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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]also- this idea that we should accomodate teachers by letting them teach remotely is flat out wrong and inconsistent with the law.
It would make sense if we were doing fully virtual classes (e.g. divided up kids who wanted to stay virtual and those who wanted to be hybrid.)
There are also tons of t-scale positions at syphax.  e.g. curriculum specialist, what have you.  if they want to let some teachers be virtual and they don't want to rejigger classes, they need to put the accomodations in those syphax positions and put actual teachers in physical classrooms.[/quote]

Oh dear.  I don't think you understand.

If the teacher qualifies for an ADA accommodation then it must be provided as long as the job exists and there is a way for the teacher to do the job.  The school system cannot say "We see that your doctor says you need an accommodation but we disagree.  You must continue to do your job, pulling a wagon five miles a day to and fro even though you have no legs and you are blind."  If the wagon can be motorized and the robotics exist to make it follow a given path (they can btw) then the school system must provide that accommodation.  In the case of teachers, they are able to teach remotely since significant numbers of students also are attending school remotely.

The ADA exists for a reason.[/quote]

No, I don’t think you understand ADA accommodations and reasonable limits. There is not a way for a kindergarten teacher, for example, to achieve a comparable outcome teaching a class of 20+ 5 year olds  virtually compared with teaching in person. An ADA accommodation should not require the employer to incur the expense of hiring a second full time employee (classroom monitor) to satisfy the basic job requirements while simultaneously providing a disparate and far less desirable outcome for a portion of their students/clientele (young children continuing to being taught via screen for hours on end, which is developmentally inappropriate and proven less effective by declining test scores, compared with their counterparts receiving in person learning.) Per your example above, if motorizing the wagon costs an additional $50,000 per unit  and the wagon will now only be able to travel 3 miles per day instead of 5 the employer is not required to hire the legless blind employee and make those adjustments in the name of reasonable accommodations.
The ADA exists for a reason[/quote]

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