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Montana [and Idaho] schools are reopening. Here's what parents and teachers are saying
CNN ^ | May 7, 2020 | Theresa Waldrop and Allison Brennan

Posted on 05/11/2020 2:20:47 PM PDT by grundle

Willow Creek, Montana (CNN)The children filed in, one by one, keeping their distance, to have their temperature taken at the door as Willow Creek School in Montana opened Thursday.

"They're incredibly excited. They are so glad to be back," said Erika Wahl, the mother of two students at the school, which has between 50 and 60 students in grades K-12. "They miss their teachers, they miss their friends."

While 48 states and Washington DC have ordered or recommended that schools close through the end of the academic year because of the coronavirus pandemic, schools in Montana and in Idaho opened this week, with only weeks to go until school is out for summer.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said last month that the state's schools may reopen as soon as May 7, although it's up to the local districts to do so.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Idaho; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: cornavirus; education; idaho; montana; reopen; shutdown

1 posted on 05/11/2020 2:20:47 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

The Government Indoctrination Camps should stay closed.


2 posted on 05/11/2020 2:22:25 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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To: Arcadian Empire

LOL-

I thought the same exact words.


3 posted on 05/11/2020 2:26:11 PM PDT by Red6
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To: Arcadian Empire

Yeah surprise surrpise that they end up being the first things open. *EYEROLL*


4 posted on 05/11/2020 2:26:26 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: grundle

One little school in Montana?

CNN has a story about one little school?


5 posted on 05/11/2020 2:29:13 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: blueunicorn6

A little schoolhouse on the prairie.

Like the one Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges went to to pry out the take from a robbery in “Thunder and Lightfoot.”


6 posted on 05/11/2020 2:32:38 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Arcadian Empire

60 students in 12 grades?

Bet this school is as far from an indoctrination center as can be found


7 posted on 05/11/2020 2:34:33 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Love that movie! (ThunderBOLT and Lightfoot).

And as you can tell from that movie - most folks in Montana are already isolated. They have one of the fewest numbers of deaths in America due to Covid-19. Probably on a per capita basis as well.


8 posted on 05/11/2020 2:35:28 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: 21twelve

I didn’t know if it was Montana, or Wyoming, but it sure seemed like “High Plains” territory!


9 posted on 05/11/2020 2:44:28 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: 21twelve

I wonder how the dental floss crop has been affected by CV. If it doesn’t get raised up and waxed down at the right time, it’s much harder to grow.


10 posted on 05/11/2020 2:44:45 PM PDT by PlateOfShrimp (c)
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To: grundle

About two weeks to go for the school year....why open now?


11 posted on 05/11/2020 3:02:03 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

Why open now?

For the mental state of the children, and the parents.

These are small schools in areas with few cases. Why stay closed?


12 posted on 05/11/2020 3:18:29 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods ("As government expands, liberty contracts." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Pearls Before Swine; 21twelve
I didn’t know if it was Montana, or Wyoming

Since the target was "Montana Armored" I'm guessing Montana?

13 posted on 05/11/2020 3:33:20 PM PDT by LouAvul (Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Psalms 9:20)
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To: ealgeone

Maybe a return to normalcy.


14 posted on 05/11/2020 3:38:59 PM PDT by funfan
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To: LouAvul

I forgot that detail.

But, I do remember the look on George Kennedy’s character when he meets the Dobermans.


15 posted on 05/11/2020 3:44:16 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: ealgeone
About two weeks to go for the school year....why open now?

At least to defy the overlords.

16 posted on 05/11/2020 4:02:34 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: grundle

They’d do better to call is quits this year. The year is nearly over so why take the risk?


17 posted on 05/11/2020 5:00:15 PM PDT by bgill (Idiots. CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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To: bgill

There is a lot a teacher can teach in a month. Because people need interaction.
Because people need to get back to work.
Because God is good and they are trusting in their good God.


18 posted on 05/11/2020 7:51:19 PM PDT by PrayAndVoteConservesInLibsOut (PRAYING FOR AMERICA EVERY DAY!)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

For quite awhile after seeing that movie I would leave my car door open and drive off, with the motion of the car slamming the door shut. Still do that if I left the passenger door open!


19 posted on 05/11/2020 10:04:08 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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