The CDC has updated their guidance on school closings. Its recommendations are significant because it shares that short to medium closures do not have the necessary impact on reducing the spread of the coronavirus.
***Officials suggest that longer closures of eight to 20 weeks will have a greater impact.
Join me for a briefing with Dr. Kathleen Ethier, Director of CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health on the latest guidance for school closings during the novel corona (COVID-19) outbreak. The briefing will cover the latest CDC guidelines as well as answers to questions AASA has been fielding from school leaders.
The briefing will be held Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
“Officials suggest that longer closures of eight to 20 weeks will have a greater impact.”
Pretty much matches the governor of Ohio saying that there may not be any school re-opening there for the rest of the school year.
No surprise to people following Coronavirus closely.