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ERIC Number: ED610614
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Sep-1
Pages: 18
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Reopening Schools Safely and Equitably amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: School Facilities Are Frontline Defense in Reducing Risk. COVID-19 Brief #1
Vincent, Jeffrey M.
Center for Cities & Schools
As the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, rapidly spread across the globe in Spring 2020, one of the most widely implemented risk reduction measures utilized was to physically close all school buildings. Reopening America's public schools for site-based instruction safely amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (without a vaccine) is remarkably complicated and hotly debated. Operating healthy school buildings is a necessity for doing so. However, the important urgency of having school facilities in good repair is missing from the national debate on school reopening. This brief describes how the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads and why mitigation measures are recommended for schools. It argues that it will be more difficult for schools with poor condition facilities to effectively implement the SARS-CoV-2 mitigation measures. As a result, students and staff attending these schools will face greater health risks.
Center for Cities & Schools. 316 Wurster Hall #1870, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1870. Tel: 510-643-7155; Fax: 510-643-9576; Web site: http://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Stuart Foundation; Heising-Simons Foundation
Authoring Institution: University of California, Berkeley. Center for Cities and Schools; University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Urban and Regional Development (IURD)
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