Biden struggles with school reopenings
Ashley Parker, Laura Meckler, Fenit Nirappil and Annie Linskey, The Washington Post
March 7, 2021
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Preschooler Korey Hill works on an alphabet puzzle at Patterson Elementary School in Washington on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn Hockstein
WASHINGTON - The promise was clear and hopeful: With strong public health measures, President-elect Joe Biden declared in early December, the majority of our schools can be open by the end of my first 100 days.
The reality has been far more complicated.
First came the clarification on Biden s first full day as president, when the administration released a 200-page coronavirus response plan that explained that the schools reopening schedule included only K-8 schools - not high schools - in those first 100 days.