Reopened Montana public school offers peek at what fall might bring

What might school look like if buildings reopen this fall? One small K-12 school in Montana sheds some light on what the future may hold.

While Montana has a very low infection rate and has had less than 500 cases through Memorial Day, Willow Creek Public School is still treating the threat seriously. In-person schooling resumed May 4th. Teachers wear masks and use pool noodles to illustrate 6’ distancing. There was also mention of younger students walking through hallways carrying hula hoops to discourage them from touching things!

The school only enrolls 56 total students and the article briefly touches on nearby schools that chose not to reopen because they couldn’t do it while maintaining distance and cleaning requirements. And these schools had barely 300 in them, total!

A secondary worry is, will the students return, even if schools reopen? At Willow Creek, only 2/3 of students came back.

Submitted May 26, 2020 at 04:11AM by CommanderMayDay https://ift.tt/2ZxSJ0S