Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:give all teachers hazmat suits

Home depot wanted to donate our teachers PPE, they said no. It's not about hazmat suits, some of them (not all) just want to be on permanent vacation.

Why would you turn it down?

Anonymous wrote:They shouldn't have even considered opening.

ITA. I don't know what they were thinking. They would've had to have shut down within a month or so. It's harder to go backward.

They shouldn't have even considered opening.

They should not be opening at all.

I suppose we should be thankful they're devoting a little more time to planning things to improve safety precautions.

Anonymous wrote:It should have been late September to begin with

Arbitrary timeline.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:give all teachers hazmat suits

Home depot wanted to donate our teachers PPE, they said no. It's not about hazmat suits, some of them (not all) just want to be on permanent vacation.

This. PPE is not hard to find these days. So goal post moves

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As much as people criticize the DMV school districts for deciding early for an all-virtual start, it's better than being promised hybrid and having the start date pushed back, last minute, multiple times.

Agreed! I would be apoplectic if I were a NYC parent.

+100 WTF

Anonymous wrote:give all teachers hazmat suits

Home depot wanted to donate our teachers PPE, they said no. It's not about hazmat suits, some of them (not all) just want to be on permanent vacation.

give all teachers hazmat suits

Anonymous wrote:As much as people criticize the DMV school districts for deciding early for an all-virtual start, it's better than being promised hybrid and having the start date pushed back, last minute, multiple times.

Agreed! I would be apoplectic if I were a NYC parent.

As much as people criticize the DMV school districts for deciding early for an all-virtual start, it's better than being promised hybrid and having the start date pushed back, last minute, multiple times.

They are going to have the same problems we're having here. When it's time for the teachers to go back into the classrooms, they will express their concerns about safety and refuse. Can't have school without teachers. It is going to take a lot to convince public school teachers that they can do their jobs reasonably safely in person. Parents have an interest in getting their kids back into school; teachers have an interest in not getting COVID. The two are at odds with one another. It's an unsolvable problem without a lot of $$ and extra buildings into which kids and teachers could spread out. School districts can make plans and set opening dates and then postpone those opening dates over and over. The same thing is going to happen every time until COVID infection is a rare event.

I can only imagine the chaos this creates for people. They are still debating going back at all?

It should have been late September to begin with

They are losing a month of school all for planning....

New York City Schools Delay In-Person Instruction for Second Time
Teachers complained classrooms were unsafe due to the coronavirus pandemic

New York City schools will delay in-person instruction for a second time, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday, after growing complaints from teachers over classrooms being understaffed and unsafe due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The nation’s largest school district offered its 1 million students the option of fully remote learning or a hybrid of some in-person instruction and remote learning. In-person instruction was scheduled to begin on Monday.

Mr. de Blasio said at a news conference that in-person instruction will instead begin in phases, with the youngest students returning to classrooms first.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-schools-delay-in-person-instruction-for-second-time-11600353749

oy vey.