> this is 100% the fault of the same people who have created every other problem in the education system: the administrators. Not at all. This is the fault of

> this is 100% the fault of the same people who have created every other problem in the education system: the administrators. Not at all. This is the fault of all the other societal damage done in the name of "stopping COVID", it's the fault of the "public health officials". Schools are constrained by zero covid policies still clung to by anti-science public health, which mandate widespread testing followed by far reaching preventative isolation which bars health students from school. Imagine you have a class of 20. Each kids in that class goes to 6 other classes of 20, largely different kids. Now one "tests positive". The school is then tasks by "public health" to find who sat near that kid in each and every class, and "quarantine" all of those kids. Rinse and repeat, ever. single. case. Many schools have realized this is unsustainable absurdity and rightfully stopped complying, but the more "stay safe" they are, the more they comply. Consequently, the less those schools are able to stay open and effective. The fact that "public health" has not been willing to reevaluate their policies and insist on sticking to policies that are literally damaging to the health of the public is telling.