Joe Courtney actually said...

"If we know that we are going to aim to have our students come back to school safely, we have to change a lot of things."

"Without that additional funding, we know that other school districts, like the one you just talked about, will absolutely have to lay off hundreds and hundreds of educators."

"Reducing staff is really, isn't it the exact opposite of where we should be headed if we are trying to reduce class size and accommodate social distancing which CDC and all the public health officials..."

"There is no way to make up for submarines that were not built, but the impact of the coming trough can be mitigated."