Safely back to school

Many of us have asked what teachers think about the next school year.

This morning we continue our series 'safely back to school' with an interview with educators across the country.

SERIES 'SAFELY BACK TOSCHOOL...WITH AN IN-DEPTH, CANDIDCONVERSATION WITH EDUCATORSFROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.CHRIS CONTE BREAKS DOWN THEIRTOP TWO CONCERNS.CONCERNS-PKG SILENCE HASCONSUMED THE NATION'S SCHOOLSFOR MONTHS NOW.WE'RE CHANGINGTHE LANDSCAPE OF A WHOLEGENERATION BUT WITH A NEWSCHOOL YEAR ON THE HORIZON.TEACHERS ARE STAYING SILENT, NOMORE.SOT I FELT REALLY BURNED OUT INTHE SPRING FROM A TEACHERPERSPECTIVE, A PARENTPERSPECTIVE, A LOT OF PARENTSFELT BURNT OUT FROM THE SPRING.TO UNDERSTAND HOW TEACHERS AREFEELING RIGHT NOW ...WE GATHERED FOUR OF THEM FROMACROSS THE UNITED STATES, THEYSHARED THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHATTHE UPCOMING YEAR WILL BE LIKE.SOT JUST BY A SHOW OF HANDS WHOIS A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THISUPCOMING YEAR IT'S THAT KIND OFAPPREHENSION THAT EDUCATORSNATIONWIDE ABOUT THIS UPCOMINGYEAR IT'S THAT KIND OFAPPREHENSION THAT EDUCATORSNATIONWIDE ARE STRUGGLING WITH.CONCERNED FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY...BUT ALSO KNOWING STUDENTS ARELOSING OUT ON VALUABLE LEARNINGTIME.SOT A LOT OF STUDENTS INPOVERTY-STRICKEN ENVIRONMENTSHAVING THAT ONE-ON-ONEINTERACTION IS IMPORTANT.DR.KENYAE REESE IS A PRINCIPAL INTENNESSEE.SHE'S WORRIED MANY OF HER KIDSDON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THEYNEED AT HOME.SOT IT'S REALLY THE LOWERSOCIO-ECONOMIC KIDS, THEY'RETHE ONES THAT WILL KEEP ME UPAT NIGHT FIRST-GRADE TEACHERPHILIP STARKOSTKA'S WILL STARTTHE YEAR ONLINE THIS FALL.VIRTUAL LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARYSCHOOL KIDS, IS PARTICULARLYTOUGH.SOT - PHILLIP IT IS VERY HARDTO BE A TEACHER AND NOT GET TOSHAKE HANDS, GIVE HUGS / IT'SYEAR.SOT - RACHEL WHEN WE DO VOICECONCERNS IT'S NOT THAT WE'RELAZY AND DON'T WANT TO WORK WEJUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOURCHILDREN ARE SAFE, AND OURCOMMUNITIES ARE SAFE MORE THANANYTHING THOUGH THEY WANTEDSTUDENTS TO KNOW WHETHER IT'SIN- PERSON OR NOT, IT'LL BEOKAY.SOT JUST BECAUSE I CAN'T GIVEYOU A HUG DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOTGIVING YOU A HUG THROUGH ZOOMSOT - WE ARE THERE FORSTUDENTS, WE ALWAYS HAVE BEENIT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PLATFORMWE DELIVER ON SOT - DR.REESE WE GOT THIS, WE ARE USETO FACING CHALLENGES THAT AREA LESSON WE'LL ALL NEED TODEMANDING ANSWERS AFTER A WOMANWAS