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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can also see APE’s advocacy page, where they specifically advocate for adequate PPE (for which they’ve apparently been fundraising), and for infrastructure improvements to ensure schools are safe environments.  I hadn’t paid much attention to APE before this, but I’m actually really impressed by their approach to this.

http://arlingtonparentsforeducation.org/arlington-parents-for-education/our-advocacy/[/quote]

What I don't see is significant:  I don't see concern about enforcement for masks on kids 100% of the time and consequences for noncompliance, and I also don't see concern about enforcement for social distancing by kids 100% of the time and consequences for noncompliance.  When I start to see and hear more about what behaviors for kids are not acceptable, what the enforcement practices will be, and what the consequences will be for noncompliance, then I will start to give a hoot about APE.  Until then they can take a hike.[/quote]

There go those goalposts...

APE also doesn’t advocate for better federal coordination of vaccine distribution, but that doesn’t mean they oppose it. Try to remember that policy setting, particularly at the level of detail you’re addressing, is set by APS and not APE.[/quote]

I may start a thread on this, but why doesn’t APE start lobbying actively for teacher vaccination?  Call whomever you need to call, start making backroom deals if you have to (I mean, after all, Trump and his goons still run the show, for now).  Come up with some scheme to make APS a pilot study of the CDC or something.  I would think people living in Arlington might have the government and military contacts to pull this off.

For those teachers afraid to “jump the line” ahead of the nursing homes, I would say at this point a whole lot of vaccine is going to go to waste if people don’t start getting this distributed ASAP.  And frankly, I am not sure giving nursing homes priority would lessen community spread more than giving it to teachers (Those studies done with missing data are BS - I am ashamed to be an alum of the university propelling that propaganda).

I would think putting your money and energy into a teacher vaccination “pilot study” rather than a law suit would yield more immediate positive results.

Just an idea but worth exploring? [/quote]

My understanding is that APE members generally support prioritizing teacher vaccination, but don’t include it as an issue on their website because when some members started raising the idea months ago, they were accused by teachers as trying to force teachers  to take an untested vaccine regardless of the health risks just to reopen schools.  So they’ve decided it’s not an issue for them to speak up on and will leave it to the teachers to advocate for themselves if they want the vaccine.[/quote]

You are always going to have naysayers and dissenters, but I think most teachers would be ecstatic to be able to get the vaccine ASAP.  I know I would be!

I just think it would be good to have an issue that BOTH teachers and parents can advocate.  You really should be on the same side, not at cross purposes.  You are part of the same community. You both love and care about the kids and their education.  Maybe you think they are not loving or caring enough... but these kinds of actions are only going to further estrange teachers from the community, not endear them to it.[/quote]

APE apparently already tried to speak up, and the teachers told them to sit down and shut up.  If the teachers now want APE’s support on this, perhaps they should be the one to reach out.  It would be rather presumptuous for APE to raise the issue again after being told their input wasn’t welcome by the people they were supporting.[/quote]

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