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Trump insisted schools should be reopened when asked about an Arizona teacher who died from the coronavirus

Taylor Borden   

Trump insisted schools should be reopened when asked about an Arizona teacher who died from the coronavirus
  • In a $4, President Donald Trump was asked about the recent death of an Arizona teacher due to the coronavirus.
  • He brushed the question aside, responding: "Schools should be opened."
  • The statement came as $4 are increasing, $4, and as Trump's administration has continued to push for a widespread reopening of schools.
  • $4 $4 and $4 across the country have taken various approaches, from continuing remote learning in the fall to approving a return without requiring masks or social distancing.

President Donald Trump has been pushing to reopen schools across this country this fall for the sake of $4 He has even $4 as a number of states see $4 and $4

In a news conference on Monday, Trump reemphasized his stance. But in doing so, he brushed past a question about how reopening schools can be — and recently was — fatal to teachers.

$4 Trump about $4 a teacher in Arizona who died at 61 years old due to the coronavirus in late June: "What do you tell parents, who look at this, who look at Arizona where a teacher recently died teaching summer school, parents who are worried about the safety of their children in public schools?"

He didn't directly address the question. "Schools should be opened," Trump said. "Those kids want to go to school. You're losing a lot of lives by keeping things closed. We saved millions of lives while we did the initial closure."

Some schools have already committed to $4, while others weigh $4, and others still, like $4 decided a return to the classroom without masks or social distancing is completely fine.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said in-person classes are to be delayed until at least $4, but Arizona teachers still think that's too soon. $4 of over 7,600 teachers affiliated with the Arizona Education Association — the largest teachers' union in the state — found that eight in 10 teachers polled believe schools should not reopen unless health officials deem it safe for both students and staff.

Joe Thomas, the president of the union, $4 to comment on Trump's Monday statement. Trump "immediately brushed aside" Byrd's death, "whose loss has devastated her community and increased the anxiety of parents and educators across the state," he wrote. "He's OK with us dying."

Byrd shared a classroom with two teachers who were also infected with the coronavirus around the same time, even though all of them had been taking necessary precautions like wearing masks. Both surviving teachers, Jena Martinez and Angela Skillings, $4 Monday night.

"Schools are not ready to open," Skillings said on air. "There's no documentation that children aren't going to transmit it back and forth in the classroom or that it isn't going to affect them harshly," she continued.

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