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[quote=Anonymous]I am continually concerned (and surprised) about how teachers and staff employed in schools are overlooked when calculating the risks of being exposed to COVID when returning to school. Heck, teachers are often not even factored into many of the decisions being made which will effect the risks that they will face if asked to teach groups of students on sight. With all the exposure to each other, I am also fearful of children catching the virus or carrying to home to their families. We know so little about that part.

The CDC guidelines are not reassuring to me, as a teacher. As a specialist I normally see about 700 students a week. I would not feel comfortable seeing half that many students, in my case 15 students since classes are expected to be 30-32 large. The guidelines don't even consider the asymptomatic carriers, who are not going to exhibit fever, etc. In addition, COVID rapid tests have a high percentage of false negatives. When testing 400 students, how many will still be carriers? Will I have to live separately quarantined from my husband who is 63? How will we do this?

I want students returning to school ASAP. I miss them dearly and know how much DL has set them back. I'm devoted to my students and I'm empathetic to families who face a very stressful situation daily while they work from home and juggle their children's online schoolwork. I want all of us to have our old lives back. I'd happily work through the summer without a vacation if we could do so safely.

I know how important getting kids back to school is for moving the economy forward. But how will we consistently and effectively enforce young children to follow the protocols of distancing, wearing masks, etc.? How will we protect them from catching the virus from each other?

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