(1/4) Here’s the dilemma across the country--but particularly in WV, which has among the nation’s highest child poverty rates.

Reopening schools will spread COVID-19. That might kill children, & research says it’s far more likely to kill employees & members ...

(2/4) of the surrounding, often unhealthy, communities.

Yet, schools are critical not just for education, but for socializing & providing free health care, therapy, meals & childcare for working parents.

It’s also hard to tell how remote learning went during spring's shutdown..

(3/4) State ed officials encouraged counties to count remote learning as just extra credit, & WV said it didn’t track student participation in remote learning. The state didn’t administer the standardized tests & didn’t “collect standardized measures” of student performance ...

(4/4) in any other way, a spokeswoman said.

Read about the many still-unanswered questions & concerns regarding next school year: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/coronavirus/as-new-wv-school-year-approaches-concerns-questions-remain-about-unreleased-plans/article_fb232f78-8b3c-5b2b-9267-550b29a8cbd3.html