Facing mounting pressure to re-open public schools, in the face of equally strong pressure from teachers' unions to keep them at least partly locked down, on March 12, Governor Brown issued an executive order requiring that schools "shall be in operation to deliver educational services through either a hybrid instructional model or an on-site instructional model." This mark was required to be achieved by March 29.

A recent poll asked, "Do you agree or disagree with Governor Brown’s order to require public elementary schools to offer hybrid or full-time in-person instruction by March 29?"

Strongly agree	26%
Somewhat agree	39%
Somewhat disagree	13%
Strongly disagree	13%
Don’t know	9%

That's a whopping 65% of respondents who agree, with some level of intensity, to open schools by March 29. Another question asked by the same poll was, "Who do think should have the final say about when and how public schools in your community return to in-person learning?

The locally elected school district board	67%
The governor of Oregon	16%
Don’t know	17%

So, how are schools doing? The Oregon Health Authority has a graphic scoreboard on school re-opening, which appears to show that schools are not hitting the mark.




--Staff Reports

Post Date: 2021-04-16 08:55:55

Last Update: 2021-04-15 12:50:09