Teachers/ADA eligibility

[Anonymous]

My kid is starting in-person Kindergarten this week but his teacher will not be in person, rather on a screen, citing an ADA disability. Does anyone know if this ADA thing for teachers has an end date? When will teachers be required to be in the classroom or leave? I'm not at all thrilled that they still do not have their teacher in the classroom especially since it's Kindergarten...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is starting in-person Kindergarten this week but his teacher will not be in person, rather on a screen, citing an ADA disability. Does anyone know if this ADA thing for teachers has an end date? When will teachers be required to be in the classroom or leave? I'm not at all thrilled that they still do not have their teacher in the classroom especially since it's Kindergarten...

I think the WTU and DCPS signed something last year allowing teachers who can prove it to stay virtual for term 3 and term 4.

[Anonymous]

Is there some kind of agreement for next school year? I’m neither pro nor con, just wondering.

[Anonymous]

Is there a live person in the room? This cannot possibly work with little kids.

[Anonymous]

At DS’s school the K and 1st teachers are staying home (I’m assuming with ADAs, no clue) and teaching virtually. The kids will be glued to laptops at school with Interventionists supervising them and unable to meet with their own small groups. It’s a ridiculous plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At DS’s school the K and 1st teachers are staying home (I’m assuming with ADAs, no clue) and teaching virtually. The kids will be glued to laptops at school with Interventionists supervising them and unable to meet with their own small groups. It’s a ridiculous plan.

That is really lame. I can’t believe all the teachers have legit excuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At DS’s school the K and 1st teachers are staying home (I’m assuming with ADAs, no clue) and teaching virtually. The kids will be glued to laptops at school with Interventionists supervising them and unable to meet with their own small groups. It’s a ridiculous plan.

That is really lame. I can’t believe all the teachers have legit excuses.

They don't. It was just the WTU flexing so that teachers who didn't want to wouldn't have to return in-person to teaching again this year. And the mayor, as usual, caved. Parents should keep a close eye on this for the fall. There are still far too many teachers who would prefer their shoddy Zoom / Microsoft Teams lessons and 4 days a week work schedule to actually doing their jobs. Don't get me started on the number of high school teachers who spend 10 minutes with their classes then disappear for the rest of the hour. To say nothing of their refusing to grade the many assignments they give their students. The WTU and this city's teachers/administrators have a lot of work to do if they want to regain parents/students' trust and respect. Compared to the many workers who stayed on the job throughout the pandemic, (including many daycare providers and private school teachers), DC's public school teachers/ administrators are an embarrassment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At DS’s school the K and 1st teachers are staying home (I’m assuming with ADAs, no clue) and teaching virtually. The kids will be glued to laptops at school with Interventionists supervising them and unable to meet with their own small groups. It’s a ridiculous plan.

What is an interventionist? A Special Education Teacher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At DS’s school the K and 1st teachers are staying home (I’m assuming with ADAs, no clue) and teaching virtually. The kids will be glued to laptops at school with Interventionists supervising them and unable to meet with their own small groups. It’s a ridiculous plan.

What is an interventionist? A Special Education Teacher?

It’s a regular teacher but not assigned a classroom. They pull small groups or push in to help kids in the classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At DS’s school the K and 1st teachers are staying home (I’m assuming with ADAs, no clue) and teaching virtually. The kids will be glued to laptops at school with Interventionists supervising them and unable to meet with their own small groups. It’s a ridiculous plan.

That is really lame. I can’t believe all the teachers have legit excuses.

They don't. It was just the WTU flexing so that teachers who didn't want to wouldn't have to return in-person to teaching again this year. And the mayor, as usual, caved. Parents should keep a close eye on this for the fall. There are still far too many teachers who would prefer their shoddy Zoom / Microsoft Teams lessons and 4 days a week work schedule to actually doing their jobs. Don't get me started on the number of high school teachers who spend 10 minutes with their classes then disappear for the rest of the hour. To say nothing of their refusing to grade the many assignments they give their students. The WTU and this city's teachers/administrators have a lot of work to do if they want to regain parents/students' trust and respect. Compared to the many workers who stayed on the job throughout the pandemic, (including many daycare providers and private school teachers), DC's public school teachers/ administrators are an embarrassment.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At DS’s school the K and 1st teachers are staying home (I’m assuming with ADAs, no clue) and teaching virtually. The kids will be glued to laptops at school with Interventionists supervising them and unable to meet with their own small groups. It’s a ridiculous plan.

That is really lame. I can’t believe all the teachers have legit excuses.

They don't. It was just the WTU flexing so that teachers who didn't want to wouldn't have to return in-person to teaching again this year. And the mayor, as usual, caved. Parents should keep a close eye on this for the fall. There are still far too many teachers who would prefer their shoddy Zoom / Microsoft Teams lessons and 4 days a week work schedule to actually doing their jobs. Don't get me started on the number of high school teachers who spend 10 minutes with their classes then disappear for the rest of the hour. To say nothing of their refusing to grade the many assignments they give their students. The WTU and this city's teachers/administrators have a lot of work to do if they want to regain parents/students' trust and respect. Compared to the many workers who stayed on the job throughout the pandemic, (including many daycare providers and private school teachers), DC's public school teachers/ administrators are an embarrassment.

What are you talking about? How do you know the teachers didn’t qualify for ADA? Got a feeling or telepathy? Or you just know better than everyone else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At DS’s school the K and 1st teachers are staying home (I’m assuming with ADAs, no clue) and teaching virtually. The kids will be glued to laptops at school with Interventionists supervising them and unable to meet with their own small groups. It’s a ridiculous plan.

That is really lame. I can’t believe all the teachers have legit excuses.

They don't. It was just the WTU flexing so that teachers who didn't want to wouldn't have to return in-person to teaching again this year. And the mayor, as usual, caved. Parents should keep a close eye on this for the fall. There are still far too many teachers who would prefer their shoddy Zoom / Microsoft Teams lessons and 4 days a week work schedule to actually doing their jobs. Don't get me started on the number of high school teachers who spend 10 minutes with their classes then disappear for the rest of the hour. To say nothing of their refusing to grade the many assignments they give their students. The WTU and this city's teachers/administrators have a lot of work to do if they want to regain parents/students' trust and respect. Compared to the many workers who stayed on the job throughout the pandemic, (including many daycare providers and private school teachers), DC's public school teachers/ administrators are an embarrassment.

What are you talking about? How do you know the teachers didn’t qualify for ADA? Got a feeling or telepathy? Or you just know better than everyone else?

Here's the WTU's press release boasting about it:

https://www.wtulocal6.net/wtu_dc_public_schools_reach_agreement_on_moa

In practice, nearly all claims were granted through Term 4, regardless of merit. How do I know? I have two kids in two separate DCPS schools (one of whom has not had a single teacher return to the classroom in over a year; are you seriously telling me every single one of them has a legit ADA exemption??) and several teachers who DID want to return for Term 4 (whom I applaud for their commonsense and attention to science) have told me that some of their colleagues are using ADA, etc. to run out the clock for this school year so they don't have to return.

[Anonymous]

The PP comments are insensitive. In practice PP has no way of knowing anything and you never will know which teacher has or has not an ADA exemption and why. If they have an exemption, it was approved and is legit, if you like it or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At DS’s school the K and 1st teachers are staying home (I’m assuming with ADAs, no clue) and teaching virtually. The kids will be glued to laptops at school with Interventionists supervising them and unable to meet with their own small groups. It’s a ridiculous plan.

That is really lame. I can’t believe all the teachers have legit excuses.

They don't. It was just the WTU flexing so that teachers who didn't want to wouldn't have to return in-person to teaching again this year. And the mayor, as usual, caved. Parents should keep a close eye on this for the fall. There are still far too many teachers who would prefer their shoddy Zoom / Microsoft Teams lessons and 4 days a week work schedule to actually doing their jobs. Don't get me started on the number of high school teachers who spend 10 minutes with their classes then disappear for the rest of the hour. To say nothing of their refusing to grade the many assignments they give their students. The WTU and this city's teachers/administrators have a lot of work to do if they want to regain parents/students' trust and respect. Compared to the many workers who stayed on the job throughout the pandemic, (including many daycare providers and private school teachers), DC's public school teachers/ administrators are an embarrassment.

Funny I didn't know you had a dossier filled with every DCPS' teacher's mental and physical health conditions.
It's weird parents keep trying to say this when 70% of DCPS teachers are back for term 4, it may actually be more. Many were denied ADA, I know this because I am a part of our WTU group.

It's also not just ADA but the mayor's extension of covid leave, some schools just didn't have teachers enact that because then they'd lose a DL teacher until May. So you can blame the mayor for extending that leave, which BTW wasn't specifically for teachers but all residents.

What is embarrassing to me is parents who continually try and slander all teachers on this forum.
I have been in person since T2 but I'm 23 and I don't have kids yet, I cannot blame people for taking the opportunity given to them. As any other professional would have. I'll be sending positive energy to those in such a negative headspace right now, it has truly been a difficult time for all of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At DS’s school the K and 1st teachers are staying home (I’m assuming with ADAs, no clue) and teaching virtually. The kids will be glued to laptops at school with Interventionists supervising them and unable to meet with their own small groups. It’s a ridiculous plan.

That is really lame. I can’t believe all the teachers have legit excuses.

They don't. It was just the WTU flexing so that teachers who didn't want to wouldn't have to return in-person to teaching again this year. And the mayor, as usual, caved. Parents should keep a close eye on this for the fall. There are still far too many teachers who would prefer their shoddy Zoom / Microsoft Teams lessons and 4 days a week work schedule to actually doing their jobs. Don't get me started on the number of high school teachers who spend 10 minutes with their classes then disappear for the rest of the hour. To say nothing of their refusing to grade the many assignments they give their students. The WTU and this city's teachers/administrators have a lot of work to do if they want to regain parents/students' trust and respect. Compared to the many workers who stayed on the job throughout the pandemic, (including many daycare providers and private school teachers), DC's public school teachers/ administrators are an embarrassment.

Funny I didn't know you had a dossier filled with every DCPS' teacher's mental and physical health conditions.
It's weird parents keep trying to say this when 70% of DCPS teachers are back for term 4, it may actually be more. Many were denied ADA, I know this because I am a part of our WTU group.

It's also not just ADA but the mayor's extension of covid leave, some schools just didn't have teachers enact that because then they'd lose a DL teacher until May. So you can blame the mayor for extending that leave, which BTW wasn't specifically for teachers but all residents.

What is embarrassing to me is parents who continually try and slander all teachers on this forum.
I have been in person since T2 but I'm 23 and I don't have kids yet, I cannot blame people for taking the opportunity given to them. As any other professional would have. I'll be sending positive energy to those in such a negative headspace right now, it has truly been a difficult time for all of us.

"As any other professional would have"??? Yes, clearly you are 23 and have no idea what a professional is. Professionals (first-responders, healthcare workers, law enforcement) don't have the option to not do their jobs. They (we) show up or we get fired. Obviously the "teacher's mental and health conditions" aren't publicly available information. But do the math: a large number of DCPS teachers refused to return in person, despite the clear evidence that it was safe to do so. Many will continue (aided and abetted by the union) to demand that in the fall. Not all of them have a legit mental or physical health claim under ADA to do so. They. don't. want. to. do. their. jobs. If they don't want to in the fall, then they shouldn't get paid, because it's my tax dollars that pay their wages, just as every other DC residents' taxes pay all public sector employees who pick up your garbage, protect your streets, and treat those who come to the hospital. Our kids' mental and physical health should be the priority now. It's been more than a year. Stop making excuses. Show up and do your job or find another one.