Des Moines Public Schools custodian Joel Cruz cleans a teacher's desk in a classroom at Brubaker Elementary School, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa.

A Roundtable of Principals on Reopening Schools

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 12, 2020

Moses Ojeda, principal of Thomas Edison High School, Roshone Ault Lee, principal and founder of the South Bronx Academy for Applied Media and Alexa Sorden, principal and founder of the Concourse Village Elementary School come together to discuss their respective school's reopening plans. Their proposals for the DOE are due Friday after they spend this week analyzing parent surveys and taking the temperature of their families. 

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