Gov. McMaster challenges White House officials
McMaster: Incorrect claims made about reopening schools
Posted 1/30/21
SC Gov. Henry McMaster is taking on White House officials.
He says they are making incorrect claims about safely bringing students back to school.
In his letter, McMaster expressed …
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Gov. McMaster challenges White House officials
McMaster: Incorrect claims made about reopening schools
Many Lexington County districts are reopening classrooms
Many Lexington County districts are reopening classrooms
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SC Gov. Henry McMaster is taking on White House officials.
He says they are making incorrect claims about safely bringing students back to school.
In his letter, McMaster expressed “deep concern” about what he called “recent, erroneous representations made by White House officials about the safety of re-opening schools.”
“In spite of overwhelming scientific consensus that re-opening schools safely is both possible and urgently necessary, your chief of staff, Mr. Ron Klain, recently went on record defending teachers’ unions whose members refuse to return to the classroom.”
SC public school teachers are not unionized.
Many Lexington County districts are reopening classrooms.
McMaster wrote. “Your Administration’s support of this position ignores both the science underpinning school re-openings and the plain reality that many students around the country have been learning, in-person and safely, for months.”
In tweets that include his letter, McMaster said studies have been completed and “the science is in.”
He added that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “agree students should be in the classroom.”
“They recently reported that there is “little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission,” McMaster said.
“We must make sure our students are not prevented from getting an education by giving every parent an option to send their children to school five days a week.”
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governor, Mcmaster, White House, schools, reopening
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