America took a lot more mitigation measures than here. Including in many states schools closed for up to a year.
YY to that.
Schools shut without any notice here on March 16th 2020 and distance learning commenced. In my locality, the public schools issued iPads and chromebooks to all students to facilitate distance learning, and sorted out low cost internet for families struggling to afford it. Free school lunches switched to imperishable packets, which were picked up from the schools once a week all year including the summer and winter breaks.
Schools reopened partially in January, with distancing, pods, masks on everyone, no exceptions, in all schools. Different pods occupied different sections of the playground in a rotating schedule for breaks and lunchtime. Students brought their own lunches and ate in their classrooms - cafeterias were closed.
The high school reopened partially in January with the student body divided into cohorts, and different cohorts in school for a few hours per week, fully masked, specific routes marked around the school, with distance learning the rest of the time using school-issued chromebooks.
No mask, no entry, no exceptions.
Universities closed too. My younger DDs have been at home doing online classes for the duration of the pandemic. Those remaining open or opening partially have had successful test, trace, and isolation procedures, and many US universities require proof of vaccination for students returning this autumn.