I am interested in your thoughts about school building reopenings.
1) How has it been for your child to be back in their school buildings, even in a limited way?
2) Do you see safety protocols being enforced?
3) Do expect/want school buildings to be fully reopened on a regular school schedule in the fall?
Here’s an article from The Atlantic that says that right now, some of the concern over COVID appears to be performative, either thru habit or fear or both.
Alex Goldstein, a progressive PR consultant who was a senior adviser to Representative Ayanna Pressley’s 2018 campaign, told me. “Either you believe that you have a responsibility to take action to protect a person you don’t know OR you believe you have no responsibility to anybody who isn’t in your immediate family.”
My take is the former because I choose to live in a society. On a day-to-day basis, sure, my family comes first for me. But we do live in a society.
I don’t have a problem being outdoors and not wearing a mask (and by that I CONTINUE READING: Seattle Schools Community Forum: Reopening School Buildings