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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former Burgundy parent here.  Please keep in mind that Burgundy teachers make about $10,000/year than their public school counterparts -- and those counterparts are allowed to teach virtually this year, keeping themselves and their families safe.  Please also keep in mind that many of the Burgundy teachers also have to wrestle with their own child care/schooling needs.  Was Burgundy offering to assist with free tuition and child care?  I doubt it.  I think parents should direct their anger at the administration, not the teachers.  I wouldn't want to teach live to children either -- I remember 2 weeks last year at Burgundy when roughly 75% of my daughter's class was out with the flu.  I think it is perfectly reasonable for any teacher to decide that teaching in person is not safe at this time -- even with Burgundy's large outdoor campus.

I concur with some of the commenters that no online education is worth $35-40K for elementary or middle school.  Given that this is a pandemic, however, I think the analysis should be whether it is worth paying this money for a year to keep a beloved school afloat and protect jobs.  For some people, that answer might be no, given their own financial challenges and/or if they need to work outside the home.  I cast no judgment.  But being mad at teachers because the school is going virtual when just about every other private school is coming to the same conclusion is perplexing to me.  Be mad at the pandemic, be mad at our leaders who have let us get to this point, and sure, feel free to be mad at Jeff and Elizabeth for failing to communicate that school will have to be virtual if teachers are not comfortable teaching live.  [/quote]

To the bolded-- the teachers have chosen to work at private school, which typically pays less, for their own reasons. That was their choice. And honestly, my husband is expected to be in his office, as am I -- and our employers are not providing us with childcare. That is ridiculous. We are expected to figure it out for ourselves. So now we are supposed to work full-time, figure out childcare for teachers and/or to guide our very young children through several hours of distance learning per day. While working. Again, where is the care and concern for parents? Aren't we part of the community too? We felt like we were thrown to the wolves in the spring, and I am worried the same thing is going to happen in the fall.

And I'm not angry with the teachers, by the way. This was a colossal communication failure from the school.

Are we still starting a week before Labor Day? Because that was promised, too.[/quote]

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