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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fine, but then the teachers union should say they support in-person school with appropriate precautions.

Make the common goal in-person school or it won’t happen.[/quote]

80% of teachers in DCPS have said they won’t return to in-person work until there’s a vaccine [/quote]

Source?[/quote]

WTU call with teachers today. Over 1,000 teachers in attendance. 80% said no in person until a vaccine[/quote]

that could be never, then what?[/quote]

I was on the call. There were not over 1,000 teachers because Zoom limits attendance to 1,000. (And of course not all 1,000 attendees were teachers.)

The first survey question said “Given the current conditions, do you feel comfortable signing the DCPS Intent To  return to In Person Work Form and returning to the classroom?” This is what received an 80% of “No.”

The second survey given was: “Motion 1: WTU Members will engage in distance learning only until the health protections in the WTU Memorandum or Agreement and set by the CDC and OSSE are fully me and implemented in collaboration with the WTU.” To that, 95% said yes they agreed with that position.

As you can see, neither question said anything about a vaccine or stage 4. What they both showed is that we are not comfortable returning given the current conditions and DCPS’ weak offering of protections. Most people on the call who commented started by saying they WANT to be back.

To be clear AGAIN...this thread is NOT about preventing a return to the classroom. It’s a demand for the protections that will make it safe to do so, and a guarantee that DCPS will provide those protections. We do not trust DCPS. [/quote]

I think DCPS teacher and WTU are asking the right questions, none of this is about safety for DCPS or government it's about how much risk can they tolerate as if they don't get folks back to work the Untied States is doomed. Unfortunately, that means teachers too. Currently the USA has the worse Covid rate in the world, we are completely out of control at this point![/quote]

DC needs to lock itself down to keep everyone else out, becaue for right now DC is doing okay! Pay everyone a minimum wage until Covid gone, and if you return to work get whole salary. Online learning for ALL. [/quote]

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