The public school system in Durham, NC, will reopen six schools – but not really.
The half dozen schools in the Durham Public Schools (DPS) system will operate six &#8220;learning centers,&#8221; and families who send their children there will pay $140 a week, plus a $35 registration fee.
“Opening our school year remotely is the right decision to protect our students and staff from COVID-19,” said DPS Superintendent Pascal Mubenga, WRAL <a href="https://www.wral.com/durham-public-schools-will-provide-learning-centers-for-k-5-students-who-need-supervision-in-remote-learning/19235986/">reported</a>. “However, there are many families in Durham who need additional support during the school day. It will take a community effort to support each of these children, but DPS is doing its part.”
<blockquote>The DPS Learning Centers will provide a safe space to complete online learning, meals and snacks, and social-emotional activities. Students will be assigned to small pods with daily wellness screenings, distribution and required use of facemasks, and planned circulation and seating of six feet social distancing.</blockquote>
DPS employees, by the way, will only pay $105 a week.
The plan was ripped on social media.
Corey DeAngelis, director of school choice at the Reason Foundation, said the fees are unconstitutional.
&#8220;BREAKING: Durham is reopening public elementary schools as &#8216;learning centers&#8217; They are charging families up to $140 per child per week. That&#8217;s on top of what families already pay through property taxes. That&#8217;s unconstitutional,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1294706305740005376">wrote</a> on Twitter.
DeAngelis noted that the North Carolina constitution says, &#8220;The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, which shall be maintained at least nine months in every year, and wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students.”
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North Carolina constitution:
&quot;The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, which shall be maintained at least nine months in every year, and wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students.”
&mdash; Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1294706508127707143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
Others shredded the plan.
&#8220;So they&#8217;re opening public schools as private schools because public schools are too unsafe,&#8221; wrote one person on Twitter.
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So they&#39;re opening public schools as private schools because public schools are too unsafe.
&mdash; NH (@TwoQuoque) <a href="https://twitter.com/TwoQuoque/status/1294706591950753793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
Others noted that the same type of program is happening elsewhere across the U.S.
&#8220;School districts in WA state are offering &#8216;childcare&#8217; in the empty schools this fall at $50 a day. What a joke. How do we fight back?&#8221; wrote another person on Twitter.
&#8220;Rockford Michigan is charging $200/kid/week,&#8221; wrote a Twitter user.
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Rockford Michigan is charging $200/kid/week
&mdash; NJV (@njv_njv) <a href="https://twitter.com/njv_njv/status/1294708865024524289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Corey &#8211; in AZ, they also opened ‘on site learning centers’ in addition to the childcare programs. They notified us Wednesday. Somehow it’s safe for all these kids in classrooms but not normal school,&#8221; wrote another.
&#8220;Happening in Mesa, Gilbert, and Cave Creek in AZ,&#8221; DeAngelis wrote in response.
https://twitter.com/tired_fighting/status/1294711575706624000
Another person on Twitter noted that Manteca, CA, east of San Francisco, is offering a similar program.
The Manteca Bulletin <a href="https://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/local-news/manteca-offering-emergency-child-care-distance-learning/">reported</a> that three elementary school sites will offer the program from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for ages 5 to 12.
The program is aimed at helping Manteca households with either both parents or a single parent working who have to work when school is in session for remote learning and have been unable to find child care or supervision for their younger children.
&#8220;The cost is $640 a month or $175 weekly.&#8221;
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