Re-opening schools during a pandemic

[Igel]

3. I don't know of a school district that keeps records of everybody living with a student.

They come, they go.

District's having a hard enough time keeping track of kids living with friends or relatives after their parents moved.

Outside's not the big concern. We can't say "anti-lockdown protests are bad", "BLM protests don't transmit COVID," "playground will transmit them." Outside's outside. Asl ong as the kids are running around, shouldn't be that much of a problem.

Phys ed in a gym, choir in the choir room, jocks in the weight room ... more of a concern. Masks help, I guess. (Apparently frequent mouthwash can, too, but that gets crazy real quick.)

Hallways are a problem. Kids pulling on masks, taking them off, sharing them. Stopping, talking in groups. Some groups might closely bunched together than others. It's going to be more than a bit of a nightmare, even with most districts around where I live (near Houston) with 50-60% of students opting for on-line only. That means (high school) classrooms will have 14 kids in a room that usually hold 30.