I'm so tired of the "think of the teachers and administrators" rhetoric on every thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m sick and tired of parents saying that schools should be the only institutions to open up at full capacity without any infection control protocols in place. Parents aren’t special. If you can’t care for your children, then you should surrender them.
See how that works both ways?

My workplace reopened without meaningful protocols in place. Neither of us are special. Life goes on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
So just because other professionals are at equal or higher risk than teachers, we should just disregard their safety?

Are we all Trumpian now, bringing down everyone to the lowest common safety feature?

Lovely. Brilliant.

“Disregard” their safety? What does this even mean? We aren’t dragging you into a burning building but you’re a front line worker and bizarrely are the only front line workers who don’t seem to get that.

-front line worker

[Anonymous]

You don't want to go back. That's your choice.

But that should also be your paycheck. I wish mcps would tell these teachers who refuse to come back that they can take unpaid leaves of absence for as long as they want.

I bet their tune would change

[Anonymous]

Government needs to decide if providing education is essential or not.

If it is essential, then provide in-personal normal education.

If it is not essential, then waive the COMAR laws that prevent parents from banding together and forming private micro schools in people’s living rooms. Right now, homeschooling is legally easy, but 6 middle class parents pooling together $$$ to hire a teacher is suddenly illegal.

[Anonymous]

Remember that time when you never had to worry about getting sick from kids at school? You don't? That's because that's never been a time.

Teachers need to get over it or get new jobs-just like the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember that time when you never had to worry about getting sick from kids at school? You don't? That's because that's never been a time.

Teachers need to get over it or get new jobs-just like the rest of us.

+ 100

If the government decides it is safe enough to keep schools open, teachers get to show up or resign.

[Anonymous]

Oh no Karen got the sniffles

[Anonymous]

the DMV is such a special, special place that it should t open up anything for a few years. Just keep doing the opposite of other countries and all the other states.

See ya, going to summer camp in NJ,
Xoxo

[Anonymous]

Nobody is forcing teachers to go back to work. They are at will employees just like everyone else.

So you are too scared to come back? Don't go back. Of course that means you don't get paid. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody is forcing teachers to go back to work. They are at will employees just like everyone else.

So you are too scared to come back? Don't go back. Of course that means you don't get paid. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

This. Kids need to go back to school and to get a meaningful education - not the sham that MCPS has provided over the past three months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My law firm already called me back in. No one is abiding by our protocols. It’s stressful but what can I do; it’s life.

I would think law firms could wfh forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody is forcing teachers to go back to work. They are at will employees just like everyone else.

So you are too scared to come back? Don't go back. Of course that means you don't get paid. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Really, public-school teachers in Maryland are at-will employees?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m sick and tired of parents saying that schools should be the only institutions to open up at full capacity without any infection control protocols in place. Parents aren’t special. If you can’t care for your children, then you should surrender them.
See how that works both ways?

No, it doesn't work that way. This is not about my needs for childcare - my kids are in high school, they don't need childcare. This is about kids' need for school.

The job of teachers is to teach school. If teachers are unwilling to do their job, once the school district provides appropriate safeguards, then they need to go find different jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sick and tired of parents saying that schools should be the only institutions to open up at full capacity without any infection control protocols in place. Parents aren’t special. If you can’t care for your children, then you should surrender them.
See how that works both ways?

My workplace reopened without meaningful protocols in place. Neither of us are special. Life goes on.

Does your workplace have a thousand people working closely together? Do your coworkers need help blowing their noses or in the bathroom? Do they sneeze directly on you? Do they come in with a cough a fever and refuse to leave all day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sick and tired of parents saying that schools should be the only institutions to open up at full capacity without any infection control protocols in place. Parents aren’t special. If you can’t care for your children, then you should surrender them.
See how that works both ways?

Nobody said anything about them doing back without any infection control protocols. The discourse I am hearing as that pretty much nothing will be acceptable to teachers no matter what the protocols are. They want 100% DL or nothing.

There have been numerous articles showing data that kids not only don't spread it to each other but don't spread it to adults.

Districts are all putting loopholes in the language about precautions so they can shrug innocently when the first day of school rolls around and there’s almost nothing in place. I expect to receive a “cute” cloth masks with a cheesy teaching theme print, a single large bottle of sanitizer, and class rosters of 30-35 students, plus my advisory and home room above 35 students.