School’s starting soon. Why are parents and kids still in limbo?

Despite broad agreement on the importance of in-person instruction, many say there’s been a lack of official planning and resources provided to help schools reopen safely, as the COVID-19 pandemic appears far from over.

Karla Hayward, a working parent in Newfoundland, finally got back to her office in July, while her daughter has come home from camp each afternoon, as Mom puts it, “sweaty and starving, just as I want her to be.”

Yet when she looks ahead to the fall, she has no idea if she’ll still be...