As I have noted before, I am not against schools opening per se. There are very good arguments for getting them back in.
BUT
You need some solid risk mitigation strategies. I am somewhat doubtful teenagers will have enough mask discipline to make that work, but the longer they stay closed the greater the harm.
Get control of the virus, and open the schools, especially for younger kids. Have a plan to protect the adults that work there.
Few Republican governors have acted in a responsible fashion though, to get the virus under control, and many are actively fighting measures that localities have implemented that would do something.
(shrugs) They will have to answer to voters as this drags on, and they keep ignoring the science for the sake of ed iden y politics.
This entire episode simply demonstrates in a very concrete way why Republicans can't really be trusted with governments. Its like handing car keys to drunks.