Table 1.

School Administrators

Theme	Quotes
Readiness to reopen
	Our school is ready. Our classrooms are maximized at about 15–16 chairs per class. The classrooms are all outfitted with cameras so that they can teach remotely. Half the kids will be in class and the other half will be at home, and then they flip flop for those days.
	They’ll do their temperature checks, they’ll do their pre-coded questions. They will get a wristband—the colors will change every day. And then they can go back to class.
	If we’re bringing kids on campus, they’re going to have to go through a process to get onto campus anyhow. Temperature checks, this questionnaire. They’re going to have to go through a process to get on campus. To me, adding in the testing just seems like an extra step to add in.
Financial barriers to testing
	The testing itself is expensive. And I’m not quite sure if it’s sustainable. Of course, if it’s free, then you provide it. But I don’t have funds for $5 per student.
	Unless LA County is paying for all those and handing them to us. But if they’re asking the school or the district to pay for it, there is a pretty substantial cost.
	We can figure out logistics. It’s how to pay for it. That becomes a challenge for me.
Logistical and staffing barriers
	From a school principal’s viewpoint, the things that come to mind are scheduling and the amount of time. With children, everything will take two times longer than you think it’s going to take.
	Wondering what the logistics would be. How long do you have to wait with your kid, or if kids can just get dropped off and be in a waiting zone, so now we have a whole group of kids. What does that take to monitor the waiting zone to keep the kids from interacting with each other?
	Some don’t feel like they’re trained or it’s part of their job. Staff members, we’re asking them to give the test. That’s not really in their job description.
Stigma and fear
	Say a kid walks in, he looks fine. He’s tested. Fine. He has a good temperature. Good. No problem. And then I call him out in front of 15, 16 kids, in front of a teacher, saying that he’s tested positive. The challenge then is, how do I mitigate that with the rest of the 15 kids or even a faculty member going, “Am I exposed?” and how do I continue that class for the next 30 minutes when the only thing they’re worried about is I’ve been exposed and I don’t know what’s going to happen next.
	If you’re like, “Sorry kid, you have to be all alone in this room while your parent comes to pick you up.” There’s trauma.