This is what I want to hear when updated CDC guidance is released for schools.

I hope CDC and White House officials will emphasize the value of normalcy.

As CNN first reported, new CDC guidance is on the way for K-12 schools. It should end close contact quarantines, which are still being used in some districts, and generally provide more normalcy for children in districts where the agency’s guidance is applied with fidelity.

However, despite the fact the new CDC guidance will remain significantly more strict than Northern European public health guidance — masks and rapid tests will probably still be deployed for use with healthy children and school staff — some in the public health community are nonetheless dissatisfied. These “anonymous local health department and other government employees” are encouraging their followers to contact White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain to demand more school measures.

With advocacy coming at CDC and the White House from all sides, I want to make sure that the new guidance protects child rights and does not lead to another year of impoverished schooling. Framing will be critical, because hyperlocal school governance means districts will ultimately take a…