Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC teacher here.

Why are you not stepping up and demanding we get vaccinated?

Easy solution.

I'm legitimately wondering - who are you speaking to? The general public?

Is there a shortage of support for teachers getting vaccinated?

Absolutely. Do you read these threads? Loudmouthed parents and DCPS leadership are not open to allowing teachers to be fully vaccinated before returning to schools. You all are pushing for Feb. 1 when no teacher will be fully vaccinated. That is all that many DCPS teachers are asking for and we have been ignored.

What are you talking about? Teachers have been treated incredibly generously to have been bumped way up the priority queue ahead of many others with similar or greater occupational risks. People have supported that to this point. The only comments about not supporting it in the future are if the teachers once again move the goalposts and don’t do the thing that was used to justify their priority

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC teacher here.

Why are you not stepping up and demanding we get vaccinated?

Easy solution.

I'm legitimately wondering - who are you speaking to? The general public?

Is there a shortage of support for teachers getting vaccinated?

Absolutely. Do you read these threads? Loudmouthed parents and DCPS leadership are not open to allowing teachers to be fully vaccinated before returning to schools. You all are pushing for Feb. 1 when no teacher will be fully vaccinated. That is all that many DCPS teachers are asking for and we have been ignored.

What are you talking about? Teachers have been treated incredibly generously to have been bumped way up the priority queue ahead of many others with similar or greater occupational risks. People have supported that to this point. The only comments about not supporting it in the future are if the teachers once again move the goalposts and don’t do the thing that was used to justify their priority

^^^^ adding to that, many of the “preservation of societal functioning” categories after teachers have been working the whole time and are far more deserving if the teachers are going to take vaccine doses then not show up

• Staff working in Courts and Individuals Providing Legal Services
• Individuals working in health, human services, and/or social services outreach programs
• Frontline employees of public (mass) transit
• Individuals employed in manufacturing
• Individuals working in food packaging and distribution
• Employees of US Postal Service

• Staff working in food service
• Essential employees* in local government agencies
• Essential employees of public utilities
• Essential employees in non-governmental health, human, and social services organizations/agencies
• Individuals working in commercial and residential property maintenance and environmental services

• Individuals working in non-public transit transportation services (i.e. for hire vehicles, ride share)
• Individuals working in logistics/delivery/courier services
• Essential employees working in media and mass communications

• All essential employees of institutions of higher education (i.e. colleges, universities, trade schools)
• Individuals working in construction
• All essential employees working in
information technology
• Essential employees in federal government agencies
• Individuals working in commercial and residential property management

[Anonymous]

They need to fix the messaging. My boss thinks schools are “reopening” but my kids are still home.