âTime to get our children back in classroomâ: Gov. Cooper, NC Superintendent urge reopening of schools
Schools urged to have in-person learning By WBTV Web Staff | February 2, 2021 at 1:05 PM EST - Updated February 2 at 6:47 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina Superintendent Catherine Truitt joined Gov. Cooper and other state leaders on Tuesday to urge school districts across the state to reopen for in-person instruction.
Some schools, including private and elementary schools, have already been permitted to return to school full-time.
The call from the governor and state education leaders is to recommend that all K-12 school districts across the state to allow in-person instruction for all students.
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Chicago public school parent Amy Jacobson tells Fox & Friends teachers refusing to return to the classroom is about their needs and not our children s needs.
Parents across the U.S. are lobbying for their children to return to in-person learning as some students face the possibility of completing an entire school year without entering a classroom in addition to the months they lost at the end of the 2019-2020 school year.
North Carolina parent Kelly Mann gave up her full-time job in July to stay home with her three daughters after the Wake County Public School System said they d be stuck in remote classes for the foreseeable future because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Noting stabilizing coronavirus case numbers, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper called on the state s schools to reopen.
North Carolina s public schools shut down in March, and many children have been in remote learning for almost a year. School is important for reasons beyond academic instruction. School is where students learn social skills, get reliable meals, and find their voices. Teachers play an important role in keeping students safe by identifying cases of abuse, hunger, homelessness and other challenges, Cooper said Tuesday.
At least 90 of North Carolina s 115 school districts have at least some kind of in-person instruction for students, the governor said.