The choice before us is not between schools staying closed or schools reopening in potentially unsafe conditions. The choice is whether we care enough about opening schools to do what is necessary *now* so it will be safe to do so in the fall.
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) July 7, 2020
Hennessey sees what truly matters: to do what is necessary. That’s a matter of preparation now, and thereafter the fulfillment of that preparation.
It’s much easier for a district to speak than to act, to declare than to do. Institutions that have a history of the grandiose mistake aspiration for action. To be more precise, they come to believe falsely that aspirational statements are sufficient actions.
The challenge school districts will have – including Whitewater’s district – amounts to action now and consistent action during the school year in fulfillment of clear, concrete plans.
One month will follow another; each day of each month will require a public health effort so regular that it becomes habit.