1st, 2nd graders will return to schools for half of week

Coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu says the plan for the return of first and second graders to school will see students study in half-size classes, with each half studying for half of the school week.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explains that the government cannot fund a full school week for twice the number of classes.

They do not give an exact timeline for the return of classes.

Israeli schoolteachers speak with students on the first day of school, during the coronavirus pandemic, in Tel Aviv on September 1, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

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