To reopen schools, start with younger grades first

As long as schools remain closed, all the talk about reopening the economy is going to run into a brick wall.

Already, it’s difficult enough to figure out how to transition from a state of lockdown to some semblance of normalcy. Various plans to reopen the economy that involve isolating the elderly and those with underlying health conditions already leave a lot of people out of the workforce. Add to that list working parents who have nobody to watch their children during the day, and it becomes even harder to see what any “reopening” would look like.