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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am also a DC teacher who wants to go back. I hate working from home! But I need DCPS to step up and commit to keeping me safe before I'm comfortable going back to work. Thank goodness we have the union to advocate for us because many of the parents on this thread don't seem to care about the health and well-being of the people who care for their children all day. [/quote]

The worst part is that many parents are working from home and unwilling to go to work because that would mean they would be putting themselves at risk, yet it is fine to throw all the teachers and kids to the wolves.
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But teachers are essential. I want teachers protected just as I want ER doctors protected. I want police and fire people protected and people in the food supply chain. I want lawyers and anyone else who can work from home to do that. I want sports stars and people who cannot work from
home, to stay home and be given fair unemployment. This is all in attempt to keep essential workers safe. Teachers are essential and parents cannot make up for the lost learning and social interactions from distance only education.[/quote]

I think you are misunderstanding “essential.” Essential are things we can’t live without—food, medical care, etc. My doctor does telehealth visits not because they are just as good as in person but because they can reduce risk that way. Teacher CAN teach remotely. It isn’t perfect or ideal or convenient (like my prenatal health appointments!) but it’s there. You aren’t going to die without in person learning. Though you may want to kill your kids if you’re home with them any longer! -Teacher who wants to go back but also wants guarantees OSSE guidance will be followed. [/quote]

Education for children is absolutely an essential service. Childhood is short and finite. Education for children 
provided by the state is a state obligation and a human right regardless of race, ethnicity or income. Distance learning provided by the state is far from ideal or effective, but for elementary I’d argue it’s pointless. I’d rather have a year without school. Furlough and let’s reconvene next school year. And if DC goes ahead with DL, I for one am going to be very vocal about how DL is impacting my child and improvements needed. If they try this “one 20 minute team meeting zoom” crap again, that ain’t happening. Kids need face-to-face “class time”—and a good amount—every school day. So what are teachers with young children themselves going to do? Are will they be able to teach? [/quote]

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