testing before classes resume next week. but out of more than 13,000 school districts in the country, less than 150 decided to start the semester with all remote learning. partisan, new jersey, is one of them. i think that it s a good thing that the children will be home. reporter: tiffany jacobs has five kids in the patterson school district. i d rather my kids be safe and not get sick. reporter: and new questions over the c.d.c. s isolation guidelines. last week the agency reduced the isolation period for asymptomatic positive cases from ten to five but did not require a negative test. after much criticism, the white house s top medical advisor says the c.d.c. is now reconsidering. looking at it again, there may be an option in that that testing could be a part of that and i think we ll be hearing more about that in the next day or so from the c.d.c. reporter: in patterson remote learning begins tomorrow morning till january 18.