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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So three adults shared a space and spread the virus among each other.

This has nothing to do with schools.[/quote]

My kid's kindergarten class had one teacher and two full-time IAs. My son's third grade class had a teacher, a part-time IA, and a special ed teacher who pushed in for the other half of the day. Some of the Special Ed classes at my school have at least three adults in the room at all times, plus speech therapists, OTs, and other itinerant staff coming and going all day. It's not unusual.[/quote]

I think pp’s point was that it could happen at any work environment. It has nothing to do with these people being teachers. [/quote]

That's fair enough. I thought that PP was saying that since teachers don't typically share space with other adults and are just in a room with children, this situation isn't applicable to regular school, and I would disagree with that statement. [/quote]

Original PP here. Yes, I am just saying that this is an example that could happen in any workplace. [/quote]

NP. I think what's important about the story OP posted combined with PP's comment above is that often 2-3 teachers in a classroom is the norm before you add the kids. There's risk. For me that doesn't mean there should be no school. Of course. I don't have a magic solution either.

Personally, I see a very difficult situation where there's potential harm and risk in either opening or not -- and that's combined with lower revenue for many jurisdictions that won't tick back up fully if parents can't get back to work. There's probably a solution where there's regular pay for teachers in the classroom and reduced pay for DL or not teaching (ie disability retirements dont pay full salaries now), but it wouldn't be popular and unions would try to wreck the system before giving in even though many in the private sector are also dealing with lower pay.
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