'Impossible': School boards are at heart of reopening debate School boards nationwide are facing what one South Carolina leader calls an impossible decisionROCK HILL, S.C. -- Helena Miller listened to teachers, terrified to reenter classrooms, and parents, exhausted from trying to make virtual learning work at home. She thought of her own kids, two in high school and one middle-schooler — the reasons she ran for Rock Hill's school board six years ago. This Board of Trustees in suburban South Carolina is like thousands of school boards nationwide, where members are tackling a simple but hefty question — do we return to school amid a pandemic? School boards were left to untangle the mess - Rock Hill called an emergency meeting and ultimately kept its staggered plan. School boards represent democracy at its local core: the backbone of communities, a check on superintendents, and the most direct way to influence education policy.

Source: ABC News August 13, 2020 05:07 UTC