Here a very interesting article written by Dr. Tanya Altmann. a pediatrician, spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, school physician at Viewpoint School in Southern California and mom of three school-age boys. Dr. Altmann says:
“Although school districts will be looking to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines released today and earlier guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, different considerations must be made for each school in collaboration with local and state public health departments on when it is safe to reopen and bring children back on campuses across the country.
How do you keep an invisible virus from entering a schoolyard or classroom? Creating a school environment that supports social distancing will help -- staggering start times, staggering academic days, limiting volunteers and visitors on campus.
Screening is also necessary -- every morning by a parent at home or upon arrival, with questionnaires, temperature checks, or even Covid-19 surveillance testing.
Once students are on campus, we decrease transmission by "de-densifying," limiting activities where large groups of students are in close proximity. Ideally, students will be grouped into smaller classes, remain in the same desk or room as much as possible, and teachers or specialists will rotate class to class to minimize movement of students around campus.”
As is clear by the article it is going to be extremely difficult to get children safely back in schools across the US.
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