Austin-area school districts weigh when to bring students back

School districts are trying to figure out how to resume classes in the fall, which has big implications for working parents as well as the companies that employ them. Interim Austin-Travis County Health Authority Mark Escott is recommending that school districts delay the start of school or offer virtual-only instruction at least until Sept. 8. “The schools need time,” he said of this preliminary recommendation at a July 14 Travis County commissioners court meeting. “They need time to plan.…