Just wait until a month from now. The FL DOE Commissioner just signed an order requiring all brick and mortar schools across Florida to reopen and allow in-person classes 5 days a week. That doesn't prohibit schools from offering distance learning but it does require that teachers be present in schools and based on Florida's attitude toward the virus so far I think you can imagine a lot of students will be back in person as well.
Expect this to get far, far worse before it gets better.
I'm on an
AES Convention panel that is tasked with looking at the impact of Our Viral Pandemic® on live, professional audio. We had a
Zoom meeting today and it's very
clear to the production professionals that the next wave will further delay a reduction in infection rates and our subsequent
return to events that look more like we're used to. We're pulling together resources and people from the USA, UK, AU (so far) and still looking for audio professionals in Europe or elsewhere that have experienced re-opening and can share what they are doing *as audio professionals* in dealing with a myriad of issues presented by a viral pandemic.
The consensus of our participants is that things do not look promising for a rapid
return to the 'normal of 2019'.
For a look at both optimism and frustration, the second Entertainment Town
Hall meeting from May 18, right before Labor Day weekend and compare to reality as we knew it on July 1.
The first meeting from April is here:
While those are focused primarily on music concerts, touring and festivals, ultimately theater and sports experience the same limitations - they're made for big audiences and we aren't going to have those next month. Or the month after. Or the month after that. And every time we have another record-setting increase in infections and hospital admissions, we will re-start the 90 day clock.
And I agree that having experienced, dedicated educators leave the
system makes voters ripe for exploitation... "who'll save the children?"