On The Spot: COVID-19 predictions

“For instance there are some schools that are making plans [for next year] to do what we’re already doing [@home learning]. If it gets worse, we could see that [@home learning] continuing to happen; however, I don’t think it will for us.”

"I think by the time the fall semester comes around, school would have reopened but with precautions to maintain safety among the coronavirus. I heard some rumors that all students and staff will be advised to wear masks. Though I am unsure whether that may happen, I’m pretty sure they’ll make “non-contact” rules, such as no hugging or holding hands. Overall, the coronavirus has created an ...

“I think the fall semester is going to either start back up very slow. Everyone is going to be very weary and careful, or everyone will be so anxious to go back to normal they will put 110 percent of their energy into school and extracurriculars, and by the third month of school everyone will be burnt out.”

“I think that all students from kindergarten through sixth grade will have mostly in-person classes ending around lunch time. I think that high schoolers may go once or twice a week in person but will have the majority of learning online. I think Penn State (where I’m going) will have students return to classes. However, I think that all large lectures and some smaller ones will still remain online.�...

“I believe that we are going to come back to school. Maybe we’ll be wearing masks, and there will be efforts made to distance us a bit more, but Texas has already started to open up, so it only seems that school would be next.”

“I think that if this pandemic stuff is over by then, we will be handing school in a completely different way than what we usually do on a normal school day.”

“I don't know what's going to happen for the fall semester, but I can only hope things will be back to normal.”

“I think most things will be back to normal, that fall sports will be played, and that we will go to school too.”