Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.
My pregnant teacher got an ADA waiver, and she told me if she didn’t, she’d quit.
Wow- I’m an APS teacher and that is the first pregnant waiver I’ve heard of. Most have been given a short term accommodation to not have to show up until students actually return. But once that starts they must show up.
Someone told me that the vaccine destroys placental tissue. Have no idea if that is true but if it is, might be the explanation.
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There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.
My pregnant teacher got an ADA waiver, and she told me if she didn’t, she’d quit.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.
My pregnant teacher got an ADA waiver, and she told me if she didn’t, she’d quit.
Wow- I’m an APS teacher and that is the first pregnant waiver I’ve heard of. Most have been given a short term accommodation to not have to show up until students actually return. But once that starts they must show up.
I am 100% “open schools now” and even i think pregnant teachers should get waivers. I would be uncomfortable taking the vaccine when pregnant and now that it’s clear teachers aren’t coming back until they are vaccinated, pregnant folks should be accommodate for DL. Everyone else that probably would have been accommodate is now being offered the vaccine, so they should be back. I don’t get the nursing accommodations. They should be getting the vaccine.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.
My pregnant teacher got an ADA waiver, and she told me if she didn’t, she’d quit.
Wow- I’m an APS teacher and that is the first pregnant waiver I’ve heard of. Most have been given a short term accommodation to not have to show up until students actually return. But once that starts they must show up.
You are an idiot. Please stop repeating made up crap. The vaccine is recommended for pregnant women by people who actually know stuff, i.e., scientists.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.
My pregnant teacher got an ADA waiver, and she told me if she didn’t, she’d quit.
Wow- I’m an APS teacher and that is the first pregnant waiver I’ve heard of. Most have been given a short term accommodation to not have to show up until students actually return. But once that starts they must show up.
Someone told me that the vaccine destroys placental tissue. Have no idea if that is true but if it is, might be the explanation.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.
My pregnant teacher got an ADA waiver, and she told me if she didn’t, she’d quit.
Wow- I’m an APS teacher and that is the first pregnant waiver I’ve heard of. Most have been given a short term accommodation to not have to show up until students actually return. But once that starts they must show up.
Someone told me that the vaccine destroys placental tissue. Have no idea if that is true but if it is, might be the explanation.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.
My pregnant teacher got an ADA waiver, and she told me if she didn’t, she’d quit.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.
My pregnant teacher got an ADA waiver, and she told me if she didn’t, she’d quit.
Wow- I’m an APS teacher and that is the first pregnant waiver I’ve heard of. Most have been given a short term accommodation to not have to show up until students actually return. But once that starts they must show up.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s a big old middle bird to the virtual students.
And the in-person ones, too. The teachers will be teaching to them from computers at their desks, if they are even in the classroom. But there really isn’t another way. They don’t have the staff to accomplish both hybrid and distance at the same time.
I have friends who kids schools have been using this set up since September. What I have heard from them is that the teacher essentially just ignores the kids who are remote and only teaches to the kids in the classroom. So it is particularly brutal for these kids on days when they are remote. APS could end up being different but this is what I have heard from friends in other parts of the country.
I'm curious how hybrid parents will respond to this. Some really just need their kids in the classroom. I wonder if this will still be worth it, or if they made that choice based on a presumption that it would be a bit more like "real" school.
We opted for hybrid back in October. If my child will just get virtual inside of a classroom, I’m seriously considering pulling them back to virtual. I’m also privileged enough to be able to pull them entirely and homeschool the rest of the year if that is what needs to happen.
But here’s the thing... is that even an option? We were all told back in October that our decisions were binding for the entire school year (I realize you can homeschool anytime— I mean switching back to virtual).
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.
My pregnant teacher got an ADA waiver, and she told me if she didn’t, she’d quit.
Anonymous wrote:There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Instead of concurrent for elementary at least I wish they would just have kids go for two hours a day every day. No eating lunch in school. Just math and reading/writing in person. Then teacher gets a break and the other group comes in. Specials via DL at home. That is what they have been doing in my hometown. It has worked great. Kids who are DL the entire time have a different teacher (but there are fewer of them since the risk is less if you are only in school two hours a day).
I would like that, too, actually.
Anonymous wrote:Instead of concurrent for elementary at least I wish they would just have kids go for two hours a day every day. No eating lunch in school. Just math and reading/writing in person. Then teacher gets a break and the other group comes in. Specials via DL at home. That is what they have been doing in my hometown. It has worked great. Kids who are DL the entire time have a different teacher (but there are fewer of them since the risk is less if you are only in school two hours a day).
Anonymous wrote:You can go virtual to hybrid if there is room.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s a big old middle bird to the virtual students.
And the in-person ones, too. The teachers will be teaching to them from computers at their desks, if they are even in the classroom. But there really isn’t another way. They don’t have the staff to accomplish both hybrid and distance at the same time.
I have friends who kids schools have been using this set up since September. What I have heard from them is that the teacher essentially just ignores the kids who are remote and only teaches to the kids in the classroom. So it is particularly brutal for these kids on days when they are remote. APS could end up being different but this is what I have heard from friends in other parts of the country.
I'm curious how hybrid parents will respond to this. Some really just need their kids in the classroom. I wonder if this will still be worth it, or if they made that choice based on a presumption that it would be a bit more like "real" school.
We opted for hybrid back in October. If my child will just get virtual inside of a classroom, I’m seriously considering pulling them back to virtual. I’m also privileged enough to be able to pull them entirely and homeschool the rest of the year if that is what needs to happen.
But here’s the thing... is that even an option? We were all told back in October that our decisions were binding for the entire school year (I realize you can homeschool anytime— I mean switching back to virtual).
Yes, you can go from hybrid to virtual but not the other way around