The Impossible Decision Facing Parents When Schools Reopen

Education is now a literal life and death decision.

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Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing parents into an impossible decision this fall when schools reopen. They must choose between the following options.

1. Send their kids to school, with in-person classrooms, allowing the parent(s) to go back to work once the majority of states fully reopen.
2. Stay home with their kids to either attend classes virtually or homeschool them, probably resulting in at least one lost job.

Before we break down the options and see just how horrific either option is, I need to get something off my chest.

In so many ways, the federal government has proven to be an utter failure during this crisis. My rage at the complete lack of guidance from the feds seems to have no end.

I’m a Facility Manager, and if I don’t do my job right, people will die. And what did I get from my duly elected leaders to help prevent a fatal mistake?

Abso-fucking-lutely nothing.

Nothing except a politically motivated attempt to prevent the release of reopening guidance provided by the CDC. Why? Because it actually included restrictions on churches…