Special Report: To reopen or not to reopen - That is the fraught question for U.S. schools


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  • Wednesday, 25 Nov 2020

5th grader students Ellyah Gonzalez (L),10, and Lazae Palacios (R), 10, study in a classroom with plastic partitions at Louise Elementary School, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Louise, Texas, U.S., November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

(Reuters) - After a two-week deluge of calls and messages from parents - and at least one death threat - the school board in Chandler, Arizona, called a special meeting this fall.

The board would revisit its decision, prompted by the coronavirus, to temporarily close local campuses and offer all classes online.

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