US President Donald Trump on Monday Tweeted at “SCHOOLS MUST REOPEN IN THE FALL!” The President has very little power over this. Governors are currently struggling with the decision as the number of coronavirus cases in the nation have been increasing in recent weeks. Schools fall under the jurisdiction of local governments.
Schools could be a hotbed of infections for both the students and faculty.
"Corrupt Joe Biden and the Democrats don’t want to open schools in the Fall for political reasons, not for health reasons! They think it will help them in November. Wrong, the people get it!" trump wrote on Twitter.
Some colleges and Universities announced that it is moving its courses online for the upcoming academic year. It is not clear what schools Trump was referring to -- elementary and high schools or colleges and universities -- or what actions Trump was considering.
Biden, in a video conference with the membership of the National Education Association said, "You know there's probably a higher probability that we'll need to continue to rely on remote learning in parts of the country for a while longer." However, he didn’t explicitly say if schools should reopen or remain shut indefinitely.
Trump also made a series of Twitter posts defending his administration’s response to the pandemic.
Currently as per the John Hopkins University COVID-19 Tracker, the number of positive cases in the US is at 2,934,499, with 130,271 casualties.
