emily turner is in montclair with why not all teachers and students will be there. >> the sign is out. the sidewalks are marked for social distance and montclair elementary along with other oakland schools are ready for their first students to arrive in person. its been more than a year since students have set foot on the campus but in just minutes the principal will get to greet them with a marked smile. >> we have been waiting over a year for this and here is the day. can't wait to see all of the smiling faces and get them in class. >> tk through second grade come back this week for two hours on two days. third through 5th come back on the 19th of april. the hybrid schedule season the only measure in place. we have hand sanitizer station, limited numbers of students in the bathrooms, schedules for when classes are allowed on the playground, there is sign all over the place. >> 80% of the students have opted to come back in person so some of the digital challenges will be behind them. only 10 of the 25 teachers will be here to greet them. the district gave teachers the option to retu

montclair, new jersey, is happening. lydia hu is following all of that from montclair.at is going on there? reporter: neil, montclair parents are frustrated after several failed attempts to return kids to the classroom. after president biden's announcement this week teachers can now get vaccinated, there are hopes maybe this would expedite the return but so far there are no signs. parents have gotten together and filed a class-action lawsuit in the federal courts. they're not asking for money. they're asking for a court order these schools be reopened saying their kids are being deprived of their constitutional right to an education. some have started calling for the suits to be withdrawn now that vaccines seem eminently available to teachers in new jersey and across the country but the lawyer for the parents and one of the parents who is suing the school board says that is not going to happen. listen to this. >> filing the suit gives the kids a voice and lets us, you know, have a say hopefully in how and when school will resume. >> a moving goalposts with the teachers

on thursday, the montclair school district, one of the two named in donahue's lawsuit, reached a dealo return to the classroom april 12th. >> and i'm so, so grateful to her. >> you know your mom is out there fighting for you. >> thank you. >> reporter: bianna golodryga, cnn, new jersey. >>> now, in the next hour, cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta looks at how students and educators are using science to tackle safety concerns. >>> but just ahead, queen elizabeth making her first appearance since that explosive oprah winfrey interview with her grandson, prince harry, and his wife, meghan. we'll have that in a live report when we come back. let her on t. or the bed. you said you'd never do a lot of things. like get two dogs. but you never knew all the things a dog could do for you. and with resolve you never have to worry about the mess. love the love, resolve the mess. rely on the experts at 1800petmeds for the same medications as the vet, but for less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. >>> welcome back. prince harry and meghan are trying to bring about c

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montclair and south orange maple wood.ince students filled the classrooms in these districts. >> this has been such a tremendous battle for all of us. >> reporter: the suit asserts that students have been denied their right to an in-person education. >> i myself as a teach told her they need to be in school with their peer, with their teachers. >> reporter: for donahue, these cases hit close to home. >> the department not responding to my own child's specific needs and realizing, oh, you know, not that -- they are not going to open the schools and it was like i can do this, you know. i'm going to speak up for her because no one is speaking for the kids. >> reporter: her 11-year-old daughter mary has not stepped foot inside of a classroom since last march. >> what grade are you? >> 6th grade. >> do you worry about when you can possibly return back to school? >> yeah. i always ask mom, when aimm i going back to school. and she go. >> reporter: diagnosed with adhd, she had been on an iep prior to the pandemic and had been thr

text from rick in montclair, california, on the question he would ask the president. why he opened the border? caleb, memphis, tennessee, democrat. caller: hi. i would like to ask the president if he would be willing to commit to be more aggressive with his economic policies? the pandemic has worsened things. these are not new problems. these are not new deficits. they are just bigger. his plan to raise taxes on people with incomes over $400,000 sounds great and might get him money he will need to fund bills he wants but it is not going to be a long-term solution. i would love to see him commit to something like elizabeth warren's wealth tax, for example. host: clarence, nashville, tennessee. caller: thank you. i would ask the president what thought he gave to his resolution to stop the programs the trump administration had put in place on immigration? it turned into a total disaster. thank you. host: sergio, pompano beach, florida, independent. caller: good morning. i would ask president biden, -- [indiscernible] -- what they have done to us. also, any more new nomin

indoor dining can start starting tomorrow at the egg shop in oakland's montclair village customers already there's nervousness, of course, because there's been a lot of changes that have happened, but this establishment has just been very good about keeping us safe. and so i would. i would say that i would be very happy to come here. it's nice to have the option to get inside. retailers museums, movie theaters, and jim's will also have more options. you're allowed to reopen with limited capacity once their counties in the red tear at the crew fit gym and montclair. they have a small footprint, so even with 10% capacity, they can't bring too many people indoors, but the owner says they'll make it work with this here. you know a lot of people like i said, have faith that you know, we'll get back to some normalcy and hopefully, things will start, you know, coming back together. shifting to the red here also paves the way for more public schools to reopen middle schools in the pleasant in, and piedmont school district's say they plan to reopen now that their counties in the red tere que throug

the staff will not be back at garfield elementary and in person learning will only be happening at montclair elementary in the students teacher has opted to return early. >> i'm hopeful that more teachers will opt to go back in now. >> reporter: she's had to quit her job. the kindergartner and second- grader will be on campus tuesday at highlands but even with that, many are opting out until the mandated return of april 19th. timothy douglas is a fifth- grade teacher in fruitvale, and on the team bargaining with ost. >> childcare is a really big issue for about 40% of our members. they need to figure out what is going to happen with her own kids when they go back so that is one of the reasons some of our members have not been able to get vaccine appointments yet. and then some of the spaces were still making sure with our safety walk-throughs that they are physically meeting the criteria that we have. >> reporter: they want their students back in the classroom. >> hoping that the time we get to the fall that the conditions will allow us to be completely open with folks passing through all of

that montclair elementary, students can only go on campus if the teacher is coming back. the rest will remain on zoom. >> we service those, the ones that need attention the most, so there could be shifting of one teacher from one class to another to support the priority students. >> they have prioritize teachers, many teacher vaccinations will not be completed until mid april. >> we're hoping by the time we get to the fall that the conditions will allow us to be completely open with full capacity and all of our classrooms. >> reporter: he will get to go to class on tuesday. she is having to leave her job to supervise zoom school. >> it is really late, we are one of the last ones to go back and it is for really minimal hours. our kids will get 40 hours of classroom time for this entire school year. they will get five hours each day, five days a week, for the rest of the year. there is a lot of inequity there. >>> he said among the things that they are facing is, the teachers are also having a problem finding child care if they do go back to the classroom. live in oakland,

steve, what's the problem with montclair? >> thank you, brian, good morning.across the country have had extended problems between and among the teachers union, the local teachers union and the board of education in coming to reasonable agreements over reasonable periods of time to retro fit, upgrade the schools and open them for in-person learning. in our case, there is a fairly con tensionous relationship between board and teachers union. we are dealing with moving goal posts as far as teachers union's demands, vaccines, it's very difficult to nail down an objective set of parameter that is can be met so that the schools can open safely and, in fact, the teachers have refused to go back to school. brian: 3 times, carrie, they said they were going to open up and 3 times they delayed it, delayed it. your daughter is paying a severe price. she's been diagnosed with depression. >> yes, hi levels of depression and anxiety and had school refusal. refuses to participate in any school or any academic activities. brian: so they try to put her on an antidepressant at 1

classrooms in a way that keeps all of our students and staff member safe parents at cleveland in montclair elementary schools received a similar email. >> and she's showing the divide between the district, the principals and the teachers and the cans are left in the middle. the between all these different. the different communication that's been happening. the district told parents during a virtual information session that just 38% of teachers opted to return next week. we asked the teachers union if there are enough teachers to teach the students who are choosing to return. >> and they said we will learn next week. but our hope is that everyone who chooses to come back, feel safe. the district told kron 4 that we're currently working to balance the needs of each school based on the number of students who plan to come back to class with the available staff. >> we are working with each school leadership team to plan for next week and to inform their communities of the plans for students. we need her to come she is a walking to go back to school. >> she's a wanting to meet her friends that s

. >>> by the way, moping, i want to congratulate you on your cover shot on "montclaire" magazine. >>>> president biden pledges that all adults 18 and over last quarter eligible for the vaccine by may 1 the roll-out is already picking up according to the cdc, nearly 97 million vaccine doses have now been administered in the u.s i believe mr. biden said 100 shots in his first 100 days. he's on pace to beat that by a mile will we have the infrastructure to handle it when we step up beyond phase 1, phase 2, phase 3. michael marin has a site currently vaccinating about 3,000 people a day we'll see if he can do better than that. mr. marin, welcome back. can you up it from 3,000 if so, how can you go? >> we actually can, tyler. our site is one of the most efficient in new jersey. we're at the top in terms of vaccinating people all we have to do is extend hours. we're currently running 18 stations we could extend the stations and extend our operating hours we're doing easily 3,000 a day just in an eight-hour workday. if we go to 10 or 12 hours, we can innic that capacity significantly. >> ar

on thursday the montclair school district, one of the two named in donahue's lawsuit, reached a dealm april 12th. >> and i'm so grateful. >> reporter: your mom is out there fighting for you. >> thank you. >> reporter: bianna golodryga, cnn, new jersey. >> entering a second year of the coronavirus pandemic at this point, if you think about it, our mental health is still something that a lot of people think we aren't talking about enough. now we know about 41% of americans have reported experiencing mental health issues related to the pandemic and it is a real crisis among health care workers. more than 20% say they experienced anxiety or depression or some form of posttraumatic distress in the last year. how do we move forward and manage our emotional well-being? psychologist dr. patrice harris is with us now. dr. harris, we are so grateful to have you on board with us here. i do want to ask you, help me understand the degree to which people are dealing with anxiety and depression. what are you hearing? >> well, since march we have seen survey after survey where the participants say t

classrooms in a way that keeps all of our students and staff member safe parents at cleveland in montclair elementary schools received a similar email. >> and she's showing the divide between the district, the principals and the teachers and the cans are left in the middle. the ping-pong between all these different. the different communication that's been happening. the district told parents during a virtual information session that just 38% of teachers opted to return next week. we asked the teachers union if there are enough teachers to teach the students who are choosing to return. >> and they said we will learn next week. but our hope is that everyone who chooses to come back, feel safe. the district told kron 4 that we're currently working to balance the needs of each school based on the number of students who plan to come back to class with the available staff. >> we are working with each school leadership team to plan for next week and to inform their communities of the plans for students. we need her to come she is a walking to go back to school. >> wanting to meet her friends that

classrooms in a way that keeps all of our students and staff member safe parents at cleveland in montclairlementary schools received a similar email. >> and she's showing the divide between the district, the principals and the teachers and the cans are left in the middle. the ping-pong between all these different. the different communication that's been happening. the district told parents during a virtual information session that just 38% of teachers opted to return next week. we asked the teachers union if there are enough teachers to teach the students who are choosing to return. >> and they said we will learn next week. but our hope is that everyone who chooses to come back, feel safe. the district told kron 4 that we're currently working to balance the needs of each school based on the number of students who plan to come back to class with the available staff. we are working with each school leadership team to plan for next week in to inform their communities of the plans for students. we need her to come back. she is walking to go back to school. >> wanting to meet her friends and sh

classrooms in a way that keeps all of our students and staff member safe parents at cleveland in montclair elementary schools received a similar email. >> and she's showing divide between the district. the principals and the teachers and the cans are left in the middle. the between all these different. the different communication that's been happening. the district told parents during a virtual information session that just 38% of teachers opted to return next week. we asked the teachers union if there are enough teachers to teach the students who are choosing to return. >> and they said we will learn next week. but our hope is that everyone who chooses to come back, feel safe. the district told kron 4 that we're currently working to balance the needs of each school based on the number of students who plan to come back to class with the available staff. >> we are working with each school leadership team to plan for next week and to inform their communities of the plans for students. we need her to come she is a walking to go back to school. >> she's a wanting to meet her friends that she's

available, it doesn't appear to be much progress about the return to classroom at least here in montclairer middle class liberalism. that is just my opinion. i thank you, lydia. check the markets again, dow, is up. s&p is up. nasdaq down 21. let's go with big movers, start with -- susan: comment on a lot of geographies and towns across america, don't you? stuart: i am absolutely incensed that our schools are not open. i know month claire, new jersey, very, very well. it is a upper middle class, thoroughly liberal enclave. susan: correct. stuart: i'm glad to see they're going to court to get their schools open again. it is about bloody time. don't let me digress. tell me about square, please. susan: square ask down after announcing, a little hot under the collar today, square is down after announcing a 300 million-dollar deal to buy up jay-z's muse title. jay-z joining the board. you will see betting odds on draftkings in the graphics during live ufc fights. snowflake, cloud warehousing company, huge quarter end 2020 guidance a little weak. we are much lower earlier on. and also announcing

there's state street, there's alvarado, there's montclair, and the list goes on. the question is why is there nothing there? and i believe we may have to go back, as we did a few years ago, and ask perhaps d.b.i. to better understand what happened here. my understanding is that any contractor who wants to do work in the city of san francisco has to be familiar -- has to be licensed and has to be familiar with all the intricacies of a building project here, and that holds true for everybody else involved in this, as well. i am having a hard time, and perhaps miss [inaudible] my understanding is the existing home was 1615 square feet. what's in front of us today is a home that is 2602 square feet. is that correct? [please stand by] consequences and i'm at this moment, just curious what other commissioners have to say. >> commissioner fung. if you think . >> we received a complaint from a neighbor about construction debris that has gone on to their property. can you respond to that? >> yes, i can. i did see that correspondence and right away got in touch with the gen

that is interesting, you get stories out of montclair, new jersey, brooklyn, massachusetts, suburbs ofor democrats, liberals, these parents are fed up with having their kids at home every day. the latest situation a lot of school systems say even though we have prioritized teachers, given them the vaccines which don't know which teachers have been actually vaccinated because that matter is confidential. they're playing games with us at this point. stuart: take me down the road. say for the sake of argument, just two years, two years from now, what will our public education system look like? >> well, i think it is going to be a lot smaller. i think parents who can afford to have left. they will realize this system is not suiting their needs. i think a lot of state legislatures around the country saying time for money to follow students, not to follow keep in public schools. and so i think you're going to get a lot of parents who can afford to leave, the problem is, as always the kids who can at least afford this terrible education and these ridiculous games teachers unions are playing,

teachers back in the classroom but a gradual return to the classroom across the country seems in montclair will go back any time before summer. thank you for the live report. steve: president biden taking heat after remarks about covid-19 restrictions. >> i hope everyone has realized by now masks make a difference. the last thing we need is neanderthal thinking that everything is fine, take off your mask, forget it. it still matters. steve: texas is one of the state he is referring to and governor greg abbott is one of the people he was thinking about. how the response of the president's unification message? >> two things, first, it is not the type of thing a president should be saying, but seconds, he said it on the worst day he could have. the same day he said that, in texas the biden administration was releasing illegal immigrants into our communities who had covid-19. the biden administration was spreading covid-19 in south texas yesterday because of their lack of constraint of testing and quarantining, people come across the border illegally. the biden administration was exposing texa

that includes students right here in montclaire, new jersey.ssroom. a group of parents got together and filed a class action lawsuit against the local school board. they're not seeking money. they just want a court order that schools reopen. you now, parents say their kids are suffering at home. they're deprived of their constitutional right to an education. joining us this morning is steve basiko, he has a third grade daughter enrolled at bradford elementary school. what has the last year of virtual learning done to her daughter and her development. >> look, at this point it's obviously been very difficult for our child and all children in the community. at this point, remote learning has become dangerously unsustainable. it's done irreparable damage to our students. it's a failure of the board of ed and the teachers union being able to work together with reasonable outcomes. it's been very difficult. >> reporter: that's why you're taking action. steve is the lead plaintiff in the class action lawsuit. meanwhile, governor phil murphy of new je

text from rick in montclair, california, on the question he would ask the president.opened the border? caleb, memphis, tennessee, democrat. caller: hi. i would like to ask the president if he would be willing to commit to be more aggressive with his economic policies? the pandemic has worsened things. these are not new problems. these are not new deficits. they are just bigger. his plan to raise taxes on people with incomes over $400,000 sounds great and might get him money he will need to fund bills he wants but it is not going to be a long-term solution. i would love to see him commit to something like elizabeth warren's wealth tax, for example. host: clarence, nashville, tennessee. caller: thank you. i would ask the president what thought he gave to his resolution to stop the programs the trump administration had put in place on immigration? it turned into a total disaster. thank you. host: sergio, pompano beach, florida, independent. caller: good morning. i would ask president biden, -- [indiscernible] -- what they have done to us. also, any more new nominations f