SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Dispatchers in Seminole County reported Sunday that they received an increase in the number of 911 calls from unattended children during Florida’s stay-at-home order.
The report comes one day after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that children would not be returning to the classroom for the remainder of the school year. MORE: Coronavirus: Florida schools to remain closed through rest of academic year, governor says DeSantis said he realizes online schooling is not ideal but given where students and educators are in the school year and the obstacles presented by the ongoing pandemic, he believes continuing distance learning is the best option right now.