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Anonymous wrote:I reached out to the survey writers and asked. They said any teacher willing to report in person is supposed to select #4.

Ok but I’m willing to do in person...but I’m not willing to take an uber to school everyday or suddenly buy or rent a car.

I emailed to ask about making buses run the same or buses for students and staff but no response.

As a result I selected option 2, even though I’d like to work in person.

Just curious - if you were told to report to work tomorrow, what would you do? Quit? I'm a teacher too, but I am have a really hard time understanding the mentality that you think you are in a position of power to negotiate the terms for going back to work in person.

No, I’d file a lawsuit. If there isn’t an adequate way for me to get to the school (as there was) then that should be something DCPS does something about. I’m not the only DCPS employee who takes public transportation.

Just curious what makes you think DCPS doesn’t care and know this is a concern when they put it on the survey? You can not fault an employee for a service the mayor can reinstate.

Thanks for your empathy though, nice to see teachers who care about each other.

You would sue because you have to figure out your own way to get to work? This is why people think teachers are being whiny and unrealistic in all of this. Since when is you commuting to work your employer’s responsibility?

So you’re telling me because the buses to my school are shut down, DCPS who wants me to work in person wouldn’t provide reasonable accommodations? And I’m whiny because I have no idea how I’ll get to work?

If this is how you treat teachers who actually want to work in person so be it. I don’t think it’s whiny to wonder how I can get to school without spending money I don’t have.

It’s kind of stupid to me how a snow day can be considered a liable reason not to come in put not city transportation being unavailable.

I sure hope you have this same feeling about the grocery store workers, city employees who are doing their jobs in person, childcare providers, etc. They are all getting to work somehow and I am sure some don’t have cars. Give me a break.

Anonymous wrote:I wish there was an option for I am willing to go back 100% if:

There is enough PPE for staff and students
Clear schedules and protocols for everyone and everything
HVAC systems fixed
Temperature checks in the AM and Midday ( DCPS is relying on families to self report Look look ask)


I am a teacher with children at home but we will make things work with childcare. I just need to know there is a clear safety plan for when I start teaching in person. . DCPS needs to be proactive and not reactive. This all should not be up to the principals to plan but downtown. The principals struggle with creating basic schedules in my school. I don’t trust them with creating plans and schedules that could jeopardize my health.

+1
This makes total sense to me.

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Anonymous wrote:I reached out to the survey writers and asked. They said any teacher willing to report in person is supposed to select #4.

Ok but I’m willing to do in person...but I’m not willing to take an uber to school everyday or suddenly buy or rent a car.

I emailed to ask about making buses run the same or buses for students and staff but no response.

As a result I selected option 2, even though I’d like to work in person.

Just curious - if you were told to report to work tomorrow, what would you do? Quit? I'm a teacher too, but I am have a really hard time understanding the mentality that you think you are in a position of power to negotiate the terms for going back to work in person.

No, I’d file a lawsuit. If there isn’t an adequate way for me to get to the school (as there was) then that should be something DCPS does something about. I’m not the only DCPS employee who takes public transportation.

Just curious what makes you think DCPS doesn’t care and know this is a concern when they put it on the survey? You can not fault an employee for a service the mayor can reinstate.

Thanks for your empathy though, nice to see teachers who care about each other.

You would sue because you have to figure out your own way to get to work? This is why people think teachers are being whiny and unrealistic in all of this. Since when is you commuting to work your employer’s responsibility?

Yes and let’s make sure that since one teacher said this we paint all teachers with a wide stroke and call them all whiny and unrealistic. Totally fair.

Oh shut up, this not even a whiny request. If you took the metro to work each day and it was suddenly shut down, the city always provides a backup. The backup may be slow but there’s always a backup.
This is not whiny, it’s a valid request. Guess what? STUDENTS TAKE THE BUS TO SCHOOL AS WELL.

I thought we cared about black and brown kids? Guess it was just your fake sentiments.

What do black and brown kids have to do with a teacher threatening to SUE DCPS for not having public transportation going to their job? That is absolutely absurd. And has NOTHING to do with students.

-signed the mother of two brown DCPS students

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Anonymous wrote:I wish there was an option for I am willing to go back 100% if:

There is enough PPE for staff and students
Clear schedules and protocols for everyone and everything
HVAC systems fixed
Temperature checks in the AM and Midday ( DCPS is relying on families to self report Look look ask)


I am a teacher with children at home but we will make things work with childcare. I just need to know there is a clear safety plan for when I start teaching in person. . DCPS needs to be proactive and not reactive. This all should not be up to the principals to plan but downtown. The principals struggle with creating basic schedules in my school. I don’t trust them with creating plans and schedules that could jeopardize my health.

Good news: Virtually all teachers and parents care about your first 3 requirements and they seem to be getting attention from administrators.

Temperature checks, meanwhile, are pointless. They capture almost no one who is sick and especially not sick with coronavirus.

The guidance is changing often. In May, the CDC recommended temperature checks. I worked in a school building in the summer and now and my school requires temperature checks to enter the building along with daily screening questions. As we prepare to go back in November that requirement for temperature checks may change. While I'm glad that my school is being overly cautious, I'm hopeful that if most schools go back in November (or whenever) there are common guidelines across all schools.

Anonymous wrote:I wish there was an option for I am willing to go back 100% if:

There is enough PPE for staff and students
Clear schedules and protocols for everyone and everything
HVAC systems fixed
Temperature checks in the AM and Midday ( DCPS is relying on families to self report Look look ask)


I am a teacher with children at home but we will make things work with childcare. I just need to know there is a clear safety plan for when I start teaching in person. . DCPS needs to be proactive and not reactive. This all should not be up to the principals to plan but downtown. The principals struggle with creating basic schedules in my school. I don’t trust them with creating plans and schedules that could jeopardize my health.

Good news: Virtually all teachers and parents care about your first 3 requirements and they seem to be getting attention from administrators.

Temperature checks, meanwhile, are pointless. They capture almost no one who is sick and especially not sick with coronavirus.

Dcps does not need to provide us with transportation. They don’t need to accommodate non ADA or FMLA leave requests. They don’t need to update HVAC or take temperatures.
However, it might be their benefit to do some of these things if it keeps them from hiring a flood of new staff.
Fellow teachers, these are benefits but you don’t have a right to any of this stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:I reached out to the survey writers and asked. They said any teacher willing to report in person is supposed to select #4.

Ok but I’m willing to do in person...but I’m not willing to take an uber to school everyday or suddenly buy or rent a car.

I emailed to ask about making buses run the same or buses for students and staff but no response.

As a result I selected option 2, even though I’d like to work in person.

Just curious - if you were told to report to work tomorrow, what would you do? Quit? I'm a teacher too, but I am have a really hard time understanding the mentality that you think you are in a position of power to negotiate the terms for going back to work in person.

No, I’d file a lawsuit. If there isn’t an adequate way for me to get to the school (as there was) then that should be something DCPS does something about. I’m not the only DCPS employee who takes public transportation.

Just curious what makes you think DCPS doesn’t care and know this is a concern when they put it on the survey? You can not fault an employee for a service the mayor can reinstate.

Thanks for your empathy though, nice to see teachers who care about each other.

You would sue because you have to figure out your own way to get to work? This is why people think teachers are being whiny and unrealistic in all of this. Since when is you commuting to work your employer’s responsibility?

So you’re telling me because the buses to my school are shut down, DCPS who wants me to work in person wouldn’t provide reasonable accommodations? And I’m whiny because I have no idea how I’ll get to work?

If this is how you treat teachers who actually want to work in person so be it. I don’t think it’s whiny to wonder how I can get to school without spending money I don’t have.

It’s kind of stupid to me how a snow day can be considered a liable reason not to come in put not city transportation being unavailable.

I think the city will need to do something about transport for teachers for practical reasons but, no, as an individual you are not entitled to have transportation provided by DCPS. DCPS doesn't even have anything to do with the decision to curtail public transportation -- which, FYI, isn't just the Mayor's decision either as there are other jurisdictions involved for the metro at least.

I think what drives parents on this forum batty is teachers acting like all of this is unique to them. Do you know how many people are now back at jobs notwithstanding the public transport issues? Did you really, genuinely, think you could SUE? DCPS? For not providing transport when they never provided transport and I guarantee your contract says nothing about transport? It's just farcical.

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Anonymous wrote:I reached out to the survey writers and asked. They said any teacher willing to report in person is supposed to select #4.

Ok but I’m willing to do in person...but I’m not willing to take an uber to school everyday or suddenly buy or rent a car.

I emailed to ask about making buses run the same or buses for students and staff but no response.

As a result I selected option 2, even though I’d like to work in person.

Just curious - if you were told to report to work tomorrow, what would you do? Quit? I'm a teacher too, but I am have a really hard time understanding the mentality that you think you are in a position of power to negotiate the terms for going back to work in person.

No, I’d file a lawsuit. If there isn’t an adequate way for me to get to the school (as there was) then that should be something DCPS does something about. I’m not the only DCPS employee who takes public transportation.

Just curious what makes you think DCPS doesn’t care and know this is a concern when they put it on the survey? You can not fault an employee for a service the mayor can reinstate.

Thanks for your empathy though, nice to see teachers who care about each other.

You would sue because you have to figure out your own way to get to work? This is why people think teachers are being whiny and unrealistic in all of this. Since when is you commuting to work your employer’s responsibility?

Yes and let’s make sure that since one teacher said this we paint all teachers with a wide stroke and call them all whiny and unrealistic. Totally fair.

Oh shut up, this not even a whiny request. If you took the metro to work each day and it was suddenly shut down, the city always provides a backup. The backup may be slow but there’s always a backup.
This is not whiny, it’s a valid request. Guess what? STUDENTS TAKE THE BUS TO SCHOOL AS WELL.

I thought we cared about black and brown kids? Guess it was just your fake sentiments.

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Anonymous wrote:I reached out to the survey writers and asked. They said any teacher willing to report in person is supposed to select #4.

Ok but I’m willing to do in person...but I’m not willing to take an uber to school everyday or suddenly buy or rent a car.

I emailed to ask about making buses run the same or buses for students and staff but no response.

As a result I selected option 2, even though I’d like to work in person.

Just curious - if you were told to report to work tomorrow, what would you do? Quit? I'm a teacher too, but I am have a really hard time understanding the mentality that you think you are in a position of power to negotiate the terms for going back to work in person.

No, I’d file a lawsuit. If there isn’t an adequate way for me to get to the school (as there was) then that should be something DCPS does something about. I’m not the only DCPS employee who takes public transportation.

Just curious what makes you think DCPS doesn’t care and know this is a concern when they put it on the survey? You can not fault an employee for a service the mayor can reinstate.

Thanks for your empathy though, nice to see teachers who care about each other.

You would sue because you have to figure out your own way to get to work? This is why people think teachers are being whiny and unrealistic in all of this. Since when is you commuting to work your employer’s responsibility?

So you’re telling me because the buses to my school are shut down, DCPS who wants me to work in person wouldn’t provide reasonable accommodations? And I’m whiny because I have no idea how I’ll get to work?

If this is how you treat teachers who actually want to work in person so be it. I don’t think it’s whiny to wonder how I can get to school without spending money I don’t have.

It’s kind of stupid to me how a snow day can be considered a liable reason not to come in put not city transportation being unavailable.

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Anonymous wrote:I reached out to the survey writers and asked. They said any teacher willing to report in person is supposed to select #4.

Ok but I’m willing to do in person...but I’m not willing to take an uber to school everyday or suddenly buy or rent a car.

I emailed to ask about making buses run the same or buses for students and staff but no response.

As a result I selected option 2, even though I’d like to work in person.

Just curious - if you were told to report to work tomorrow, what would you do? Quit? I'm a teacher too, but I am have a really hard time understanding the mentality that you think you are in a position of power to negotiate the terms for going back to work in person.

No, I’d file a lawsuit. If there isn’t an adequate way for me to get to the school (as there was) then that should be something DCPS does something about. I’m not the only DCPS employee who takes public transportation.

Just curious what makes you think DCPS doesn’t care and know this is a concern when they put it on the survey? You can not fault an employee for a service the mayor can reinstate.

Thanks for your empathy though, nice to see teachers who care about each other.

You would sue because you have to figure out your own way to get to work? This is why people think teachers are being whiny and unrealistic in all of this. Since when is you commuting to work your employer’s responsibility?

Yes and let’s make sure that since one teacher said this we paint all teachers with a wide stroke and call them all whiny and unrealistic. Totally fair.

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Anonymous wrote:I reached out to the survey writers and asked. They said any teacher willing to report in person is supposed to select #4.

Ok but I’m willing to do in person...but I’m not willing to take an uber to school everyday or suddenly buy or rent a car.

I emailed to ask about making buses run the same or buses for students and staff but no response.

As a result I selected option 2, even though I’d like to work in person.

Just curious - if you were told to report to work tomorrow, what would you do? Quit? I'm a teacher too, but I am have a really hard time understanding the mentality that you think you are in a position of power to negotiate the terms for going back to work in person.

No, I’d file a lawsuit. If there isn’t an adequate way for me to get to the school (as there was) then that should be something DCPS does something about. I’m not the only DCPS employee who takes public transportation.

Just curious what makes you think DCPS doesn’t care and know this is a concern when they put it on the survey? You can not fault an employee for a service the mayor can reinstate.

Thanks for your empathy though, nice to see teachers who care about each other.

You would sue because you have to figure out your own way to get to work? This is why people think teachers are being whiny and unrealistic in all of this. Since when is you commuting to work your employer’s responsibility?

Anonymous wrote:As a DCPS parent, it seems increasingly clear to me that the WTU leadership is as disconnected from the DCPS teacher population as DCPS central office is on the issue of going back into the classroom. Unions lose power when the general population begins to believe that the leadership doesn't actually speak for their members.

Where do you get your information? Most in WTU leadership positions are actually teachers. And I don’t know a single teacher at my school that feels safe retuning yet. We stand with the Union.

I wish there was an option for I am willing to go back 100% if:

There is enough PPE for staff and students
Clear schedules and protocols for everyone and everything
HVAC systems fixed
Temperature checks in the AM and Midday ( DCPS is relying on families to self report Look look ask)


I am a teacher with children at home but we will make things work with childcare. I just need to know there is a clear safety plan for when I start teaching in person. . DCPS needs to be proactive and not reactive. This all should not be up to the principals to plan but downtown. The principals struggle with creating basic schedules in my school. I don’t trust them with creating plans and schedules that could jeopardize my health.

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Anonymous wrote:I reached out to the survey writers and asked. They said any teacher willing to report in person is supposed to select #4.

Ok but I’m willing to do in person...but I’m not willing to take an uber to school everyday or suddenly buy or rent a car.

I emailed to ask about making buses run the same or buses for students and staff but no response.

As a result I selected option 2, even though I’d like to work in person.

Just curious - if you were told to report to work tomorrow, what would you do? Quit? I'm a teacher too, but I am have a really hard time understanding the mentality that you think you are in a position of power to negotiate the terms for going back to work in person.

No, I’d file a lawsuit. If there isn’t an adequate way for me to get to the school (as there was) then that should be something DCPS does something about. I’m not the only DCPS employee who takes public transportation.

Just curious what makes you think DCPS doesn’t care and know this is a concern when they put it on the survey? You can not fault an employee for a service the mayor can reinstate.

Thanks for your empathy though, nice to see teachers who care about each other.

Is it any other employer's duty to figure out how their employees get to work? Can any other employer be sued for it? Is this specific to teachers? I never knew employers were responsible for transportation to work. I'm self-employed, so I honestly don't know.

Well... people can sue for any reason they want. DC can try to work on the problem and should because they may lose staff if they don't. But it's not the employer's responsibility.

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Anonymous wrote:I reached out to the survey writers and asked. They said any teacher willing to report in person is supposed to select #4.

Ok but I’m willing to do in person...but I’m not willing to take an uber to school everyday or suddenly buy or rent a car.

I emailed to ask about making buses run the same or buses for students and staff but no response.

As a result I selected option 2, even though I’d like to work in person.

Just curious - if you were told to report to work tomorrow, what would you do? Quit? I'm a teacher too, but I am have a really hard time understanding the mentality that you think you are in a position of power to negotiate the terms for going back to work in person.

Not the poster you are replying to but, yes, quit or take protected leave (assuming approval for this). Or switch to a charter with more virtual options for staff.