Several state-authorized schools remain virtual as Lee blasts Nashville & Memphis for not reopening
While Gov. Bill Lee bashed Nashville and Memphis schools last week for not offering in-person instruction, and some Republican lawmakers have proposed taking away state funding as a punishment, several schools overseen by the state have remained virtual.
Charter schools under the state Achievement School District and the state Board of Education have chosen virtual schooling without an in-person option. Lee singled out Memphis and Nashville schools for remaining virtual.
In some cases, the state-led charter schools plan to return to in-person in the coming weeks. Other charter schools have stayed virtual to align with the decisions by the Shelby County and Metro Nashville Public Schools.
Critics, like Nashville councilman Dave Rosenberg, say the Lee administration is being hypocritical to single out Nashville and Memphis schools for only offering virtual instruction when some of the charter schools under the umbrella of the state agencies have also been virtual.
Read more: https://tennesseelookout.com/2021/01/26/several-state-authorized-schools-remain-virtual-as-lee-blasts-nashville-and-memphis-for-not-reopening/
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Think of it this way:
GOD DAMN IT! PUTIN WANTS AMERICANS DEAD!
What better way to spread a corona virus than schools?
This pos is disgusting!
My understanding is tgat lee & repyke legislators were in a VIRTUAL MEETING WHEN DEMANDING IN PERSON SCHOOL!
The man who runs Shelby County Schools is brilliant, innovative, & dedicated to "his" kids! 
And, btw, called repukes out on the hypocracy of THEIR virtual meeting while demanding KIDS attend in person.
Shelby County Schools spent I think $460,000 on plexiglass partitions between desks to attempt to reopen, but they will not endanger the community.
Initually, the District purchased a laptop for EVERY student in this huge district & ensured every family had access to internet.
Then the District went further, funding needy families' electricity to ensure student access to their education.
Meanwhile, repukes were threatening to CUT SCHOOL FUNDING & take power away from the 6 health departments in the state for failing to goose step to nomsense, instead, functioning independently!
Kudos to this District & their great leader! (I've not seen clips, but have been told this man has been on CNN& other news several times.)