JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia and Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed concerns about reopening Florida’s schools this fall amid the ongoing pandemic by comparing them to essential businesses such as grocery stores and factories.“We’re getting back to our ordinary life as best we can, while also contending with a virus,” Scalia said during a news conference Thursday in Jacksonville. “And to me, schools are an essential service, or an essential service.