YouTube download / AP video / Dr. Anthony Fauci, The nation's top infectious disease expert, said on Tuesday said that local officials in COVID hotspots should decide when schools reopen. School reopening should be decided locally, he insisted.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DELAND, FLA. -- With Tuesday's record 133 coronavirus-related deaths in Florida, Anita Reber Burnette, who is a candidate in the 2020 elections for a seat on the Volusia County School Board, is concerned about the safety of the district's students, teachers, and other employees.
"As a life-time healthcare professional, I am deeply concerned that we are only five weeks out from the start of school and we don’t yet have a plan," Burnette told Headline Surfer Tuesday night.
"The mission of our schools is vital, but we must ensure the health and safety of all involved," said Burnette, mother of two young grown sons with husband, Don Burnette, mayor of Port Orange.
"The mission of our schools is vital, but we must ensure the health and safety of all involved," said Burnette, mother of two young grown sons with husband, Don Burnette, mayor of Port Orange.
She and Andre' Grant of Daytona Beach, are challenging district 2 incumbent Ida Wright - the current school board chair - in the Aug.18 primary. If the winner receives 50 percent of the votes plus one more
Wright and her colleagues are holding a virtual school board meeting 3:30 p.m. today. The public can listen in to the meeting by going to the district website at https://www.vcsedu.org. For public comment during the meeting, please call 386-734-7190 ext. 20236.
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• Go over a Reopening Plan for School Year 20-21;
• Discuss the CARES ACT Funding.
The agenda for the meeting will be available at https://www.vcsedu.org.