REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT IN HEMPFIELD, KALEA GUNDERSON, TTPISBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4. CHANDI: ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT, THE RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM SHIFTS TO REMOTE FOR HUNDREDS. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE DISTRICT SAYS 12 SCHOOLS WILL BE DOING REMOTE LEARNINGO D TO COVID-19 INFECONTI AND EXPOSURES AMONG STAFF. AND TONIGHT, WE ARE SEEING THIS LATE SSTURGE OF THE VIRUS IMPACTING MORE THAN JUST SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE. MONDAY BEGINS THE SPRING SEMESTER FOR PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT SE OMPARENTS LIKE CHARLES SLEDGE QUESTION THE DISTRICT’S PLAN TO BRING KIDS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM RIGHT NOW. CHARLES: WHY WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE AN OUTBREAK TO KEEP HER KIDS SAFE? CHDIAN: BUT THESE 12 SCHOSOL WILL HAVE REMOTE LEARNING. THE SCHOOL SLEDGE’S SON ATTENDS IS NOT ON THAT LT.IS >> GE IVTHEM OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN THE SCHOOLS, HAVE THEM ROTATE THE SCHEDULE TO MAYBE ONE OR TWO DAYS A WEEK. AND THE OTHER THREE DAYS, THEY ARE AT HOME. CHAN:DI THE DISTRICT SAYS THE RISE IN CASES IS CAUSING A STAFFING SHORTAGE. THAT SAME ISSUE HAS DELAYED AND CANCELED FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY THE THOUSAN.DS CINDY WAITING IN BAGGAGE CLAIM UNTIL HER YOUNGRA GNDSON MAKES IT ON HIS FLIGHT BACK HOME. CINDY: THE PLANE HAS BEEN DELAYED A PROXIMALLY FOUR HOURS NOW, SO WE’RE GOING TO WAIT HERE UNTIL THE FLIGHT LEAVES. CHANDI: AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL, 75 FLIGHTS DELAYED, 28 CANCELED. >> OUR FLIGHT SWA SCHEDULED FOR 6:30 P.M. ON FRIDAY OR THURSDAY. 6:30, BECAME 7:30. THAT BECAME 9:30. CHANDI: THE FAA BLAMING COVID CASES AND WINTER WEATHER. >> YOU HIT A LOT OF TURBULENCE. THE WEATHER IS BAD. IT’S BAD. PL ANES ARE PACKED. CHANDI: AS THE NUMBER OF NEW CASSE GO UP, LESIN AT TESTING SITES ARE LONG. SOME TELLING US THAT THEY ARE GETTING TESTED DUE TO SYMPTOMS, WHILE OTHERS, JUST >> TAKING PRECAUTIONS BEFORE THEY RETURN TO WORK. >>I TESTED BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO PROTECT AN ELDERLY RELIVATE WE WE RE SEEING. AND I AM GETTING TESTED AGAIN