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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, the funniest part is that at my school we still have close to 10-15% of content teacher positions unfilled.  Secondary.  Yeah, we're laughing all the way to the bank.  And so will you when your kid is being taught by a long-term sub with only 2 years of college and it isn't in the subject matter being taught.   :lol: [/quote]

Don't stress about it. "Content teacher positions" can be adequately filled by anyone with a HS diploma. You have vacancies because we pay teachers too little for any true professionals to take the position. We need to pay more and then expect more. Stop hiring blow-average slackers and paying them peanuts. [/quote]
Why do you want schools to open, if not for your children to work with trained educators? It’s clear that so many of you with low opinions of teachers are really struggling to parent your children and are desperate for time away from them. It would be much easier to respect you if you would just admit to it. [/quote]

And people like you will always scream it’s too unsafe to reopen schools, no matter how good the numbers are, because you just want to stay on the couch and get paid.[/quote]
You don't know anything about me. I would happily go back to school with PPE, ventilation reports, and proof that all staff and students have been tested for COVID prior to opening. If schools can't or won't put those things in place, then they shouldn't open. Period. [/quote]

It’s crazy that we’ve had all of these months and still don’t have widespread rapid testing.  That would help so much- even if you could test all kids/teachers at the start of each week.  Even if they are not 100% accurate you’d still catch a lot more and have a reasonable path forward.  If we could get a good testing strategy down, I would go back (in this area, where numbers are good) without question.

I don’t think it’s realistic to expect to be provided hospital-grade PPE in schools.  Plenty of people out there working to keep society going in cloth and surgical masks.  Of my numerous family members in essential positions, the only ones being provided fitted N95s are a police officer and those working in hospitals (and even then they get one per shift).  Who doesn’t have a proper supply of masks by now anyway? Have y’all been sitting at home since March?[/quote]
Speaking as a self contained special education teacher, yes, we do need hospital grade PPE. We have students who bite and spit. We have been told our kids don’t have to wear masks. My kids need help blowing their noses, toileting, tying shoes, etc. so we have no choice but to be hands on with them. I’m not wearing a cloth mask to physically assist a student like that. Teachers should not be begging friends and family for money for PPE to fund an unsafe school opening, and I refuse to do that. I agree that gen ed teachers of older students don’t need N95s, face shields, etc. [/quote]

Yet they’re good enough for the grocery store workers who need to deal with hundreds of people per day, including beligerant ones. Got it.[/quote]
I just laughed when I read that. You spelled belligerent wrong. And grocery store workers don't assist customers in the bathroom, blow their noses, hold them when they cry, tie their shoes, or physically touch them in any way. They stand behind plexiglass and you have a 2 minute interaction with them. They can also throw out customers who aren't wearing masks. Give me a plexiglass barrier to stand behind, limit my interaction with students to 2 minutes, prevent me from having to touch them, and sure! I'll wear a cloth mask. 
That is the worst analogy I've ever seen.  [/quote]

Yeah I laughed too- a SPED teacher is more analogous to a nursing home worker. Give teachers the same PPE as nursing home staff and then we can talk. Until then, the safest place for those kids and teachers is at home.[/quote]

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