There is NO safe way to resume in-person instruction (in schools) for Arizona children at this time

Significant spread of the disease (caused by the Covid19 virus) will occur on EVERY school campus that is opened this fall (August/Sept 2020).

So, what should be done?

Arizona's Covid19 curve as of June 27, 2020
steepest of any state in the nation at this time

The Arizona Eagletarian already posed, a couple of times, the question of whether parents will feel lucky and send their live DNA propagating mechanisms (just kidding, of course, not right away, but we who have children pretty much ALL do or will eventually want our children to give us grandchildren) into a situation like that. Can you imagine any demographic more emotionally invested in the question of whether/when to re-open schools for in-person instruction? Other than the teachers themselves, that is.





"It's hard to think of a better place for covid to spread than a classroom."


"If schools are opened, there WILL be significant numbers of people who will die simply because the schools are opened. And most of those people are those who have not set foot on a school grounds [any time recently]"


"When you choose to open a school this fall, what you are really doing is choosing to put at risk members of the community who have NO choice in the matter." -- Jeff Hester, ASU professor emeritus, astrophysicist.

President Trump urged the reopening of schools throughout the U.S. on Sunday, as most remain closed to limit the coronavirus spread and protect the health of students during the pandemic.

His tweet was an apparent reaction to similar comments from Fox News' Steve Hilton on his program "The Next Revolution." Trump tagged Hilton and Fox News in a tweet Sunday where he mentioned reopening schools "ASAP."

"Schools in our country should be opened ASAP. Much very good information now available. @SteveHiltonx @FoxNews," Trump wrote.

After you listen to Hester's sound and very cogent argument, please call Double Talk Doug Ducey and tell him whether you're willing to wager your school-age child's life just because his master, Donald Trump, wants to open schools as quickly as possible. 602-542-4331 or contact him in writing on his website.