I'll be shocked if any Alabama school ends up going back now that the dominoes are starting to fall. I hope they have a plan for the hunger, abuse, suicide, and rise in unemployment among two income households.
I hate it for some kids. I hear school is their only 1-2 decent (relative to THEIR home) meals a day.
We learned in our foster classes that 50% of the kids in Madison County do not eat at least two nutritious meals a day. You want to have your eyes opened spend some time serving kids in Madison. One of the most humbling experiences I will have in my life, is when our foster daughter showed up at our house, and she had a backpack of food that our church ministry provided.