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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers are the reason schools are closed, and they have an obvious financial incentive to keep them closed. They collect their full salary regardless of whether schools are open and keeping them closed drives up the price of private tutoring which our kids now all need because distance learning is so ineffectual. If schools were open, no one would hire teachers as tutors. [/quote]

How delusional can you get Karen? Teachers are having to do MORE now than before. The reasons schools are closed is because of the executive branch of the US Government (namely the president) who is INCAPABLE of doing anything sensible. Look at states that have reopened -- tons of schools have had to close within days of reopening. Get a grip![/quote]

The coronavirus positivity rate in DC is 1.8 percent, which meets every major health organization’s standard for safely reopening schools (they say the positivity rate must be below 5 percent). Schools should be open. The only reason they aren’t is politics.[/quote]

Tell me why DCPS couldn’t promise PPE, soap, and new ventilation systems-where possible in writing? They said that was their plan but never mandated it.

They had never planned to open. I am a teacher and I do think teachers did play a role but not in the way people think.

What looks better teachers painted as villains or a few dead teachers, that could have been prevented if they either helped ensure safety by spending their precious money or DL. Then there’s the fact pretty much all surrounding counties choose DL and many teachers live there. Then they would have to provide childcare and that could increase spread.

The reasons go on but at the end of the day it is very political and cannot be pinned just on teachers. I’m really, really confused why people keep saying this.

Teachers 100% tutored before Covid, I have friends who had clients pay $70+ per hour. It feels unethical to some now just because of the current situation. Also if teachers don’t pick up these jobs, professors will, regular tutors, grad students, etc.

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