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