Back to School 7-11-2020

Back to School
To protect our kids’ health, we closed schools
Health over wealth was the rule
Schools can open this fall
Trump said deaths will fall
If you still believe that you’re a fool
 
When schools closed their doors in the Spring
Cases were few, but rising
Now they’re exponential
So, it is essential
We have tools to help beat this thing
 
College kids have been home so long
Their desire to go back is quite strong
They’ve shown strong resistance
To keeping their distance
But let’s do it, what could go wrong?
 
And make sure the bars open up
Though COVID’s climb has not let up
We’ll figure it out
It’s how things work out
When leadership is bottom up
 
Trump threatens schools that stay closed
With no plans for the risk that does pose
What I want to know
Is would his son go
Or will DJT just thumb his nose?
 
The answer is not black or white
A hybrid solution seems right
Unless you’re De Vos
But I’m at a loss
To hear her and remain polite
 
She’s stood for local oversight
Let them decide what is right
now in a twist
follow her she insists
or lose funding from feds overnight
 
 
And their plan to allow schools to start
Is for schools, their own course to chart
And without bigger budget
They will just have to fudge it
Without space to keep kids apart
 
They say kids have not gotten sick
So, they are immune, is their dumb shtick
And schools are the best
They know how to test
About teachers they don’t give a lick
 
The science is justification
For a hybrid and full preparation
For in-person class
Which Trump might grasp
If he’d gotten an education