As Teachers Strike, GOP Strategists Call for Supporting School Choice

Fairfax County public school buses are lined up at a maintenance facility in Lorton, Va., on July 24, 2020. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

Students were supposed to return to classes Aug. 17 in the Phoenix suburb of San Tan Valley, but the reopening was canceled when more than 100 teachers and staff members staged an unexpected sickout.

Schools Superintendent Gregory Wyman told reporters, “We have received an overwhelming response from staff indicating that they do not feel safe returning to classrooms with students,” due to the CCP virus, also known as the novel coronavirus.