Locally, at least one private school was able to open earlier & safer than the public schools, and without pissing off their teachers by exposing them to unnecessary risk... in no small part because the school's culture tends to exclude families that'd take excessive risks during a pandemic, send kids to school when someone at home was sick with likely or confirmed Covid, or tell their kids things that'd lead to their having poor masking and distancing discipline.
Part of the reason public schools struggled to open was precisely because of parents "challenging" things. That private school could do better, in part, because it had the freedom to exclude assholes. Public schools don't have that freedom.
Part of the reason public schools struggled to open was precisely because of parents "challenging" things. That private school could do better, in part, because it had the freedom to exclude assholes. Public schools don't have that freedom.