Smaller Spokane County school districts weigh back-to-school options
(World News USA)

Soon after the Spokane and Central Valley school districts announced Monday that they will begin the new academic year with distance learning only, Kelly Shea`s inbox filled with emails. “Most of them were pretty adamant that we shouldn`t do the same thing,” said Shea, the superintendent of the East Valley School District. It was the same story in Riverside, where schools chief Ken Russell calls the back-to-school debate “the most polarizing topic I`ve ever experienced in my 28 years of education.” And at Mead Public Schools, administrators are bracing for what promises to be a contentious board meeting Thursday night over the pros and cons of returning to the classroom. In Spokane County`s...