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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't wait for Youngkin to end the mask mandate!  My kids will be maskless on the first day.

Got an AG coming in who's threatening to sue any school district that closes and a majority in each legislative chamber that will be vehemently against school closing.  Bring on January 15th![/quote]

He’d have to ban mask mandates too.

Don’t think that’d fly in purple VA. 
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He's absolutely going to. He campaigned on that position too.  He said it in a radio interview the other day.

My kids will be maskless the first day.[/quote]

Teacher here ...

Okay, that's fine.  I hope your kids like being taught by subs.  Because I'm out as soon as masks come off.  And I'm not alone.  My health is more important to me than your desire for your kid to not wear a mask. [/quote]

Are you in a NoVA district? I doubt if any will drop their mask requirements this spring.

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Same.  Although apparently there is at least one poster on this thread who is certain that it will be otherwise.  I know that if the mask requirements[b] are dropped in my school then at least half of us will walk.[/b]  And we won't be waiting until the end of the school year to do it.[/quote]

PP here. Personally I'm not that concerned about being in class with my students unmasked and I'm ok requiring masks for now, but again I don't think the local districts will drop the requirement.

I will say that it's pretty impressive that at least half of your school staff would walk. I haven't heard anybody say that. I haven't heard any discussion about it honestly. I highly doubt that many on our staff would be able to afford to just leave anyhow, even if they wanted to.[/quote]
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Huh.  I guess I talk to more people at my school.  Or they talk to me.  I know the sentiment is very strong.  Teachers feel pushed to their breaking points.  There doesn't seem like much to keep any of us going in.  We've already seen teachers leave with very little notice and they're getting jobs easily.  The only people who intent to stay are those who absolutely have to.  Everyone else has a backup plan in place or just intends to stop working.  [/quote]

That’s disappointing. Countless people have been pushed to limits during Covid. Wonder what would happen if all just abandoned and jumped ship. [/quote]

Parent here.  Minimizing their risk to make yourselves feel better at what you're doing to them is not the way to keep them in their jobs.  I don't think many professions have people who are being asked to jeopardize their health like teachers are.  At least in hospitals they have significant protocols in place to protect staff.  At schools they throw 30 kids in a room, toss a teacher in and shut the door.

I totally get why teachers are upset and worried about their health.

Until the rest of you numbskulls start to recognize that we are expecting superhuman things from teachers and then treat them better while also compensating them for the risk, we will continue to see them leave teaching.  Some will leave with no notice and some at the end of the year.  It is not hard to blame them.

I also think there are a few parents here sock-puppeting and pretending to be teachers when they aren't.  This teacher I take at face value because what she says resonates with what I hear from teachers at my kids' school when I talk to them.  It is highly doubtful we're talking about the same small school.

So, parents, wise up.  Stop trying to browbeat teachers.  Start listening to teachers' concerns.  We all recognize that all you want childcare and, news flash, you're getting it.  Just don't be surprised when your childcare providers are telling you that what you're paying them and the working conditions they're living with aren't worth the risk to them.

[b]Honestly, I would prefer if we go back to virtual.  It worked great for my family and my kids thrived,[/b] and I'm tired of worrying about how lax some of you dingbats are about your child's (and mine) health and safety so you can earn your piddly pay.[/quote]

As if you actually had to close your post that way. That was clear from sentence #1...[/quote]

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