We know many parents and grandparents are agonizing over the upcoming school year.
We want to help you and your family make the best decision about going 'Safely Back to School' all week, we'll be sharing different ideas to help you decide what's best for your family.
WE KNOW MANY PARENTS ARE ANXIOUSABOUT THE UPCOMING SCHOOLYEAR... SO ALLTHIS WEEK..
WE WILL BE SHARINGDIFFERENT IDEAS TO HELP YOUDECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR YOURFAMILY.CHRIS CONTE SHOWS US ASPECIFIC..
SCIENTIFIC NUMBERTHAT MANY EXPERTSSAY..
IS THE KEY METRIC TOMEASURING SAFETY.00 IT'S DAUNTING FOR SURE THEDECISIONS YOU HAVE TO MAKEA SUMMER OF SOCIAL DISTANCING... IS GIVING WAY TO A FALL OFUNCERTAINTY, FOR COURTNEYNOFFSINGERAND HER FAMILY.SOT 3526 IT'S BEEN LONELY FOR ME, IKIND OF MISS ALL MY FRIENDS ANDIT'S WEIRD TO SAY THIS BUT IMISSLEARNING TOO LIKE SO MANYSTUDENTS, 11-YEAR-OLD PRESLEYNOFFSINGER WANTS TO GO BACK.LEAVING FAMILIES ACROSS THECOUNTRY AT A CRITICAL CROSSROAD.43/26 AS THEIR PARENTS WE WANTTO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT BUTWE'RE FEARFUL ESPECIALLY WHENTHE DATA KEEPS CHANGINGGRAPHIC SO WHERE CAN PARENTSTURN FOR GUIDANCE?
MIT HASCREATED THE COVID-19 PROJECTIONMACHINE.
IT GIVE PARENTS ANINTERACTIVE MAP TO WORKWITH.
AS YOU SCROLL OVER EACHSTATE ... YOU CAN SEE CURRENTCASE NUMBERS.
PAY ATTENTION TOTHIS ONE NUMBER THOUGH, THEPOSITIVITY RATE.
HEALTH EXPERTSSAY ONCE A STATE'S POSITIVE RATECROSSES FIVE PERCENT, PARENTSSHOULD TAKE NOTE SOT - DR.SCHAFFNER 44 PARENTS DON'T LIKETOHEAR ME SAY IT BUT WE WILL BEUNDERTAKING A WHOLE SERIES OFEXPERIMENTS ACROSS THIS COUNTRYDR.WILLIAM SCHAFFNER IS ONE OF THECOUNTRY'S LEADING INFECTIOUSDISEASE EXPERTS.
HE WANTSPARENTS TO BE FLEXIBLE ... IFCASES IN YOUR DISTRICT STARTRISING, PREPARE TO PIVOT.
SOT -DR. SCHAFFNER37 THAT SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL HAVETO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ATRIGGER POINT THERE WHERE THEYCALL ATIME OUT AND EVERYONE STAYS HOMEAND THE LEARNING BECOMES VIRTUALDR. SCHAFFNERALSO SAYS IN-PERSON LEARNINGWILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IFPARENTS MODEL GOOD BEHAVIOR ATHOME.
WEAR A MASK WH I IPUBLIC.
SHOW YOUR KIDS WHATSOCIALLY DISTANCING LOOKS LIKECONSTANTLY.SOT - DR. SCHAFFNER 50 IF YOU DOTHAT IN YOUR FAMILY ALREADYIT'LL BE EASIER FOR THE CHILD TOUNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING INTHE SCHOOL AS FOR COURTNEYNOFFSINGER -- SHE'SDECIDED TO LET HER KIDS GO BACKON A HYBRID SCHEDULE.
BUT ISEMPHASIZING SAFETY.
SOT -COURTNEY45 / 30 KEEP COACHING THEM, KEEPPUTTING THE THOUGHTS IN THEIRHEADS THAT THEY HAVE TO WASHTHEIR HANDS THEY HAVE TO WEARTHEIR MASK GOING IN AND OUT OFTHE BUILDING AND WHY LIKE SOMANYOTHER PARENTS ..
JUST TRYING TOGET SAFELY BACK TO SCHOOL.
I'MCHRIS CONTE REPORTING.THE KEY NUMBER FOR PARENTS... ISTHAT POSITIVITY PERCENTAGE...THENUMBER OF COVID-19 TESTS THATCOME BACK POSITIVE.SOME HEALTH EXPERTS FIND ITCONCERNING... WHEN THATPERCENTAGE IS ABOVEFIVE.WE'VE PUT A LINK TO THE TRACKINGMAP ON OUR WEBSITE... FOX 47NEWS DOT COM... JUSTLOOK FOR THIS STORY UNDER THEREBOUND
As COVID-19 cases spike across the country, parents are struggling with whether or not to send their children back to school this..
