Safely back to school: As Boise School District prepares to announce reopening plans, mother and son share concerns

Safely back to school: As Boise School District prepares to announce reopening plans, mother and son share concerns

As Boise School District prepares to announce reopening plans, a student and his mother share their concerns.

MADELINE WHITE.OUR TOP STORY AT5:30 -- HOW WILLBOISE SCHOOLDISTRICT REOPEN?WE'LL SOON BEFINDING OUT.THE DISTRICT IS ONEOF THE LARGEST K-12SCHOOL SYSTEMS INIDAHO... SERVINGMORE THAN 25THOUSANDSTUDENTS IN 52SCHOOLS... ANDTHEY'RE SLATED TOMAKE THEIRREOPENING PLANSHEARD -- TOMORROWEVENING.WE SPOKE WITH AGARFIELDELEMENTARYSTUDENT AND HISMOTHER.... ABOUTTHEIR TOUGHPERSONAL DECISIONTO STAY WITHREMOTE LEARNING...AMID CORONAVIRUSCONCERNS."IT'S A LITTLE HARDTO BE STUCKINSIDE.""YEAH, WHY IS ITHARD?""WELL JUSTBECAUSE I'M SOUSED TO LIKE GOINGTO SCHOOL EVERYDAY AND LIKE,SEEING ALL MYFRIENDS.""IT'S REALLY TOUGHMISSING OUT ONTHAT FOR HIM, ANDSO IT WAS REALLYDIFFICULT FOR US TOMAKE THE DECISIONTO KEEP HIM HOME,BUTUNFORTUNATELYJUST MY HUSBAND'SHIGH-RISK AND SOJUST, THE WORRY."BOISE SCHOOLDISTRICT LEADERSARE MAKING THEIRANNOUNCEMENT...TOMORROW AT 5:30.WE'LL HAVE THATSTORY RIGHT HERE...ON OUR APP... ANDON IDAHO NEWS 6DOT COM.THEY'VE SAIDTHEY'RE PREPAREDFOR THREESCENARIOS -- ONE--IN-PERSONCLASSES... TWO -- ANONLINE OPTIONALONGSIDESTUDENTS FROMOTHER SCHOOLSWITHIN THEDISTRICT... ANDTHREE-- REMOTELEARNING -- WHERESTUDENTS WOULDATTEND A VIRTUALCLASS WITH THETEACHERS ANDCLASSMATES FROM