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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New York closed its schools ONE WEEK later than we did, and 21 teachers DIED.

I'm a parent, and exposing our teachers to that kind of risk is simply not an acceptable option.

There are tons of better options -- we just don't have the political will to get there.

We could pay people to stay at home and take care of their children
We could put more resources toward teachers -- what if there was a tech support staffer for every three teachers, and the teachers put the lessons together, but the tech person put them online and organized everything for a streamlined experience? What if we added more support teachers so that teachers had fewer students per teacher? 
We could make sure that unemployment payments for families were adequate, (and pay people to take care of their children)
For teachers that are also caregivers, we could make sure their extra burden and contribution to the community is recognized, both financially and time-wise

But we don't do any of this. We assume family responsibility is not work, we them blame people for not having the resources to manage it, frame reproductive work and raising the next generation as "individual" choice -- and worse, we let billionaires siphon all of the money out of the economy so we are fighting over the scraps.
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i don't agree with ANYONE coming back if it is not safe or if it's not possible to make it safe. Social distancing works in stores when people (mostly adults) are only there for a few moments and have little interaction with each other. School is not like that. However, the suggestions for paying people more and other financial investments ignore the real constraints that cities are going to face. The reality is that we are likely to see cuts everywhere including in education. People are going to stay home because it isn't safe and our teachers are going to lose jobs like in other industries. And our kids are going to fall farther behind academically and socially.

Parents and teachers and anyone supporting education need to make their voices heard. We need our politicians to support robust distance learning, letting teachers and families stay at home and provide the resources to do so - even though it may mean cuts elsewhere.[/quote]

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