South Korea to Begin Reopening Schools Next Week

It doesn’t appear the Itaewon cluster infection is going to delay the reopening of Korean schools any more:

A teacher of a sixth-grade class, teaches an online class from an empty classroom in Borame Elementary School in Seoul, Friday. South Korea has introduced online classes for elementary, middle and high schools to ensure the safety of teachers and students during the coronavirus pandemic. /Yonhap

The education and health authorities will forge ahead with their plan to reopen schools for high school seniors next week, despite a recent spike in COVID-19 infections involving teachers and students, officials said Friday. 

High school seniors are expected to return to school May 20, while those in other grades will return to school gradually over the following weeks.

“The Ministry of Education (MOE) is expected to proceed with its plan to reopen schools for high school seniors next week. The health authorities have been conducting strict disinfection of school facilities in preparation for their return,” said Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip in a regular briefing at the Government Complex in Sejong. 

Korea Times

You can read more at the link, but the reopening of schools will likely be closely watched by the Trump administration. If South Korea can successfully do this, the Trump administration can point to this as a success story and that U.S. schools should reopen in the Fall as well.

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johnhenry
johnhenry
4 years ago

That incompetent clown in the White House should pay attention to how schools are reopening campuses in China. Actually, he’s such a disaster, he’d better leave it to the state governors to pay attention to that and not interfere with them.

Korean Man
Korean Man
4 years ago

Of course Trump will watch South Korea’s school openings, so that when autumn arrives, he can brag to his press that United States opened up more schools under his administration than South Korea. But meanwhile bodies keep piling up and the US has to keep purchasing more body bags from China.

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
4 years ago

I would say, “Yet he is still your president,” but we have one Canadian and one Chinese shill.

Though, as a satellite state, Canada essentially has Trump as their president as well.

And China is squawking in such a way they seem increasingly worried Trump is going to make them his economic bítch.

But you are right.

Trump is doing a terrible job. Since the ChingChongWuFlu only kills.people with other health problems (and those with undiagnosed other health problems), he is missing a golden opportunity to get rid of all the old and sick and fat and poor.

He needs to learn from guys like Cuomo and put the infected into nursing homes where they belong.

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