Reopening America’s Schools and the Privilege of Opting Out

IF PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC schools physically open in the fall, there is a good chance Maritza Guridy won’t send her children.

“This side of Pennsylvania is still in the red,”‘ says the mother of two 4-year-olds, a 6-year-old and a 15-year-old. “We don’t know when we are going to be out of the red. If the schools open up too soon, these children will be out here exposing each other. I’m terrified.”