10%

I'm hoping that this post becomes a place-marker, and doesn't devolve into a 1,000 word behemoth.  I want to say something simple and then say something more complex later, when there's more to say.

The point is this, and it's a point about the school thing (bet you didn't know that the school thing post wasn't long enough):  there are kids who depend on school for more than learning today's lesson.  For about 10% of public school students, school holds their lives together.  It may be the structure, the safety, the food, the socialization, the connection with unrelated adults who believe in them (the key to resiliency), but without school, their lives will fall apart in many ways.

If we don't fully open all schools, the damage will be incalculable.  But, of course, if we do fully open all schools...

I suspect that there are volumes to be written about this.  I'm keeping watch, and will report back.