DETROIT – An outbreak at Renaissance High School within the football team has caused concern among some Detroit Public Schools Community District teachers.
“This is a whole new ballgame,” said teacher Nicole Conaway. “Delta has changed everything.”
According to DPSCD’s tracker, 10 students were infected with COVID a week before the start of school.
“We have a school administration right now that keeps saying the schools are safe,” said teacher Benjamin Royal. “‘It’s safe to come back and we can do face-to-face, we can do it safely,’ and that’s just not true. Classes haven’t even started. There’s already an outbreak in the schools.”
These teachers want to go back to a virtual option until vaccination rates rise. As of Friday, only one in three eligible students have been vaccinated ahead of the 2021-22 school year. …