各地で分散登校始まる　「友達と会うの楽しみ」―宣言解除で加速・新型コロナ

　政府が３９県の緊急事態宣言を解除したことを受け１８日、多くの地域で学校の全面再開に向けた分散登校が始まった。児童・生徒の密集回避や時間の短縮など、新型コロナウイルスへの感染対策を探りながらのスタートとなる。
　山形市内の小中学校では一斉に授業を再開した。市立第一小学校では午前７時半ごろから、マスク姿の児童らが登校。約２カ月半ぶりの通学に、友達と並んで笑顔で話す姿もあった。２年の男子児童（７）は「（コロナが）うつらないかちょっと心配。でも、みんなと会うのは楽しみ」と明るい表情だった。

　ただ今週は「慣らし期間」と位置付け、最初の３日間は午前の３時限のみ。後半２日間にパンと牛乳だけの簡易給食を行い、来週から通常通りの予定だ。市教育委員会の担当者は「まずは生活リズムの乱れを直す。感染対策で変える給食の配膳ルールの浸透など、段階を踏むしかない」と話す。（2020/05/18-11:22）

Schools in many regions in Japan kicked off Monday with staggered attendance, in preparation for the full-scale restart of classes, following the government's lifting of its coronavirus state of emergency in 39 of the nation's 47 prefectures last Thursday.
   After the end of their emergency closures, schools are welcoming back students while taking measures to prevent infection among them, such as avoiding overcrowding and shortening school hours.
   All elementary and junior high schools in the northeastern city of Yamagata resumed classes on Monday. At a municipally run elementary school in the capital of Yamagata Prefecture, students wearing face masks started arriving around 7:30 a.m. (10:30 p.m. Sunday GMT).
   Back after the two-and-a-half-month school closure, some of them happily talked with friends. "I'm a little afraid that I may get the virus, but I look forward to seeing everybody," a second-grade boy, 7, said.
   With this week as a "warm-up" period, the school will offer classes only in the morning on the first three days. A simple lunch, with only bread and milk served, will be added to the schedule on Thursday and Friday. The school timetable is slated to return to normal next week.