Jennifer Pierre speaks for millions of American parents when she sums up how it feels to navigate a patchwork of school Covid-19 policies as the pandemic enters a third year.She is happy to see her 13-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son back in their classrooms after the long months of remote learning that hindered their social development.
There were almost 5,000 schools nationwide that were closed or remote one or more days this week due to Covid-19, according to Burbio, a website that tracks school disruptions. As president of the parent-teacher organisation for the River Dell Regional school district, Verrier said she also is fielding questions from other parents facing the myriad daily judgment calls that have become part of pandemic life.
The unknowns of the Omicron variant and her fears about “long Covid,” a constellation of symptoms that some patients have reported experiencing for weeks or months after recovering from the primary infection, prompted the change of heart. After nearly two years of home schooling, she also knew her family could handle it, even if it isn't ideal.
The Biden administration this week announced a new set of measures aimed at keeping classrooms open, including doubling Covid-19 testing capacity in schools with 10-million more tests.
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