PRINT WWW.SLTRIB.COM Tuesday, August 11, 2020 « NATION A3 “ Pelosi holds firm in Schools with faulty Most schools are designed for com- fort, not for infection virus talks; Trump air ventilation systems control.” still open to a deal DR. EDWARD NARDELL HarvardMedicalSchool professor fear virus transmission By LISA MASCARO unemployment assistance, The Associated Press eviction protections and other aid that has expired. By TERRY SPENCER Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., Washington • Speaker But there are limits, and The Associated Press chairman of the House Edu- Nancy Pelosi is not about legal pitfalls, in trying to cation committee, called on to blink. make an end run around It has been seven years the federal government to The Democratic leader the legislative branch. since the central air condi- help districts improve their has been here before, ne- Trump acknowledged tioning system worked at the systems, saying the Centers gotiating a deal with the he’s still quite open to a New York City middle school for Disease Control and Pre- White House to save the deal with Congress, tweet- where Lisa Fitzgerald O’Con- vention calling ventilation an U.S. economy, and lessons ing an invitation for the nor teaches. As a new school important part of coronavirus from the Great Recession Democratic leaders to give year approaches amid the spread at schools. are now punctuating the him a call. coronavirus pandemic, she “Ventilation is key and you coronavirus talks. “So now Schum- and her colleagues are threat- don’t fix that for free,” Scott With Republicans er and Pelosi want ening not to return unless it’s said. again balking at big to meet to make a repaired. There is no evidence that government bail- deal. Amazing how Her classroom has a win- thediseasecanspreadthrough outs, Democratic it all works, isn’t it,” dow air conditioning unit, but ventilation systems from one leaders believe they he tweeted Mon- she fears the stagnant air will classroom to the next, accord- have the leverage, day. “They know increase the chances that an ing to Dr. Edward Nardell, a FRANK FRANKLIN II | The Associated Press forcing President my phone number.” infected student could spread Harvard Medical School pro- Teacher Lisa Fitzgerald O’Connor, third from left, poses for pho- Donald Trump into With Trump the virus. fessor who specializes in air- tographs with colleagues Luz Jimenez, left, Maria Damas, Mea- a politically risky Nancy Pelosi now having played “Window units just aren’t borne diseases. The danger, gan Hammerbacher, United Federation of Teachers chapter standoff over help his hand, however, going to cut it. We don’t want Nardell said, is from ineffec- leader Shawn Hindez and Sarah Kuhner at M.S. 324 in New for millions of Americans. Democrats appear in no to stay cool, we just want the tive systems that don’t remove York on Thursday. It has been seven years since the central air “It’s impossible to know rush to show theirs. air to flow properly,” said floating viruses and let them conditioning system worked at the New middle school where whether she has overplayed It will take days, if not O’Connor, a science teacher linger in classrooms after they they teach. As a new school year approaches amid the corona- her hand until we see if weeks, to sort out what who has worked at the Patria are expelled in an infected per- virus pandemic, O’Connor and her colleagues are threatening there is a COVID package,” Trump intended with his Mirabal School in Manhattan son’s breath, sneeze or cough. not to return unless it’s repaired. says Michael Steel, a former executive actions, as guid- since 2009. “We are really su- “Most schools are designed top aide to then-Speaker ance from the administra- per stressed out about it.” for comfort, not for infection spectrum of UV light that is emotionally when taught out- John Boehner. tion is sent to the states. Al- Schools around the country control. So there is a danger safe for humans. Manufactur- doors, she said. Monday brought no new ready, the Department of are facing similar problems as that if you put 20 kids in a ers say the devices would cost “Nature has been shown to talks between Trump’s Labor is telling governors they plan or contemplate re- room, that if one of them has $3,000 per classroom. restore the ability to pay at- team and negotiators on that Trump’s promised opening this fall, dealing with asymptomatic COVID and is Some, including Educa- tention,” she said. Capitol Hill as the pres- $400 weekly jobless benefit aging air conditioning, heat- infectious, you now have 19 tion Secretary Betsy DeVos, Several schools in the ident tries a go-it-alone boost will actually amount ing and circulation systems more kids who are exposed,” say one solution to air circu- Northeast have bought large strategy. Over the week- to just $300 if states are that don’t work well or at all Nardell said. Healthy chil- lation problems may be teach- event tents like those used at end, he launched a series of unable to provide the rest, because maintenance and re- dren almost always recover ing classes outdoors, which outdoor weddings and plan executive actions that give according to information placement were deferred due from COVID, if they become was done during tuberculo- to use them to teach outside the appearance of a White obtained Monday by The to tight budgets. Concerns ill at all, but they can pass the sis and influenza outbreaks through November. House taking charge but Associated Press. about school infrastructure disease to teachers, parents in the early 1900s, even in The White River Valley may end up providing lit- Senate Democratic lead- are adding momentum to and other adults. cold weather. The coronavi- Middle School in Bethel, Vt., tle help for ordinary Amer- er Chuck Schumer dis- plans in some districts, even Nardell believes schools rus spreads less efficiently spent $50,000 on tents and icans. missed the Trump’s ad- in colder climates, to take should consider installing ul- outdoors and students could another $20,000 on port-a- The president’s or- ministrative actions as “all classes outdoors for the sake traviolet lights along class- more easily sit 6 feet apart. potties, hand-washing sta- ders seek to reverse the sizzle and no steak,” held of student and teacher health. room ceilings, a technology Having classes outdoors tions and other equipment. devastating fallout from together by “spit and glue.” Nationwide, an estimated some used in the 1950s and has other benefits, said Sha- Schools bringing students 41% of school districts need to earlier to combat measles, tu- ron Danks, CEO of Green back this fall will require or at Heating, Cooling, Plumbing &Electrical update or replace their heat- berculosis and other airborne Schoolyards America, a least strongly suggest masks, 801.413.7620 ing, ventilation and cooling diseases and that is still used Berkeley, Calif., nonprofit that but officials say they can only ONLY systems in at least half their in hospitals and homeless advocates for outdoor educa- be so effective during six-hour schools, according to a feder- shelters. Viruses and bac- tion. Children actually are school days indoors. Air circu- $39 al report issued in June. teria are destroyed using a less distracted and feel better lation is needed. EACH PUBLIC NOTICE What do Trump’s executive orders do? Heber Valley Corridor By ALEXANDRA OLSON the November election. Kudlow estimated Sunday that ENVIRONMENTAL The Associated Press Here is a look at the four ex- the payroll tax deferral could IMPACT STATEMENT ecutive orders. save employees about $1,200 New York • President Don- Unemployment insurance through the end of the year. ald Trump’s new executive or- • The president moved to keep Eviction crisis • The pres- UDOT is conducting an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) ders to help Americans strug- paying a supplemental federal ident did not extend a federal to evaluate potential transportation solutions to improve mobility gling under the economic unemployment benefit for mil- eviction moratorium that pro- through the Heber Valley and the operation of Heber City Main recession are far less sweeping lions of Americans out of work tected more than 12 million Street (U.S. 40). The public is invited to attend avirtual public than any pandemic relief bill during the outbreak. His order renters living in federally sub- meeting to learn more about the project and provide comments Congress would pass. called forpayments up to $400 sidized apartments or units Trump acted Saturday af- each week, one-third less than with federally backed mort- regarding the purpose and need, outstanding issues, and possible ter negotiations for a second the $600 people had been re- gages. That moratorium ex- alternatives. This meeting constitutes the initiation of the EIS pandemic relief bill reached ceiving under a benefit that ex- pired July 25. process and is considered part of the scoping process. an impasse. Democrats initial- pired last month. Instead, Trumpdirected the ly sought a $3.4 trillion pack- Payroll tax deferral • Un- Treasury and Housing and Ur- age, but said they lowered their der the president’s order, em- banDevelopmentdepartments Public comment period is open from Aug. 27–Sep.26, 2020 demand to $2 trillion. 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