NOW THE GOVERNOR %
IS DELAYING THE %
START DATE FOR %
SOME SCHOOLS.
>> THE MOST
FAMILIAR WITH
THEIR STAFF WITH %
THEIR RESOURCES %
AND WITH THEIR %
STUDENT %
POPULATIONS. %
THEY HAVE %
RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE %
TEACHERS AND THE %
PARENTS THERE IS
NO OPTION BEFORE
US WITHOUT RISK. %
AFTER READING
THEIR PLANS, I %
FEEL COMFORTABLE %
IN THIS %
DECISION. %
>> ALLISON
BARBER IS %
OUTSIDE OF A
HIGH SCHOOL NEAR
JACKSON, %
MISSISSIPPI. %
THAT SCHOOL
DECIDED TO PUSH %
ITS START DATE %
BACK, WHAT %
HAPPENED THERE? %
>> Reporter: WE %
ARE IN RANKEN %
COUNTY, THEY
WERE PLANNING TO %
HAVE STUDENTS
COME BACK TO %
SCHOOL %
OFFICIALLY THIS %
COMING MONDAY
BUT SCHOOL %
OFFICIALS MADE %
THE DECISION %
YESTERDAY TO
DELAY THE START
BY A WEEK. %
THEY WILL START
ON
AUGUST 17th. %
THEY GAVE %
FAMILIES THE %
OPTION OF TWO %
DIFFERENT ROUTES %
WHEN IT COMES TO
SENDING THEIR %
CHILDREN BACK TO
SCHOOL. %
THEY COULD DO %
END HAPPENED %
TRADITIONAL %
LEARNING OR THEY %
COULD DO VIRTUAL
ONLINE LEARNING. %
ENHANCED %
TRADITIONAL IS %
IN CLASS, IN %
PERSON %
INSTRUCTION, A %
THIRD BACK UP %
OPTION THEY HAD %
BASED ON WHAT %
HEALTH OFFICIALS %
COULD SAY AS
THEY GOT CLOSER %
TO THE NIBBLE
PLANNED FIRST %
DAY OF SCHOOL %
WAS A HYBRID %
OPTION FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO CHOSE %
TO SEND THEIR
CHILDREN IN, NOW %
THEY ARE GOING
TO START WITH %
THE MODEL FOR %
NIP WHO DOES IN %
PERSON CLASS. %
THAT MEANS HALF %
THE STUDENTS %
WILL BE IN THE
CLASSROOM FOR IN %
PERSON %
INSTRUCTION AND
OTHER HALF DOING
THE INSTRUCTION %
ONLINE. %
THAT’S THE PLAN
FOR NOW. %
AS WE SAW %
YESTERDAY, %
THINGS CAN %
CHANGE AT THE %
LAST MINUTE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. %
YOU MENTIONED
HOW FAMILIES
HAVE THESE %
CHOICES. %
WHAT ABOUT
TEACHERS? %
HOW DO TEACHERS
FEEL ABOUT %
LETTING THE %
STATE LETTING %
DISTRICT DECIDE. %
>> Reporter: THE %
GOVERNOR DECIDED %
IN 8 COUNTIES, %
THERE ARE THE
HIGHEST AMOUNT
OF CASES, THAT %
STUDENTS IN %
GRADES 7 THROUGH
12 WOULD HAVE A
DELAYED START %
DATE. %
HE IS LETTING
EVERY DISTRICT %
MAKE THEIR OWN
DECISION. %
WE SPOKE TO A %
TEACHER AT THIS %
HIGH SCHOOL AND %
THEY TOLD ME %
THEY FELT LIKE %
MOST OF THE %
SCHOOLS
PARTICULARLY THE %
ONES IN THIS
COUNTY, THEY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
DELAYED FURTHER
ACROSS THE %
BOARD. %
HE FEELS ACROSS %
THE STATE, %
ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE %
PERCENT OF
POSITIVE, IT’S
AMOUNT ONE IN
FOUR TESTS %
COMING BACK %
POSITIVE, HE
SAID EVERY
SCHOOL SHOULD %
START WITH %
VIRTUAL LEARNING %
AND THAT SHOULD %
BE THE PLAN
MOVING FORWARD
UNTIL THEY SEE A
MAJOR CHANGE IN %
THE NUMBERS %
HERE.
>> I THINK THAT
THE ASK OF %
TEACHERS THIS
YEAR IS MORE %
THAN IT HAS EVER
BEEN IN PAST %
YEARS. %
EVERYBODY IS
GOING THE TRY %
THEIR BEST BUT
WE ARE ALL
FLOUNDERING, %
ESPECIALLY WITH %
THINGS CHANGING %
DAY BY DAY, WE %
DON’T KNOW HOW %
TO PLAN.
>> Reporter: HE
TOLD ME HE WAS %
FRUSTRATED WITH %
WHAT HE FEELS %
LIKE IS KIND OF
NEGATIVE %
RHETORIC TOWARDS %
TEACHERS RIGHT %
NOW. %
HE SAID BACK IN %
MARCH WHEN THIS %
STARTED TEACHERS
WERE PRAISED FOR
SO QUICKLY %
SHIFTING TO %
VIRTUAL LEARNING %
NOW PEOPLE ARE %
DISMISSING THE %
CONCERNS AND %
SUGGESTING THEY %
DON’T WANT TO GO %
BACK TO WORK
WHEN THEY WANT %
TO BE IN THE %
CLASSROOM AND
WANT STUDENTSWA %
BACK AS MUCH AS %
ANYONE BUT FEELS
LIKE THE %
SACRIFICE IS
THEY CAN’T DO %
THAT BECAUSE %
THEY DON’T %
BELIEVE IT IS %
SAFE FOR THE %
STAFF OR THE %
STUDENTS TO ALL
BE BACK IN THE %
CLASSROOM %
TOGETHER.
>> WHAT ARE THE %
DISTRICTS %
DECIDING, OTHER %
DISTRICTS IN THE %
STATE, IT’S UP
TO THEM, WHAT %
REHEARING? %
ARE THEY RE-%
OPENING OR NOT? %
>> Reporter: THE
GOVERNOR %
ANNOUNCED HIS
DECISION ON
SCHOOL S RE-%
OPENING %
YESTERDAY, THERE %
WERE OTHER %
SCHOOLS ALREADY %
OPENED. %
THEY ANNOUNCED A
COUPLE OF HOURS %
AGO THEY HAD %
ANOTHER
INDIVIDUAL TEST %
POSITIVE WITHIN
THEIR SCHOOL %
DISTRICT. %
WE DON’T KNOW IF
THAT INDIVIDUAL %
IS A STUDENT OR %
TEACHERS THAT %
MEANS IN THE
LAST WEEK AND A %
HALF THEY HAVE
BEEN OPEN, THIS %
ONE SCHOOL
DISTRICT, HAS %
SEEN SIX %
POSITIVE COVID-%
19 CASES.
>> WOW. %
THAT IS TOUGH TO %
HEAR AND SO %
HARROWING FOR