Is School Going To Work?

This week, students throughout the region will be returning to school in spite of the Covid pandemic. While there are many who doubt the wisdom of this move, and others who doubt the seriousness of the pandemic itself, that debate is for another day.

The question we wanted to look into was – how many families are actually sending their kids back to the classroom, and what chances do the various schools in our region have of making it work?

Every student, at every school, was given the opportunity to “opt out” of in-class learning. And while there were some initial indications that t...