In a local NBC interview, Dallas Schools’ Superintendent Michael Hinojosa says coronavirus “will not shut the district down.”
Hinojosa said students do not learn as well when they are not in person, but he also made oblique references to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) not funding virtual education programs.
On previous occasions, TEA has inserted itself into health decisions contrary to Centers for Disease Control guidance.
Will Not Shut the District Down…Unless…
The Superintendent’s statements remind some of the caution Dallas ISD had during Spring Break 2020 when they could not make a definitive decision about return to school despite overwhelming cases of coronavirus in Dallas and in Texas.
Dallas ISD waited until students had left school on Spring Break to announce education would not return to the classroom.
Dallas Schools have announced mask mandates will remain in place. It is unclear if non parental community activists will continue harassing local schools or not.