https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/23/coronavirus-will-schools-remain-safe-amid-case-surge/ > More than a thousand schools in California reopened classrooms this fall with an array of safety measures — face masks, hand sanitizer, distanced desks — to keep kids from spreading the coronavirus. So far, for the most part, educators and experts say, it appears to be working. > But with the virus now spreading so alarmingly that officials are telling people not to gather for Thanksgiving and shutting down classrooms again in places like New York City, reopened schools across the Golden State will be put to the test like never before.