Schools from Milwaukee to Fort Bend County joined California’s two largest school districts in announcing plans to keep teachers and students from the close contact that classrooms demand
A chain-link fence lock is seen on a gate at a closed school in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, on July 13, 2020.With coronavirus infections and deaths rising in many parts of the country, U.S. educators from California to Wisconsin are opting for online learning rather than a return to classrooms when the school year begins in a few weeks.
The decision puts the districts at odds with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has threatened to withhold federal funds or remove tax-exempt status if they refuse to reopen classrooms, even though most schools are financed by state and local taxes. U.S. coronavirus cases rose in 46 of 50 states last week and the number of deaths rose nationally last week for the first time since mid-April and about six weeks after cases began to increase, according to a Reuters analysis.
After experiencing nearly 16,000 new cases in the last two days, California further retreated from reopening its economy.
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