Keeping kids in school during a pandemic: ‘It’s complicated’ (Your Letters) Updated Dec 15, 2020; To the Editor: In April, I wrote how coronavirus created opportunities to reflect. People are hopeful to return to “normal” because of news about vaccines. There is no normal. People are getting sick and dying. We have refined our priorities in life. Thank God. Many struggle to survive. Schools have tried to stay open. You noted on Dec. 6 that “kids need to be in school.” Students deserve quality educations. It’s complicated. No two students are alike. You noted, “We wish he (Mayor Ben Walsh) had pushed harder to keep schools open.” Again, complicated. If you have school-aged children who bus, with elderly or people with underlying conditions at home, or are close to the process in any way, you know.