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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all hoping for summer school.... wishful thinking. They can’t staff summer school fully in a regular year. You think teachers are going to work additional weeks after this years shitshow for $35/hour?! Keep dreaming. Existing contracts go through June 18. Beyond the fact there is no money for summer school for all. They just got rid of those last year because of the costs. And now we have a budget shortfall. [/quote]

Umm. How much $$ did APS receive from the cares act? If it's clearly not being used to open schools now, it makes sense it may be used to get kids on track over the summer.[/quote]

At least $10 Million. There is money to provide PPE and other mitigation aides, as well as $$$ for summer school for those who want it. [/quote]

We, meaning parents and teachers, need to collectively focus on this. The money is there to reduce risk and install safety measures. 
This is where these conversations should lead - putting the $$ to use in an effort to make schools safe to return. Let's stop arguing and focus together on what's important, getting schools safe to reopen.. [/quote]

You can get as much PPE and plexiglass and hand sanitizer as you want. The issue that the CARES Act money cannot address is the impact of teachers being unavailable for in-person teaching because they have to quarantine or because they wake up with any one of the many symptoms that wouldn’t prevent them from going to school in the past, but now they do. There are not enough substitutes to cover it. So while the inside of the schools may be relatively safe, the community spread outside still impacts school operations. [/quote]

And CARES only addresses 14 days of quarantine or leave for a teacher; after that any time comes out of a teacher's own sick leave.  Nope, not happening.  If I get sick or need to quarantine and can't work because of the virus then the school system needs to man up and pay me for the time.  I am not covering sick leave out of my own pocket, which means I am not returning to the building until this issue is worked out.[/quote]

That’s not true at all.  Our children are largely being taught by morons.[/quote]

What's not true?  The 14 days is most certainly true.  After 14 days teachers must use sick leave.  It doesn't matter if it is a continuation of a first episode or if it is a second or third episode.  The 14 day cap is cumulative.  This is one of the reasons why teachers are upset.  WaPo even had an article in the paper about it because firefighters and EMS personnel are getting caught in the same stranglehold.  They have firefighters who have unquestionably gotten Covid because of their jobs and unemployment* doesn't cover the lost work days.

Pay attention PP.  There are legitimate reasons why people feel like they're getting screwed.[/quote]

*workman's comp

here is the link:  washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/fairfax-firefighters-coronavirus/2020/12/19/e281da78-407f-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html[/quote]

I read that story.  It was pretty upsetting.  I didn't link it to teachers but I definitely see how the decision re firefighters would also be the decision re teachers...and that makes me really, really mad.  Both for the firefighters and teachers.  I presume it is the same for police.  What a horrible way to treat the people we all need to do things the things they do.[/quote]

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