When the first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns hit the U.S., the 2019-2020 school year fell to the wayside. Sports and entertainment events were canceled, as were school trips and end-of-the-year parties. High school seniors missed their senior proms and were forced to graduate over Zoom. The shutting down of America’s school systems, undoubtedly, had a significant impact on the mental, physical, and educational well-being of America’s children. The issue of whether or not to open the schools this fall has turned into a profoundly political and divisive issue. On the side of reopening the schools is Donald Trump and the Republicans. “So what we want to do is we want to get our schools open. We want to get them open quickly, beautifully, in the fall. And the—as you know, this is a disease that’s a horrible disease, but young people do extraordinarily well,” Trump said at a press conference last month.  The Democrats, on the other hand, are...(Read Full Article)