Dozens of Michigan school employees rallied at the State Capitol today (Thursday) to call for a safe school re-opening strategy.
Members of the Caucus of Rank and File Employees, or “CORE,” came to Lansing to talk about several school issues. The group is calling on districts to start school only if their communities have gone 14 days with no cases of COVID-19. The rally takes place on a day when state lawmakers were originally scheduled to review a package of Republican-sponsored bills that focus on reopening schools. CORE organizer Paul Sandy noted their absence.
“Where are they today?" said Sandy. "There was one case of COVID, and they’re out for the entire week. So what’s going to happen at the first school where there’s one case of COVID?”
Many Lansing-area school districts will begin the upcoming school year online, adopting a wait-and-see approach to reopening buildings for instruction.
