Using a previously-developed age-dependent transmission model, which classifies population according to their current disease status (susceptible, exposed, infectious, recovered), and model parameters, researchers compared and contrasted the impacts of 8 different strategies of school opening on the spread of SARS-CoV-2. 

- years 0, 1, and 6 (full class sizes)
- years 0, 1, and 6 (half class sizes)
- all primary schools
- years 0, 1, 6, 10, and 12 (full class sizes)
- years 0, 1, 6, 10, and 12 (half class sizes)
- all primary schools, years 10 and 12
- all secondary schools
- all schools


Outcome Prediction of Open Schools in England Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

- only England-specific context
- different population level mixing pattern, which influences how school reopening will impact SARS-CoV-2 spread
- likely-to-change behavior of general population even during a strict lock-down 
- did not include many more interactions (e.g. parents interacting at school gates, teachers' exposure while travelling to school, children mixing outside of school)

Smith College

Keeling, M., Tildesley, M., Atkins, B., Penman, B., Southall, E., Guyver-Fletcher, G., Holmes, A., McKimm, H., Gorsich, E., Hill, E., Dyson, L. (2020). The impact of school reopening on the spread of COVID-19 in England. medRxiv doi: 10.1101/2020.06.04.20121434

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.04.20121434v1

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