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Brian Gordon and Paul Woolverton
USA TODAY NETWORK
Bridget Hurley, a fourth-grade student in Asheville, knows what she wants.
“I would like to go back to school,” she said. Her district, Buncombe County Schools, hasn’t had any in-person classes since Christmas, and Bridget misses her classmates.
“She learns better at school,” her mother, Cherylin Hurley, added. “They need to be in school. Safety has to be the first thing, but if grocery stores can open and other things can open, why not schools?”
At a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper agreed.
“We’ve learned much more about this virus, and now it’s time to get our children back into the classroom,” he said.