They love their students. They really do. That`s how most teachers ended up in the classroom — they believe in young people, and they value the gift of helping to shape, guide and prepare them for the real world. But in the life-and-death reality of a pandemic, students, and their propensity for flouting social distancing and other safety guidelines, are a scary proposition. “We`re reading in the news, about a summer camp (in Gladwin County) getting closed, the party in Saline, the bar in East Lansing, there`s just so many stories like that,” said Fred Klein, president of the Ann Arbor Education Association union. “We know that kids can carry and present a risk to others, including sometimes...
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