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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I support the petition because people are making decisions based on the published metrics.  Parents have submitted choices for their children on the metrics that have were made public weeks ago, and teachers are basing leave and retirement requests on those metrics, as well.  Now the county (BOE, Gayles, or whomever) want them to be changed?  Unreasonable.[/quote]

Parents have the option to shift to virtual, even if they indicated they wanted in person in the survey.  I'm not entirely sure what leave decisions are being made by teachers based on metrics, but I don't think that should hold the system hostage to metrics that are quite different from what the CDC and actual experts have recommended.  As for retirement decisions, if someone is uncomfortable with the metrics adopted, they can choose to retire.  This isn't indentured servitude.  And all of this presupposes that teachers would be forced back to the classroom, which isn't entirely clear at this point.

At the end of the day, the county should adopt metrics that match the science and recommendations of the acknowledged experts.  It would have been better to do that from the outset, but it is better to admit a mistake and adopt best practices, rather than sticking with metrics that don't make sense.[/quote]

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