SALT LAKE CITY – First lady Jill Biden plans to speak at a Salt Lake City school Wednesday as the U.S. makes uneven progress toward reopening classrooms during the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden, a teacher herself, is visiting Glendale Middle School, which has a diverse student body and returned to in-person instruction a few months ago.
The stop is part of a swing through the U.S. West that also includes Nevada and Colorado. The visit comes shortly after President Joe Biden’s self-imposed deadline to reopen most U.S.
elementary schools in his first 100 days. The school-tracking site Burbio found 62% of schools were offering in-person learning every day by then, though it wasn't clear how many were elementary schools.