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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So why is okay to put paras in the classrooms but not teachers? Is there a degree of safeness that is acceptable for some but not others? A two tiered system, one for teachers and one for less qualified workers? Sad thing is, it would be safe for teachers and students to return to the classroom  if everybody wore masks(most important) and classes were smaller.  This decision doesn't make any sense from a scientific/medical perspective. [/quote]

One group is unionized and the other is not. Unions, love them or hate them, were literally created to fight for safe working conditions (along with hours and wages). In fact, the disregard that DCPS has shown for concerns over safety speaks volumes about the need for teachers to be unionized.[/quote]

What are you talking about? Paras are unionized, school office staff is unionized, principals have a union, and custodians are unionized. And if they forced teachers into the CARES classrooms too, who would be teaching the virtual classes that the kids in the CARES classrooms are supposed to be watching all day?

Or do you just mean that you want everyone back in school all the time regardless of very real safety concerns? [/quote]

Well, this explains the dysfunction at every level of the educational system. Unionize everything and watch it stall in the time of crisis. 
No one is actually in charge in this situation. [/quote]

No, EVERYONE should be unionized. That would ensure that things were safer for everyone. Teachers and staff have elderly parents, immunocompromised dependents, and their own health issues, but ... I guess that doesn't matter. And please don't come at me with grocery store workers or other first responders - the solution isn't to make things LESS safe for one set of folks who thankfully have someone other than politicians looking out for their interests, it's to unionize everyone so no one is being exploited.

And as for "no one is in charge" - it is the FEDERAL government that has abdicated all responsibility, in the President's own words, so every jurisdiction is having to fend for themselves. I know people are angry and frustrated, and even with children in middle and high school, it's HARD to do distance learning, but I don't blame my kids' teachers for this situation, I blame the unchecked spread of coronavirus and the lack of response and the blinkered idiocy of some our fellow citizens. Just saw on 60 Minutes that Anthony Fauci has to have a bodyguard because he's facing death threats. That's how insane we are![/quote]

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