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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here.  Keep in mind those people are a small (yet vocal) minority.  All the teachers that I know IRL want to go back into the classroom.  (Of course, my friends and I are in the 25 to 50 year old set.)[/quote]

I really hope that's the case.[/quote]
Another teacher. I want to go back. I actually love my job and want to work [/quote]

I want to go back. I love my job. I love teaching so much that I switched careers to do it, taking a big lifestyle hit. I want to work. I need to work. But I also love my DH and don’t want to bring home something that might kill him. I hate that I’m vilified on this site for want to both teach and keep my family safe. MCPS screwed over BOTH teachers and students by imposing insane restrictions on instruction. Left to their own devices, most teachers would have figured out better systems within a week. I fear teachers and students will be screwed over again if we go back to the classrooms because we won’t have proper precautions in place. Even if no students get physically ill, many familiar faces will start disappearing as the adults leave from illness or fear. In early March, we had one adult in our building go home with a fever and coughing, it turned out that he had the flu, but the next day, there were 14 staff members out and only two subs showed. Coincidence? Maybe, but it did not instill confidence in the rest of us who had to do coverage for all those classes. And it made students nervous, especially the ALT 1 students that staff member worked with. Rumors can derail an instructional program. Luckily, he shared an email that he just had flu. People came back and the kids settled down. Of course, the official announcement of COVID here came and riled the students up again.Rolling shutdowns will not be a good situation for families or staff. [/quote]

There need to be reasonable accommodations to reduce exposure for people who are at high risk or who have high-risk people in their household.

Everybody else needs to be back in school.[/quote]

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