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While Boston Schools Discuss Reopening, Parents Must Decide If They Will Send Their Children
Most consider mask requirements and other safety measures a necessity and roughly three in 10 say that kids shouldn't return to classrooms.
BOSTON — With the school year a little more than a month away, the Boston School Committee held a meeting to discuss reopening plans Wednesday night. The talks come as a new poll shows many Americans think school should not return to normal this fall. The poll finds only one in 10 Americans say the school year should start as normal for day care centers, preschools and K-12 students.
Most consider mask requirements and other safety measures a necessity and roughly three in 10 say that kids shouldn’t return to the classroom at all.
Twelve-year-old Leiya Eliacin is keeping busy with online summer classes, and her classwork will stay that way for now.
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“She’s my only child. I’m not going to risk her life,” said Fabienne Eliacin, Leiya’s mother. “I’m doing the best I can at home with her.”
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