This episode is about a school. A school where over 10% of their pupils have had a positive diagnosis of COVID19. A school where its Board decided that they needed to close the building to stop the spread of the virus. A school that was then told to open back up on Monday morning. And apart from the question as to whether the school should open or close, it asks the bigger question - who actually runs schools?

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