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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]re you sincerely suggesting that teacher reluctance to work in person in the Fall had nothing to do with the APS decision not to send kids back to school in person last Fall?

I don't see how any teacher could say that with a straight face. It might not have been you personally, but I know FOR A FACT that many of your peers fought it tooth and nail.

I do think APS admin failed out of the gate polling for teacher preference. Wrong, wrong, wrong way to frame it.[/quote]

So, APS messed up the return process for teachers. They never asked us point blank if we would return until earlier when the return was set. In the summer and fall, they asked us how we felt about returning. Many teachers understandably had concerns and were reluctant to return because there was no mitigation plan. That was literally a choice "I have concerns about returning safely".  That was what was reflected on the dashboard at the time.

APS does not have a strong union, and the union does not have a high enough membership to qualify for bargaining rights. There was no refusal. APS never asked us to return to get to any refusal. I'm sure the reluctance played into it but don't act like APS was following all other districts in the fall with the virtual start and climbing cases combined with no vaccine yet. [/quote]

You all selected a preference - in person, virtual, don't care.  That was presented to the public.  It was also publicly stated that it was a problem the teacher preferences did not align with family preferences.  Message being, the teachers are not going to be asked to do anything they don't want to do.

All the NoVa districts followed each other down the trail of lowest expectations possible.  I do agree it was ultimately weak willed administration that led these school districts (who all align with each other behind the scenes of course) to choose the path they went down.  Dealing with the teachers and getting them to shut up was priority 1.  Some far lower priority was what was right for the kids.  A strong union state like NY...they somehow managed to be back in-person in most areas of the state including areas as densely populated as our area from Day 1.
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