I certainly can understand your stress and concern. Many other parents similarly concerned. Okay. Here is how I think about it:
1. Your school District is in Nampa and we have uncontrolled spread of the disease in Nampa. So, any large gathering of people is going to be higher https://twitter.com/jen_rummler/status/1287063032359600128

risk.
2. In a high risk community, I would not even consider letting my kids go to school unless the school was going to require everyone inside the school building to be wearing masks when they cannot be at least 6 feet away from each other (even with this, there will likely be

increased risk if the school building is old or has not had its air handling system upgrades and adjusted to meet CDC guidelines).
3. I don’t think you indicated whether any of the kids have underlying health conditions or anyone at home that they live with

is at high risk. I will assume no. A yes answer might change my answer.
4. A recent study suggested that children age 10 and over probably transmit the virus just as easily as adults, if not more. So, you have 4 kids who r close enough to fall in this category. Plus, I am really

assuming that they are in at least three different classes with at least three different teachers, so the group of people your kids will be exposed to is far greater than if you just had one child, and essentially, it appears that your risks for exposure are going to be 3 or 4

times higher.
5. So, let’s see what happens to the disease activity over the next few weeks, as I do think more people are voluntarily wearing masks, but I am not optimistic.
6. Also, ask your schools the following questions:
a. Have they upgraded their air handling system to

meet CDC recommended levels of air circulation?
b. What are they doing to screen teachers and students before entry into the building?
c. Will they require all students and staff to wear masks when they are in the building?
d. What are they doing to restrict the numbers of people

students come into contact with? Are students eating in their classrooms or eating in the cafeteria? Have they eliminated student assemblies, contact sports, etc?
e. Do they have enough staff or a back-up plan that if the school janitor becomes ill or has to be isolated, they

can still assure adequate and thorough cleaning?
f. Will they try to hold classes outside whenever possible?
g. If someone does become ill will they have the information as to all the school contacts for contact tracing?
h. What is their plan when a teacher or student becomes

I’ll and they will not have a COVID test back for a week? Close the school? Close the classrooms the student or teacher was in? Isolate all the contacts until the test results come back?
g. Do they have enough teachers that is a teacher is out ill or isolated, they do not have to

combine classes and out students in closer contacts with more potential exposures?
Anyway, those are some of my preliminary thoughts. Let’s see what your kids’ schools say to these questions and let’s see what happens to the disease activity, and perhaps we can assess where we

are again in a couple or several weeks.