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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what happens when teachers get sick and there aren’t enough subs? Those of you ‘comparing’ your exposure at your jobs - you have people hugging/touching/coughing/sneezing on you all day? Teachers do. When I was teaching, as a specialist I saw hundreds of kids a week. I had to touch their instruments some of them were licking during class. As a parent, I 100% support online learning this upcoming year to keep everyone safe. Too many parents knowingly send their kids to school sick with zero regard for other kids & teachers.[/quote]

Must be nice that you can stay at home and 100% help your kids with their online schoolwork.

So you have no job?

Older kids that can do it themselves?

You do realize that your personal situation is not everyone's situation right?

A young elementary school student needs 100% support for online learning.  So while you enjoy your priviledge, some of us our losing our jobs, houses, cars and everything we have worked for.  But hey, at least we are preventing the school staff from being at even the slightest risk for COVID-that sure is relief. 
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I quit my teaching job due to one of my children’s needs. We had to move and downsize to live as a family of 5 on less than 100k. 3 kids, 2 need one on one help with online learning, one has many, many therapy zooms a week to try to replace what is on his IEP. Only my middle schooler can do online learning without much help. So, no, this is not an easy situation for me. However, I cannot in good conscience send my IEP kid into a classroom with 6 adults when I know he cannot wear a mask. Many days this past winter, adults were out of his classroom sick, even his gen ed teacher was out sick several times. This fall with COVID would be much worse. Dual income families will have tough decisions to make, but teachers aren’t babysitters... so if you’re wanting to send kids to school just so you can work, you should probably start looking into other childcare options.[/quote]

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