State says open Miami-Dade schools by Oct. 5 or give school-by-school reasons as to why not

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State says open Miami-Dade schools by Oct. 5 or give school-by-school reasons as to why not

Three-page letter offers counters to School Board’s decision to have students in classrooms by Oct. 21

Michelle Solomon, Podcast Producer/Reporter
Hatzel Vela, Reporter
Published: September 26, 2020, 10:25 pm
Updated: September 26, 2020, 10:37 pm

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The Miami-Dade School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to delay in person-instruction at its public schools to at least Oct. 14, but Florida’s Education Commissioner sent a strong letter on Friday to both the school board’s chair and superintendent stating “grave concerns” about the delay and advising them of a new opening date.

Richard Corcoran’s three-page letter, addressed to Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho and School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman, said that in-person learning must be made available by Oct. 5.

He stated that if the district deems any school should remained closed, a provisional plan would have to be submitted for each — basically answering the question as to why that school needs to remain closed.

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1. It should be easy enough

to draft a statement explaining why the school should not open. Ask parents to sign a petition, or send around a letter to parents asking if they feel it's safe to send their kids to school. If enough parents feel it's too dangerous, or flat-out state they will not be sending their kids to school, then that school should remain closed. If parents are OK with it opening, then open it and, to quote our mighty leader, "we'll see what happens."