City teachers wary of opening schools without contact tracing and a vaccine

The president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers says schools should have N95 masks, good ventilation, and more COVID-19 testing.

The district laid out consequences for staff who don’t get vaccinated by the end of the month, taking away a special time-off program for COVID quaratines.

Nervous excitement greeted the opening of schools Tuesday morning. But labor contract troubles and concerns about COVID linger.