City councilman concerned about JPS reopening

One Jackson city councilman believes Jackson Public Schools may have to take a go slow approach before reopening this fall.

THAT'S RIGHT SCOTT...COUNCILMAN STOKES SAYS SAFETYMUST BE A TOP PRIORITY.HE'S URGING SCHOOLADMINISTRATORS TOIGNORE PRESSURE FROM THE WHITEHOUSE.

"I'M SAYING THAT DONALD TRUMPWOULD NOT PUT HIS CHILDREN INHARMS WAY."JACKSON CITY COUNCILMAN KENNETHSTOKES PUSHING BACK ON PRESIDENTDONALDTRUMP'S PUSH FOR SCHOOLS TOREOPENTHIS FALL AS COVD-19 ISINFECTING HUNDREDS OFMISSISSIPPIANS EVERYDAY.

"NO ONEWANTS TO ALLOW THEIR CHILDTO GO TO SCHOOL AND DIE NO ONE."COUNCILMAN STOKES SPOKE OUT ATHIS WEEKLY CITY HALL NEWSCONFERENCE"DON'T PUT OUR BABIES IN HARMSWAY.

AND I GOT A GRANDPARENTSHE'S GOING TO TELL YOU HOW SHEFEEL."THAT GRANDPARENT IS VANESSAHINDSSHE'S RAISING THREEGRANDCHILDREN WHATTEND JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS."I DON'T WANT THEM GOING TOSCHOOL AND CATCHING IT FROMANOTHER CHILD,AND THEN BRING ITHOME ALL OF US IT'S GONNABE SICK THEN IF SOMETHINGHAPPENS TO ME AND THEY'RE NOTGONNA HAVE ANYONE THEY NEED THEYNEED ME.""IF ONE MOTHLOSE A CHILD THROUGH THIS VIRUSBECAUSE OF SCHOOL IT'S GONNADEVASTATE MANY FAMILIES.STOKES BELIEVES SCHOOLS SHOULDSTAYCLOSED UNTIL SCIENTISTS FIND AVACCINE TO TREAT CORONAVIRUS.JPS ADMINISTRATORS HAVEN'T YETRELEASEDPLANS ON HOW THE WILL SAFELYEDUCATESTUDENTS THIS FALL.HINDS HAS BEEN FINDING WAYS TOEDUCATE HERGRANDKIDS SINCE SCHOOLS CLOSEDINMARCH."SINCE THEY'VE BEEN OUT OFSCHOOL I'VE BEEN GOING TO BUYBOOKS FOR THEM LEARNING BOOKSTHEY HAVE LEARNING BOOKSTHAT YOU KNOW FROM GRADE ONEPROBABLY UP UNTIL PROBABABOUT GRADE SEVEN OR SOMETHINGLIKE THAT.""THERE'S GOT TBE AWAY THAT WE CAN GET THISDONE WITHOUT PUTTING THECHILDREN'S LIVES ON THE LINE ANDWITHOUT PUTTING THESEGRANDPARENTS LIFE ON THE LINEAND IT'S OUT THERE." STOKES WANTS CITY COUNCIL TOREACH OUT TO JPS TO MAKE SURETHE DISTRICT HAS ALL THERESOURCES HE NEEDS INCLUDINGADEQUATE CLASSROOM SPACE FORKIDS TPRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING.

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