Today, more than a million New York City students return to school, many without that protection. In what is the nation's largest school district, about 65 percent of the eligible student population, and roughly 75 percent of school staff are vaccinated.
Oliver asked, "Despite all of that, there are a lot of nervous parents. How do you reassure them that it is safe to send their kids back to school?"
Despite extensive precautions, some parents are worried, due to the more than 750,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in kids reported between August 5 and September 2. And although city officials say their safety protocols are the gold standard, that hasn't convinced some parents who say the city is pushing some kids into unsafe conditions.
Goddard said she's terrified after seeing COVID cases close schools and fill pediatric ICUs across the South. At the end of August, U.S.Oliver asked Chancellor Porter, "How do you prevent that from happening in the nation's largest school district?"
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