year. and doctors say the country has tools to get kids back in class safely. you have actually heard the chicago commissioner saying it, right? vaccinate. any kid in kindergarten and up is eligible for vaccination, boosters, masks, all depending on the age with boosters but everything else, vaccinations, any any kid can have. and that s important because every parent knows now that remote learning is not good enough, and there is science to back that up, too, or statistics. according to an education research group, nwea, the math and leading levels for kids in just grades 3 through 8 were lower than normal this fall. not something any parent needed to have a study to tell them but these are among the reasons that officials want kids in the classroom. omar jim nenez, members are jus beginning to vote. what are huh everything? yeah, erin, so voting should be underway among the 25,000
aisle. saying that the measures, like universal masking, social distancing, are working. but also, offering to go a step further saying that they would they are proposing metrics at the school level to then go to remote learning. for example, if 50% of the student population has to isolate or quarantine, they prefer doing that as opposed to a district-wide move, which of course is what the teachers union is voting on now. erin. thank you very much, omar. i want to go to cary rodriguez now. she is president of the natural parents union and seattle area high line public schools superintendent. i appreciate both of you. cary, i know you have five boys of your own in public and private schools. you also represent parents across this country. president biden has made it clear, um, you know, as someone who has obviously been always very pro-union, that in this case, he disagrees with the union and says that they are wrong. he believes schools should remain open but is he doing enough?