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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an APS teacher in grades 3-5 and have not yet heard about this but perhaps I will be told Monday. I did want to share that the vast majority of teachers who were authorized to remain virtual under thE CARES act are now being told they must return in-person or take a leave of absence. If you take an unpaid leave you must request it by Jan 26. Only a very very small number of teachers who themselves qualify for an ADA accommodation (not CDC categories) can be virtual.

Just to give you one story, my wife is undergoing cancer treatment (chemo) at this time on leave from her job. This treatment obviously affects her immune system and puts her at very high risk and I was given a virtual assignment under the CARES act. However having a family member at high risk is not part of ADA and so now I have been told I must return in person or take unpaid leave. Even if I get the vaccine (I want it) there is a thought that one can still possibly transmit the virus even if they are vaccinated and due to my wife’s treatment she will not be able to get the vaccine until the beginning of April after her treatment ends and her immune system comes back up to make the vaccine more effective. We cannot survive without my salary and our insurance is from APS as well.

I’m not the only teacher in this scenario.[/quote]

Parent of ES kid here (K-2). I am truly sorry that you are facing this. See, this is where I would like to know what each teacher wants to do. Not what they're being requested to do. But what is their actual preference. I can imagine some ES teachers truly want to be back in the building. Some don't for various reasons. I wish it could be made apparent within each school which teachers WANT to be back in the building, and which don't. I am lucky enough to be in a situation where I can be flexible in my choice, but fully acknowledge that not every parent is and/or not every child is being affected the same way by DL. There might not be a way to satisfy everyone, and I realize it would be logistically very difficult to do, but nobody is even trying.[/quote]

Yeah, I agree. Partially because I don’t want my kids in a classroom with a teacher who doesn’t want to be there. I can be flexible even to the point of being able to homeschool my kids if needs be. With the change to concurrent for 3-5, I’m considering pulling my 3rd grader as it is. [/quote]

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