We are all prioritizing the safest place for kids is in school, and we have prioritized that from the first day of closing, also, our vaccination rates are amazing. We're in the high( 60 %) with our 5 - to 11-year-olds with zero adverse reaction. Superintendent Mary Jane Burke More Quotes by Superintendent Mary Jane Burke More Quotes From Superintendent Mary Jane Burke We knew we needed exactly 47,000 tests, that includes all of our public, private, independent, parochial... everyone in the county. Superintendent Mary Jane Burke It's been good for us as a strategy, so then it makes everyone feel comfortable, and you get the information right away as opposed to waiting for a PCR test, where people are out of school, and our goal has been to keep kids in school. Superintendent Mary Jane Burke Our hope then is that given the fact that we have the testing availability that we get everyone to take a test before they come back to school, including teachers and staff. Superintendent Mary Jane Burke