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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a big problem is that teachers don't trust DCPS admin and that makes us reluctant to return to work when we feel like they probably won't take adequate steps to protect us. I would love to teach in person and see my students again but I don't have much faith that DCPS will do much to keep me safe. Most teachers I know feel the same. Nobody thinks that central office is going to help us because they never have up to now. IMPACT has seriously eroded trust in admin. There is a gotcha culture towards teachers. So now we don't feel safe. But we love our students and want to come back. It's not unreasonable to feel scared about it and nervous.  [/quote]

To close out for this school year the teachers at my school were promised that there would be temperature checks at the door. There was no one at my school taking temps. My classroom had not been cleaned that entire distant learning time.[/quote]

When individual schools were closed for a deep cleaning in March, nothing was cleaned.  Then central office staff came and lied to teachers saying cleaning crews came through.  Nothing was moved on desks, kids' desks still dirty, etc.  They really don't care.[/quote]

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I went on leave before schools closed and went back in June to clean up. Everything was left the exact same way I left it. Even down to the sheets up paper that I left in my trashcan. So yea, there was no "deep cleaning". I packed up my room in plastic containers, lysol'd down my desk and chair, and am hoping for the best when I get to return when the building opens again. I do not have any faith in DCPS providing a safe working environment for me when I return. [/quote]

First, COVID-19 is airborne and dies out on surfaces quickly - max seven days.  So deep cleaning an empty building does not help stop the spread of the virus. Second, the custodial staff was also on lockdown. Their health and safety matter too. And March - May - PPE was reserved for health care workers - so most school custodial teams were limited in what they can do.

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