Um? Assuming best intentions, this is at least a misunderstanding of the questions “to what extent do schools independently contribute to Covid transmission?” vs. “how much do community spread rates influence school transmission risk?” Those are *very* different questions! https://twitter.com/chipubschools/status/1346831623912882178

I’m aware of vanishingly few studies finding community spread rate is disconnected from school transmission risk. In fact, it’s one of the most consistent findings: with lower spread, schools are very low-risk; at high rates, the probabilities change. Eg: https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/4/22214312/covid-spread-schools-research

In the end, I think this is basically just bad communications and using terms awkwardly. But being the official account of one of the nation’s largest school districts, this is something they need to be careful and accurate about!