School districts grapple with coronavirus quarantines, face masks and fear. See more national education news here
By Anna Almendrala • Kaiser Health News • USA Today
In one school district, families are pulling their kids out of school. In others, students show up in face masks.
Educators in another Southern California community agreed to suspend an exchange program to keep visiting Chinese students out of quarantine.
School districts across the U.S., particularly those with large Asian American populations, have scrambled to respond to the outbreak of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 1,500 people and sickened tens of thousands more, almost all in China.
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