Student Responses to Reopening Schools

In late July and early August, just as California schools opened for the fall, COVID-19 cases reached their first peak. Now, in mid-December, the number of daily cases is over three times that peak. No data indicates this steep rise will slow down anytime soon. As we are in the midst of the worst part of this pandemic, reopening schools for the winter semester should be unthinkable. When lookin...

Woodside is sick of distance learning. Teachers are fed up with the problems it has caused, failing grades are on the rise, and what was initially scheduled to be three weeks of chilling at home has turned into more than six months of painful depression and suffering. However, despite the obvious, bone-chilling disadvantages that come with online learning, it is a terrifically bad idea to reopen any time before at least Mar...