Out on the west coast we still have an indoor mask mandate that everyone is following, but schools and eat-in dining are both still open. And despite the county's 80+% vaccination rate, daily cases are the highest they've ever been, and testing centers are completely overwhelmed.
what the fuck specifically to the part about kids. I genuinely hate hearing about how children are basically thrown into a snotty meat grinder and we're all supposed to just ignore it
Yeah, my partner teaches high school and it's a complete shitshow. There are multiple uncovered teacher positions each day due to covid and a lack of available subs. You can't easily get tested and the turnaround times for PCR tests are 5+ days now. But the district doesn't want to close because it's worried parents will get mad.
reading that thing about the Chicago teachers union made me sick. your partner is doing such an invaluable service for society and not even their bosses give a fuck about the very real toll it takes
The frustrating part is that her union leadership has inexplicably chosen to side with admin this time. So teachers are getting burned out and don't really have anyone advocating on their behalf. It's not sustainable, and I feel like if cases keep rising something's going to give.
at this point it seems like all she could really do is walk out and leave the district to pick up the pieces. I hope it doesn't come to that but sometimes the best thing to do is pack it up
Out on the west coast we still have an indoor mask mandate that everyone is following, but schools and eat-in dining are both still open. And despite the county's 80+% vaccination rate, daily cases are the highest they've ever been, and testing centers are completely overwhelmed.
what the fuck specifically to the part about kids. I genuinely hate hearing about how children are basically thrown into a snotty meat grinder and we're all supposed to just ignore it
Yeah, my partner teaches high school and it's a complete shitshow. There are multiple uncovered teacher positions each day due to covid and a lack of available subs. You can't easily get tested and the turnaround times for PCR tests are 5+ days now. But the district doesn't want to close because it's worried parents will get mad.
reading that thing about the Chicago teachers union made me sick. your partner is doing such an invaluable service for society and not even their bosses give a fuck about the very real toll it takes
The frustrating part is that her union leadership has inexplicably chosen to side with admin this time. So teachers are getting burned out and don't really have anyone advocating on their behalf. It's not sustainable, and I feel like if cases keep rising something's going to give.
at this point it seems like all she could really do is walk out and leave the district to pick up the pieces. I hope it doesn't come to that but sometimes the best thing to do is pack it up
She cares too much about her students to do that, so I hope for their everyone's sakes the admin come to their senses.