior with mental health support and disciplinary alternatives, others are suspending kids.
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Masked third-graders work on computers at Tibbals Elementary School in Murphy in December. Tibbals is in the Wylie school district which appears to have not announced any specific COVID-19 protocols for the coming school year.
Many schools are still working out the details about how they’re going to keep students, faculty and staff safe amid rising coronavirus case numbers and hospitalizations.
On top of that, schools cannot require students are faculty to wear masks, per an order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott last month.
So how exactly do schools plan to keep students and teachers safe when they return to the classroom next month?