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."

"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..."

"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."

"We know that we cannot open our schools safely without these additional funds."