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John Barrett and his daughter Autumn pose for photos outside Bascomb Elementary School in Woodstock, Ga., Thursday, July 23, 2020. Barrett says he will educate his daughter virtually and keep her out of in-person classes in Cherokee County schools, even though he’s worried she will fall behind on her special education plans, because of concerns about COVID-19’s spread. Cherokee County, near Atlanta, is one of many districts nationwide that gave parents a choice between in-person and all-online classes this fall. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy) GAJA101 GAJA101

Parents struggle as schools reopen amid coronavirus surge

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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, speaks as he stands next to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Schumer and Pelosi met earlier with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows as they continue to negotiate a coronavirus relief package. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) DCSW115 DCSW115

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FILE – A detail of a label on a bottle of Clorox bleach is displayed in a supermarket, in Walpole, Mass. in a In this Aug. 1, 2011 file photo. Clorox’s fiscal fourth-quarter sales jumped 22% as consumers continued to buy cleaning supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) NYSP102 NYSP102

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