Let’s consider hazard pay for teachers, to acknowledge the added risk that essential school staff assumes by placing their health on the line for our children’s future. Meanwhile, hybrid schooling has a meager 61 percent graduation rate, and all-virtual schooling has a 50 percent rate — no better than flipping a coin. They must weigh the role of schools as essential places of learning, child care, nutrition, and safety against the risks of COVID-19 infections among children, staff, and communities.