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Collected Item: “As summer break wains, will schools open?”

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As summer break wains, will schools open?

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Screenshot of tweet

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As summer break wains and the beginning of the school year approaches, one of the biggest questions is whether schools will reopen. All schools from elementary to graduate schools are deciding on whether to bring back students for in person classes. In the US, cases continue to peal, raising doubts about the safety of in person classes.

This topic stood out to me as I am one of the many students awaiting to see what will happen with law schools in the fall. I am waiting to see which schools if any will have in person classes, and basing my plans around that. For the millions of of families with school aged children, this is perhaps the biggest question up in the air. Children and students being at home will have a multitude of effects in many different areas, including parents jobs and price of education and so on. Many people felt confident early in summer that classes would resume, but now doubts are beginning to set in as cases surge.

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#hst, #485, #schools, #reopening, #classes

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https://twitter.com/ejkalafarski/status/1280093014409478152?s=20

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@ejkalafarski

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2020-07-05
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