Should schools open in full in September?

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Good luck getting a bunch of 1st graders to wear masks all day and social distance.

Wearing masks will admittedly be very hard, but I don't think social distancing would be that hard to keep outside recess? Basically, sit students as though they are going to have an exam all the time.

Of course, keeping social distance in recess for 1st graders (or really any students) will be impossible.

First graders do not sit still. That's just not how they behave — there is no way to get them to do this.

You guys are seriously underestimating first graders. They are absolutely capable of understanding the importance of mask wearing and sitting six feet apart and as a general rule, adults should have higher expectations of young children.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Good luck getting a bunch of 1st graders to wear masks all day and social distance.

Wearing masks will admittedly be very hard, but I don't think social distancing would be that hard to keep outside recess? Basically, sit students as though they are going to have an exam all the time.

Of course, keeping social distance in recess for 1st graders (or really any students) will be impossible.

First graders do not sit still. That's just not how they behave — there is no way to get them to do this.

You guys are seriously underestimating first graders. They are absolutely capable of understanding the importance of mask wearing and sitting six feet apart and as a general rule, adults should have higher expectations of young children.

You should volunteer to teach them then

Unfortunately, I have neither the qualifications nor the disposable income to do so, but that does not take away from my point. Plenty of other countries are reopening their K-12 education systems with masks and distancing and it works. There is nothing about American children, except our unfortunate inability to take them seriously, that would prevent similar measures being implemented here as well.