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Dallas ISD announced Thursday night that a board of trustees meeting had been called at which district administration could recommend alternative start dates.
The superintendent said he's been listening to changing public opinion.
“Our parents have pivoted. More than 50% of them are now saying they don’t want to come. And here we’re hearing loud and clear from our employees, especially our teachers, that they have a lot of concerns about how we can pull this off," Hinojosa said.
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he superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District said Thursday that it looks unlikely that Texas's second-largest school district will be able to go forward with fall football games as planned due to coronavirus concerns.
Michael Hinojosa told MSNBC's Garrett Haake that football, due to its status as a "full-contact" sport, could make social distancing guidelines impossible to follow.
“That’s a true contact sport, I don't see how we can pull that off. There's been some discussion of moving it to the spring, but we'll have to wait and see. I don't — I seriously doubt that we can pull that off," he said.
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Hinojosa added that the district could see its entire fall semester delayed due to a spike in COVID-19 cases that has vexed Texas health authorities in recent days.