In the end, it appears we will end up where many expected us to start this new school year, after all.
Following Governor Phil Murphy’s announcement allowing all-remote learning to start the year for districts that can prove such a move is necessary, the Livingston Board of Education announced last week that the district will begin the 2020-21 school year doing just that. Livingston is not alone in this decision; according to Governor Murphy, as of Monday, 156 New Jersey school districts planned to start the year in all-remote fashion. The move is not surprising, as there is not a district in New Jersey that should have trouble justifying the risk schools pose in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We need look no further than Georgia’s schools to see how quickly the situation can unravel.
There was a comment made at the Monday, August 10, Board of Education meeting that was particularly salient. Why are our students and teachers being told that returning to the classroom will be safe, when our own Board still hosts its meetings remotely?
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