I'm more talking about the flexibility, nimbleness, funding and mentality to implement these significant changes. Some of this is is impossible based on current structural layouts.
My SIL/BIL live in a college town, similar to Btown with an intelligent local community. They grew up in the suburban public school system, like all of our families and naturally enrolled their kids in public schools (again, probably on par with Btown, maybe slightly better).
COVID hit and their district refused to provide video-based remote learning because it was deemed "inequitable". Now, I think everyone can acknowledge that there are certain to be people that have deficiencies in hardware (laptops, tablets, etc.) and access (high-speed internet, etc.). So they spent the last three months of classes doing remote learning without any teacher (professional) interaction. Parents were responsible for picking up work for each week, teaching their children and then helping them with their deliverables.
As the summer went on, the public school district did nothing to address or prepare for in-person learning, so that it could work in a safe manner. Meanwhile, a local private school advertised some additional capacity and was profoundly forward-thinking about their replacement of the HVAC system, additional ventilation mechanisms, dividers between desks, sanitation systems, bathroom policies, distancing procedures, etc., so my nephews got placed into a new school system away from most of their friends.
Now, as schools opened last week, my nephews are back at school in a much different, but effective way. Meanwhile, the public district is in disarray and still relying upon parents essentially home schooling their kids using teacher prepared lessons, without the use of modern technology. In 2020.
