SURGING, SOME TEACHERS ARE BEING

PRESSURED TO GO BACK TO THE

CLASSROOM.

WHETHER PROTESTING FROM INSIDE

THEIR CARS OR ON TOP OF THEM,

THERE'S A GROWING CHORUS OF

TEACHERS WORRIED ABOUT REOPENING

SCHOOLS.

>> WE WANT TO SEE SCIENCE THAT

PROVES THAT IT'S SAFE FOR OUR

STUDENTS TO BE IN THE BUILDING.

>> Reporter: AS DISTRICTS START

TO REOPEN, NO DOUBT MANY PARENTS

ARE EAGER TO PUT THEIR KIDS BACK

ON THE BUS.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY.

>> Reporter: BUT SOME TEACHERS

FEAR THE RISK IS TOO HIGH.

>> THERE'S NO TEACHER WHO WANTS

TO BE WORKING FROM HOME BEHIND A

COMPUTER ALL DAY WHILE ALSO

HAVING TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR OWN

FAMILIES IN REALTIME.

NO ONE WANTS THAT.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK

TO A PLACE THAT'S PUTTING OUR

LIVES AT RISK.

>> Reporter: BEFORE CLASSES EVEN

RESUME IN GEORGIA'S LARGEST

SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEWS THAT 260

EMPLOYEES MUST QUARANTINE

BECAUSE THEY EITHER TESTED

POSITIVE OR WERE EXPOSED TO

CORONAVIRUS.

IN SCHOOLS THAT ALREADY REOPENED

IN MISSISSIPPI, INDIANA, AND

TENNESSEE ARE REPORTING COVID

CASES.

PROMPTING CONCERNS NATIONWIDE.

>> WE FEEL IT'S TOO MUCH OF A

GAMBLE.

>> Reporter: IN DALLAS THEY'RE

LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF

IN-PERSON CLASSES TAKING

STUDENTS' TEMPERATURES, PROVIDE

FACE SHIELDS FOR EACH STUDENT,

AND PUT PLEXIGLASS DIVIDESERS

BETWEEN DESKS.

>> THE MINUTE WE KNOW THERE IS

AN ILLNESS, WE WILL REMOVE THE

STUDENTS FROM THAT CLASSROOM AND

DISINFECT AND CLEAN.

>> Reporter: CLASSES IN SAN

JOSE, CALIFORNIA, STUDENTS WILL

LEARN REMOTELY BUT TEACHERS WILL

BE IN EMPTY CLASSROOMS.

>> WITHOUT US BEING GIVEN A

CHOICE, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN

INHERENT LACK OF TRUST THAT

WE'RE GOING TO DO OR JOBS.

>> Reporter: THIS AGREEMENT WAS

REACHED WITH THE TEACHERS UNION

IN RESPONSE TO EDUCATORS WHO HAD

DIFFICULTY WORKING FROM THE HOME

IN THE SPRING.

JODY WAS JUST GRANTED PERMISSION

TO WORK FROM HOME INSTEAD OF THE

CLASSROOM BECAUSE OF UNDERLYING

HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SAYS MANY

TEACHERS ARE UPSET WITH THE NEW

POLICY.

>> NOBODY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO

BE SOMEWHE THAT THEY DON'T

FEEL SAFE OR PRODUCTIVE.

>> JOE, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE

NUMBERS.

DO WE KNOW NATIONWIDE HOW MANY

KIDS WILL BE TAKING IN-PERSON

CLASSES AND HOW MANY KIDS WILL

BE TAKING REMOTE LEARNING

CLASSES?

>> Reporter: WELL, THE NUMBERS

ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AS

SCHOOLS ASSESS THE SITUATION.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE PUBLICATION

EDUCATION WEEK, OF THE 15

LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE

U.S. RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST 11 OF

THEM EXPECT TO BE ONLINE ONLY IN