Fall School

[DennisinMH]

Schools in Bloomington announced a change for the start of the school year.

https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/ne ... -learning/

[LovelyRita]

I saw that Morton schools have positive cases.

This was a good article...

"This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’
It is time to stop pretending. Our children are staying home."

https://peoplesworld.org/article/postma ... -the-mail/

[kevwr1962]

https://ijr.org/cuomo-confirms-reopenin ... 8pojzjlaS4

[kevwr1962]

Should we guess when 150 will be next? I say Monday they announce all e-learning.

I doubt it. When have you ever seen D150 leadership ever admit to being wrong about a decision they made? The follow FRIDAY, they will announce something like " to ensure the safety of our children, teachers, and staff............"

[LovelyRita]

TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Officials with the Taylorville Community Unit School District #3 said they are modifying their fall plans.

They said students will start the school year with remote learning. The first day of school will be on August 19. “This initial remote period will tentatively be reviewed quarterly, with the first review conducted in the fall, continuing indefinitely until conditions dictate it is safe to return,” said the district.

https://www.wcia.com/health/coronavirus ... fall-plan/

[AV8R]

One of the largest studies in the world on coronavirus in schools, carried out in 100 institutions in the UK, will confirm that “there is very little evidence that the virus is transmitted” there, according to a leading scientist.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pupi ... -27q6zfd9l

[LovelyRita]

Nope.

Nearly 100,000 Children In U.S. Tested Positive For COVID-19 In Last 2 Weeks Of July

More than 97,000 children in the U.S. tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, underscoring the difficulty for schools considering if or how they can reopen in the fall, according to a new report.

The findings, compiled by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association, included data from 49 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam. But the report didn’t include complete data from Texas — which has seen a surge in cases — or parts of New York, meaning the number of infections could be higher.

Officials have long warned that the true coronavirus toll may be much higher than reported due to insufficient testing and the lack of symptoms in many people who are infected.

The U.S. has seen more than 5 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Of those, more than 338,000 were children, according to the new study. The results from the last weeks of July show that one-fourth of all of the confirmed infections in kids happened during that two-week period, even though the pandemic has been raging since March. (Those defined as children in the study usually are younger than 19, although some states included people up to age 24.)

The data adds to growing concern for parents and students as the start of the school year approaches. Many schools and colleges have said they will operate remotely or with an in-person and online hybrid. But other districts have faced pressure from to reopen as soon as possible, including from President Donald Trump.

Some schools have already resumed in-person classes, to mixed results. A high school in Georgia sparked controversy last week after photos showed dozens of students crowding a hallway between classes, many without masks. The school said it would move temporarily online on Sunday after officials said nine people had tested positive for COVID-19.

In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that schools across the state would be allowed to reopen in the fall based on individual regions’ infection rates.

“New York State is in the best possible situation right now. If anybody can open schools, we can open schools. We do masks, we do social distancing, we’ve kept that infection rate down, and we can bring the same level of intelligence to the school reopening that we brought to the economic reopening,” the governor said in a statement.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report said evidence shows children are at lower risk from developing severe cases of COVID-19. But the agency warned that a coronavirus-repeated condition known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children disproportionately impacted Black and Hispanic children.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5f30 ... me_mw_news

[kevwr1962]

Are these 97,000 children already in school? I see so many groups of children playing/walking/hanging out together and few, if any are wearing masks.

[LovelyRita]

I don't think playing and walking pose the same risk as a packed classroom, school or bus.

[kevwr1962]

Guess I was sort of wrong. The local teacher's union just announced that the board of education (note, NOT the administration of D150) has made a decision the first semester will be virtual.