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go fully in-person, enrollment
actually went up in some cases.

At public schools, the
debate over the return to
in-person classes has pitted
teacher safety against student
mental health and develop-
ment. Jewish parents were part
of an organized opposition to
Montgomery County school
closures last fall.

“They always say, ‘Follow
the science,’” one parent said
of the closure. “The school is
following the science. So I’ve
kind of lost faith in people that
want to make those types of
decisions.” On the other side, some
teachers have expressed
skepticism over the safety
precautions taken by their
superiors. Thousands of educa-
tors, including Jewish teachers,
taught outside in freezing
weather on Feb. 8 to protest the
Philadelphia school district’s
reopening plan.

Mental Health
The last year has been
a challenge in terms of
mental health. According
to The Atlantic, “the share
of Americans reporting
symptoms of anxiety disorder,
depressive disorder, or both
roughly quadrupled from
June 2019 to December 2020.”
Isolation remains an issue,
especially among the immuno-
compromised and the elderly.

Last spring, we spoke to
mental health professionals
who were transitioning their
clients to telehealth.

“Even if it’s not in-person,
face-to-face interaction,” said
David Rosenberg, JFCS senior
vice president of programs and
strategy, “that telehealth allows
us to check in with people and
keep them connected and let
people know that we’re here
and we care about them.”
In the fall, Courtney Owen,
JFCS’ director of individual
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