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U.S. schools go back and forth on in-person learning

By LISA MARIE PANE cent weeks abandoned in-
Associated Press person classes or dropped
New York City reopened plans to bring students
classrooms to many of its back because of soaring
youngest students Monday infections.
in what has become a frus- The retreat in some places
trating, stop-and-start proc- and the push forward in
ess in many school systems others are happening as
around the U.S. because of the virus comes back with
the alarming surge in the a vengeance across much
coronavirus. of the U.S., with deaths per
The nation's largest school day averaging over 2,200
district, with 1 million stu- — about the same level
dents, had shut down in- seen during the very dead-
person learning just two liest stretch of the outbreak,
weeks ago but decided last spring in the New York
to bring back preschool- City area.
ers and elementary school Newly cases are averag-
children after parents ing close to 200,000 a day,
pushed for it and the may- the highest level on record,
or concluded it was safe to and the number of Ameri-
do so with beefed-up test- cans now in the hospital
ing. has reached all-time highs
In contrast, school systems at over 100,000.
in Detroit, Boston, Indiana-
polis, Philadelphia and Continued on next page Students enter P.S. 134 Henrietta Szold Elementary School, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in New York.
suburban Minneapolis in re- Associated Press