Teachers Are Stressed, Burnt Out — Yet Hopeful As School Begins

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🗓️ 20 August 2021

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Across the country, it looks like this time, last year. Schools — some days or weeks into the start of the new year — are forced to close temporarily over COVID outbreaks. In many cases, the closures are necessary because too many teachers and staff members are sick or quarantined.

Audie Cornish talks to three teachers about their fear, exhaustion, and hope at the start of a new school year.

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0:00.0	All over the country.
0:02.0	Helps for a school year back to normal are fading away.
0:05.0	Just like last year, COVID cases continue to rise.
0:08.0	COVID cases are forcing schools shut down for three days for deep cleaning into temporary shutdowns.
0:14.0	They'll close schools Thursday until after Labor Day.
0:17.0	250 active COVID-19 cases among students.
0:20.0	76 students have tested positive.
0:22.0	40 new COVID cases in students.
0:25.0	Thousand of students across the state are in quarantine right now.
0:29.0	1700 students in quarantine at the end of the school day Monday.
0:33.0	Possible exposure.
0:34.0	Not with a virus mask.
0:35.0	Masks were optional there.
0:37.0	COVID-19 is in.
0:38.0	And it was really easy for us to find those examples from the past couple of weeks.
0:42.0	California, Colorado, Kentucky, Georgia.
0:46.0	There's more. Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.
0:50.0	Notably, many schools in those places weren't necessarily closing over health concerns alone.
0:55.0	School is canceled mostly because of staffing shortages with people getting sick.
1:00.0	People getting sick as in teachers.
1:03.0	We just came back. Some of the staff came back last week.
1:06.0	And one of my coworkers in the hospital right now.
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