As I sit in the safety of my attic—afraid to leave for fear of catching COVID—the powers that be are ordering grammar-school teachers to return to the classroom. Or else!
Meaning?
Like . . . smaller classrooms. Everyone in masks. Teachers outfitted with hazmat suits.
On the one hand, you have scientists and doctors saying schools are not super-spreader environments.
Ugh, oh. Now, I’m really nervous.
And it’s pretty obvious that Mayor Rahm and his handpicked school board looked the other way on that contract—even though it reeked of corruption—because they needed Byrd-Bennett to be the public face on the school closings.
