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  • PLACES WHERE INFECTIONS ARE

  • SURGING, SOME TEACHERS ARE BEING

  • PRESSURED TO GO BACK TO THE

  • CLASSROOM.

  • WHETHER PROTESTING FROM INSIDE

  • THEIR CARS OR ON TOP OF THEM,

  • THERE'S A GROWING CHORUS OF

  • TEACHERS WORRIED ABOUT REOPENING

  • SCHOOLS.

  • >> WE WANT TO SEE SCIENCE THAT

  • PROVES THAT IT'S SAFE FOR OUR

  • STUDENTS TO BE IN THE BUILDING.

  • >> Reporter: AS DISTRICTS START

  • TO REOPEN, NO DOUBT MANY PARENTS

  • ARE EAGER TO PUT THEIR KIDS BACK

  • ON THE BUS.

  • >> IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY.

  • >> Reporter: BUT SOME TEACHERS

  • FEAR THE RISK IS TOO HIGH.

  • >> THERE'S NO TEACHER WHO WANTS

  • TO BE WORKING FROM HOME BEHIND A

  • COMPUTER ALL DAY WHILE ALSO

  • HAVING TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR OWN

  • FAMILIES IN REALTIME.

  • NO ONE WANTS THAT.

  • BUT WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK

  • TO A PLACE THAT'S PUTTING OUR

  • LIVES AT RISK.

  • >> Reporter: BEFORE CLASSES EVEN

  • RESUME IN GEORGIA'S LARGEST

  • SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEWS THAT 260

  • EMPLOYEES MUST QUARANTINE

  • BECAUSE THEY EITHER TESTED

  • POSITIVE OR WERE EXPOSED TO

  • CORONAVIRUS.

  • IN SCHOOLS THAT ALREADY REOPENED

  • IN MISSISSIPPI, INDIANA, AND

  • TENNESSEE ARE REPORTING COVID

  • CASES.

  • PROMPTING CONCERNS NATIONWIDE.

  • >> WE FEEL IT'S TOO MUCH OF A

  • GAMBLE.

  • >> Reporter: IN DALLAS THEY'RE

  • LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF

  • IN-PERSON CLASSES TAKING

  • STUDENTS' TEMPERATURES, PROVIDE

  • FACE SHIELDS FOR EACH STUDENT,

  • AND PUT PLEXIGLASS DIVIDESERS

  • BETWEEN DESKS.

  • >> THE MINUTE WE KNOW THERE IS

  • AN ILLNESS, WE WILL REMOVE THE

  • STUDENTS FROM THAT CLASSROOM AND

  • DISINFECT AND CLEAN.

  • >> Reporter: CLASSES IN SAN

  • JOSE, CALIFORNIA, STUDENTS WILL

  • LEARN REMOTELY BUT TEACHERS WILL

  • BE IN EMPTY CLASSROOMS.

  • >> WITHOUT US BEING GIVEN A

  • CHOICE, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN

  • INHERENT LACK OF TRUST THAT

  • WE'RE GOING TO DO OR JOBS.

  • >> Reporter: THIS AGREEMENT WAS

  • REACHED WITH THE TEACHERS UNION

  • IN RESPONSE TO EDUCATORS WHO HAD

  • DIFFICULTY WORKING FROM THE HOME

  • IN THE SPRING.

  • JODY WAS JUST GRANTED PERMISSION

  • TO WORK FROM HOME INSTEAD OF THE

  • CLASSROOM BECAUSE OF UNDERLYING

  • HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SAYS MANY

  • TEACHERS ARE UPSET WITH THE NEW

  • POLICY.

  • >> NOBODY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO

  • BE SOMEWHE THAT THEY DON'T

  • FEEL SAFE OR PRODUCTIVE.

  • >> JOE, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE

  • NUMBERS.

  • DO WE KNOW NATIONWIDE HOW MANY

  • KIDS WILL BE TAKING IN-PERSON

  • CLASSES AND HOW MANY KIDS WILL

  • BE TAKING REMOTE LEARNING

  • CLASSES?

  • >> Reporter: WELL, THE NUMBERS

  • ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AS

  • SCHOOLS ASSESS THE SITUATION.

  • BUT ACCORDING TO THE PUBLICATION

  • EDUCATION WEEK, OF THE 15

  • LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE

  • U.S. RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST 11 OF

  • THEM EXPECT TO BE ONLINE ONLY IN

PLACES WHERE INFECTIONS ARE

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