We had low expectations for Betsy DeVos when the billionaire bought her position as Secretary of Education. Still, it’s unfathomable that she is pushing to reopen schools amid the raging pandemic. And the worst part is that the Cruella DeVil of politics doesn’t have a plan to open the schools safely. CNN’s Dana Bash pressed DeVos on how schools can reopen as coronavirus cases continue to rage across the United States.
DeVos said that children have “missed months of learning,” but we knew that already. Literally, no one wants our country’s children to stay out of school during a typical time, but the numbers of coronavirus cases in the US are increasing. Republicans, though, have been more concerned with the economy than with people’s lives, and it’s ghoulish. First they spoke of sacrificing the elderly, and now it’s the kids, too.
DeVos was asked what her plan is, and it’s basically that parents and kids are on their own. Isn’t that comforting?
Bash laid it out for DeVos, saying, “You said this week that ‘There’s nothing in the data that suggests it would not be appropriate to have kids in school.’ So, [I] want to take a look at that data. The U.S. hit a record number of new cases on Friday. The number of new cases per day is higher now in 45 of the 50 states than when schools shut down in March. Hospitalizations are climbing in several states. And some ICUs are at or near capacity.”
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“So, yes or no, can you assure students, teachers, parents, that they will not get coronavirus because they’re going back to school?” Bash asked.
“Well, the key is that kids have to get back to school,” DeVos said without addressing the question.
“I’m not hearing a plan from you on how to get to that goal of children in school learning, but doing so safely,” Bash shot back. “Does the Department of Education have a plan to do that?”
“Kids need to be back in school, and school leaders across the country need to be making plans to do just that,” DeVos said. “There is going to be the exception to the rule. But the rule should be that kids go back to school this fall. And where there are little flare-ups or hotspots, that can be dealt with on a school-by-school or a case-by-case basis.”
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Oooh, so her plan is that if kids get sick and spread disease, it’s OK because at least they got to go back to school.
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