The 2020-21 school year will bring a new set of risks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students, parents, and schools will face the challenge of balancing educational lessons with health and well-being.
Parents, especially, are facing tough decisions as schools reopen. Primarily, should they send their children back to school?
With health and safety top-of-mind, there are a few precautions parents can take to reduce students' exposure to the coronavirus. First, parents should never send any child who is symptomatic of illness to school. "This means that parents should develop a routine for quickly checking their child for fever in the morning and also confirm that their child does not have a cough or any other sign of illness," said Michael LaSusa, superintendent of schools in Chatham, N.J., to CNN.
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