If you try to open schools in areas of high virus transmission or school districts where virus transmission is accelerating, it is inevitable that

We need to solve pandemic education, fast. Knowledge and innovation are valuable commodities, separating strong countries from weak ones. China and India are kicking our American asses in both these currencies. Politicians hate this situation because successful pandemic education requires long haul solutions with no sexy headlines or quick wins - they can’t take credit and there are haters galore. Whatever the solution (virtual classrooms, “bubble schools”, video learning, etc) we need to force our politicians and policy makers purposefully commit to it and implement it ASAP. If America doesn’t get its shit together and educate our kids safely and efficiently - other countries are going to leap frog us and we’ll spend generations trying to catch up. There is an education arms race happening and the first country that solves the pandemic education riddle wins.