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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of use of this tragedy of the teacher who died out in Arizona as justification for DL ONLY

BUT what no one is being honest about is that, according to what is also reported in the original news story, that teacher had 3 pre-existing conditions:

Lupus
    Diabetes 
    Asthma

Each of which qualified her for paid work from home. So, questions you should be asking is not WHY should schools Re-OPEN, instead ask:

1) Did the HR in her school district publish and list the qualifiying conditions for which a teacher could get paid leave or DL paid ?

DCPS has met this requirement
    
   2) Did this teacher see her MD prior to returning to in person teaching ?
       
         DCPS requires this also

Were ALL state metrics met prior to re-open phase: contact tracing levels at 100% within 24 hours and  percent positive test below 5 % for the muncipality where she lived taught

If NOT, don't blame the school children blame the policies NOT ENFORCED

DC can do better

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What an odd post. The fact that she had multiple pre-existing conditions was definitely in every article about her.

First of all, there were no children in the classroom.  She was teaching remotely.  So, no one is blaming "school children".

Secondly, she was likely the patient zero, the person who brought the virus.  She probably did get it elsewhere, but it also seems that despite masks the people with her contracted the virus.

Thirdly, I am not sure what you mean by she was eligible for paid leave?  Are you saying she should have gotten leave to quarantine?  Yes, but there is no long term paid leave for people who are vulnerable to the virus.  She in AZ which was, at that point saying that they were going to open full time F2F in the fall, so she may have felt that she needed to save her leave.  [/quote]

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