Private school, 1st and 3rd graders. Class size 10-11. Masks at all time inside, classes/lunch outside as much as possible. Hallway zones for the "cohorts" only. UV air filtration system newly installed, touchless water bottle filler, personal supplies, etc. Recess is unmasked and I assume undistanced or obviously will be with 6 and 8 yr olds!
State is Kentucky. Governor recommended Monday no school start in person until Sept 28th. We are peaking. Positivity rate 5.6%. My school is going ahead starting Aug 24th, but has remote option you can opt in or out of every quarter (first one ends Oct 7th).
All healthy in my family, but my mother is 73 and has "dicey" lungs. Gets every cold of the kids and develops a scary cough. Coughs a lot in general. Takes nightly cough medicine (don't even ask). Kids love seeing her, but she is not a caretaker.
I don't want Corona or my kids to get it and I REALLY don't want my mom too, but maybe my school situation is not that risky? I also hate going against authority lol. I do like our Governor a lot and the public schools are almost all remote in the state so I feel like he knows he was addressing private schools on Monday. Kids have no special needs or learning issues, do well in school, did well academically with remote last spring (however definitely rough days)
Ugh. What would you do??
Thank you!