Teachers Unions seem to be against anything that is good for the kids from classroom defense and safety to restarting school. Our young people are virtually immune to COVID-19 and teachers are usually not in physical contact or within six feet. And, can wear masks when in close contact. Nontheless...
A Virginia teachers' union says students should not return to the classroom until they all receive a COVID-19 vaccine which the unions know is a threshold is impossible to reach.
During a Fairfax County Public Schools board meeting, the President of the District Teachers' Union said students should receive the COVID-19 vaccination before full-time, in-person instruction resumes.
Most of any school district's students cannot get the vaccine: Pfizer's is authorized for those over 16, and Moderna's for those over 18.
"The timeline and return to in-person instruction must reflect that we wait for the second dose to be effective," union president Kimberly Adams said at a District Board meeting, saying:
"Concerns also remain that students will
not be vaccinated before they return to school. This will require that we
maintain the hybrid model and continue social distancing, masking, and all
other mitigation strategies." "Hybrid model?" Huh?
Although studies show that in-school transmission of COVID-19 is "extremely rare," teachers' unions across the United States have opposed going back to the classroom. In recent weeks, some public officials have changed their tune on in-class instruction.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam replied schools could operate safely. "Our schools are safe. We know that we can follow the mitigation measures."
Nearly 90 percent of Fairfax County Public Schools' staff have already registered to take the vaccine, Superintendent Scott Brabrand announced Thursday, and 5,000 staff members have received the first dose. Technical and special education students will return to classrooms in person on Feb. 16, according to an updated timeline Brabrand shared with the board at Thursday's meeting.
Fairfax County school enrollment has fallen five percent following school closures as parents are moving their children to open districts and private schools.
As a former teacher I believe a significant
percentage of these teachers simply do not want to work after having had a year
off at full salary! There is nothing
like a challenge or stress to show us where we are weak and this one is a shock!
Adrian Vance
I wish I was on a public school board to tell the teachers: If you don't want to work, then you're fired. We will replace you with teachers who want to teach students in the classroom. The teacher unions have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have too much power and it needs to be reduced. Also, don't fool me with your line of "it's for the children." School boards and teacher unions have turned that sentence into a lie.
ReplyDeleteTeachers of any kind are in short supply as states have become more rigorous in their standards, but the unions have come in to complicate the situation and run the salary and benefits up substantially, but that has attracted more people to the profession and brought problems with the expansion. Nonetheless, more rigor of the kind you want is in order.
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