Many of us in Michigan have been sounding the alarm about our children’s education and the toll of the school closures on their mental health. The data and science have been telling us since last year that children in school are safe. Even Dr. Fauci had stated, “Close the bars and keep the schools open”. Back in July the director of the Centers for Disease Control said that: ‘having the schools actually closed is a greater health threat to the children than having them open.” Back in November the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield reiterated that schools should not be closed during the coronavirus pandemic as they are a safe place for children when he said: