As a special education teacher and single mom, Kay* said it's rare for people to see her visibly stressed out. But with the first day of school rapidly approaching and a pandemic rapidly spreading across her state, that's no longer the case.
Most parents at Kay's school are able to choose between in-person attendance or two types of distance learning. "Since I teach SPED, the virtual classes do not apply. But SPED teachers have not been notified [regarding] updates or revisions" to those guidelines.
While she said her school district plans to take daily temperature scans of all students and teachers before entering the building, "nothing has been said about what happens if there are any positive cases 'after the fact.'" For now, Kay said she feels "nervous" about returning to work and confused about the plans put in place in her district. "I'm not sure why we are proceeding with a plan to open with this many cases, especially since we closed [schools] when there were hundreds of thousands of less cases."
