Education is essential: Reopening our schools

I recently conducted a survey of constituents in Central Washington, asking a question that is on the minds of parents across our district and the entire country: “Do you support doing everything we can to safely reopen schools for in-person instruction in the fall?”

The overwhelming response was “yes.”

As we all know, on March 13, 2020, Gov. Jay Inslee ordered Washington state schools to close in...