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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think DCPS needs to seriously consider that fact that many teachers will not return regardless of what type of “shift” or alternate class styling my occur.

A/B days sound great... but one sick kid attending on an A day still infects other students and the teacher who will interact with the B day kids..and other staff.

Old buildings are also an issue. There are schools with already less than ideal ventilation issues resulting in agitation of pre-existing conditions. Renovated schools probably don’t have this issue but my classroom has been the same since the building was built. New windows at best.

Recently on the news (last night) there was an entire focus on the newly discovered affects of COVID that are now killing young children. People need to keep in mind that we have no treatment for this and no wide scale implementing on safeguards. ONE SICK KID can start things back up all over again. And we all know we can teach our kids to wash their hands day and day out but some habits are so ingrained. Like wiping their mouths with the back of their hand. Those tiny open mouthed unexpected coughs and sneezes..when it comes to children many things are out of our control.

I also question how many teachers who are also parents are willing to risk exposing themselves to the RISK of getting COVID and then bringing it home to their own family.

As a teacher, I LOVE my students. I care deeply about them, but I’m not putting my love for my job/students over the health and safety of my family. I can promise you that within my own school many teachers are already planning their exit strategy and looking at our contracts to see how we can exit before DCPS puts our lives and families at risk for the sake of the almighty Economy. Do not be surprised if teachers at your school are already calculating how to take advantage of unused sick leave and other resources to create a safety net for when they jump ship.

If this was just a bad case of the flu or some sort of sickness we could ride out..things would be different. There’s no playbook for this. There’s no model for us to follow. Our leaders dropped the ball on handling this efficiently and we all need to realize that our ideal scenarios may not be the most practical ones given the circumstances.

Parents, I wish you all well. I know this is taxing and we are all looking forward to some sort of answer/solution that will be appeasing and meet our own individual needs ..but we are where we are. And the best we can do at this point is adjust accordingly and not expect much from DCPS.
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You are welcome to quit or not get paid until you are willing to come back. Why should public employees not suffer some of the economic impact?[/quote]

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