Current phase must focus on current phase, must focus on risk, allowing healthier Americans to resume work and school with careful precautions. Ideally, we want to open those schools. We want to open them Ainsley, as President Trump pushes to get students back into the classroom. The districts across the country are debating how and if they can do that safely. Our education panel is here to discuss this. We have a superintendent of partnership. Schools, Kathleen Porter Mcgee has been here before principal of Saint Vincent Depaul, high school, Patrick, daily, good, to see you again and teacher at Valley, Ridge, Academy, Tiffany Kovacs. We have a superintendent, principal and first grade teacher, so we have different perspectives. How is this affecting your teachers? Your classrooms? Are you all opening back up? We are planning to so our current plan is to open up with an option for parents five days a week in person or a robust row, moat learning option and honestly, like teachers around the country. Our teachers are scared.

They follow the news, they understand the very real threat the virus poses and the rhetoric has become so heated and so polarizing right now, but we all know the difference. A great teacher can make in the lives of the students they serve. Our teachers know they are essential workers they want to get back to their children. They want to get back to their classroom. They want to do everything in their power to keep them safe, Ainsley, Patrick. I know its tough time administration right now. You have been so biz. I couldnt havent had your summer. Tea parties deserve because you work so hard. What are you doing in your school? We have been planning all week. All summer long. We have had health and safety Committee that has two positions on it. As a superintendent said its you know very polarizing. At times some teachers are very nervous. Most of us really want to get back to teaching in the classroom. Governor newsroom had made a mandate when we put a number of

the counties and state on the watch list and we have to be clear of stagnant numbers or no major increases over 14 period day in order to be lifted off that, and so we moved our start date from August 11th to September eighth, in hope of returning back to school, with a really superintendent, very robust, challenging hybrid program, but our teachers really do want to get back to the classroom. Some are nervous and we have to take that into consideration Ainsley right Tiffany. What are your plans? Are you nervous about going back into the classroom? Well personally, and I think I can speak for a lot of teachers im ready for routine and the normalcy we miss our kids so much. We know they miss us through emails and texts. They have reached out to teachers and let us know they are thinking about us with that being said, to be honest, im nervous im a little bit anxious about what its going to look like

when I return brick and mortar. Our school district has also pushed back to August 31st kind of just to let things weigh out, and I think that was a smart decision, but you know wearing a mask and our shield is going to be different and something we will have to teach the kids about what to do and how to do it safely. I think we can do it Kathleen. Should teachers be considered essential workers. I think so. I think teachers are essential workers. We know how important schools are. We know how important teachers are. I think teachers feel that as well but thats where they need. We need to build that trust and they need to know that we are doing everything we can Ainsley. Patrick, a lot of people are back working, essential workers in New York im, one of them the first day coming back. It was a little nerve racking, but you walk in the door and if you take all the right steps and measures you feel safe immediately. People have done the right thing. I know here in this building they have so I know that they can do that in the classroom. Are you worried about? You know its not just the medical factors too

its about how this is affecting our children and parents who have to go back to work and Tiffany? I see you shaking your head. Yes, what about? Do you teach kids whose parents work or maybe this is only the hot meal, those kids get every day all of the above. Actually I mean going to school like we are doing an option of brick and mortar and distance learning, so as a teacher im probably going to be doing both at the same time- and I think thats also going to be something challenging, but it gives the students and the parents options for whats good for their family and, like our teacher union, is working with our district and for the state of Florida and other states. They are trying to give teacher options. Is it better for you to work at home? Is it better for you to be a distance learning teacher, or are you going to be at brick and mortar, maybe where your own kids are? How are you dealing with that teachers that are high risk or older and almost retiring? They dont want to get covid? What are you doing about those teachers? I have to say our support

staff at the school has done an incredible job to parent every single classroom. We have placed desks. You know six feet apart. We have taken every precaution from you know. It is going to be different. You know, students wearing masks and shields, and teachers are behind vinyl barriers in terms of teaching. They are movable, as they move in front White Board that they are able to instruct and still protect themselves. Along with the students, we have some teachers that are nervous about it. I think we got up with some pretty good solutions for them, in particular with so sciences, even in the Matt Matt particulars of you who we are livestreaming our classes and then uploading them to a library that students will have on a daily basis. We dont joke about anything. One thing we joke kids wont be able to call in sick anymore because they have everything online.

There wont be an excuse not to do your homework, but it is, if is a real concern, basing everything on science, our numbers in summit county, they have increased some with the age group thats most vulnerable, at the same time, its really making sure that our faculty feels safe Ainsley. I know yall are hearing this from parents who have been zooming. We love you all and appreciate you more than ever and if you are watching, send your teachers a note, tell them how much you love them and appreciate them, pray for them. And what is your sign say? We miss our kids. We miss our students, Ainsley thats beautiful. Well, we cant wait to see our.