Darned if you do, darned if you don’t. Sure, it is good for kids to be in school — socially and academically. And working parents don’t want their kids left home alone. HOWEVER, we just happen to be in the middle of a huge spike of cases with widespread community spread of the disease (which will be made worse by the kids being in school.) You also have to be concerned about staff members who are at risk from the virus. So should Mississippi go ahead and start schools now or wait like some districts have done? I guess we will find out.
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