No Schools To Open In The Fall | Real Learning CT

No Schools To Open In The Fall | Real Learning CT

No Schools To Open In The Fall

Of course, we are not going to open schools in the fall.

You know why? Because we are in the midst of a pandemic and will be in the fall also.

It will be just fine to not open schools in the fall. This blog will explain that in detail in subsequent postings. But for now, let’s accept where we are. Let’s tell the Connecticut  Commissioner of Education that we get it that we are in a pandemic and do not expect or want schools to open in the fall. Let’s tell Governor Lamont the same thing. And let’s tell our local Superintendent of Schools to relax because we get it about being in a pandemic and ask him or her to explore different ways to meet the needs of our children other than to pack them into school buildings.

Dana Millbank in The Washington Post describes succinctly where we are as a country and why we should not for one minute even think about opening schools in the fall. Pleas read:

Other countries are winning against the virus. We are quitting.

Counter-protesters block a drive-by protest during a rally to reopen the country and economy during the coronavirus pandemic outside City Hall in Philadelphia on May 8. (Matt Slocum/AP)

ByDana Milbank Columnist

May 8, 2020 at 3:27 p.m. EDT

Now is the spring of our disgrace.

Around the world, countries are winning the battle against the coronavirus and beginning a responsible return to work, school and leisure, confident that their governments have the deadly virus in check.

But the United States plays the loser. Unwilling to do the hard work needed to CONTINUE READING: No Schools To Open In The Fall | Real Learning CT