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I had the privilege of having a guest column in the Orlando Sentinel this past week. In it I expressed my worries about keeping both students and teachers safe in light of past, ongoing, and future threats in schools. /1
I had the privilege of having a guest column in the Orlando Sentinel this past week. In it I expressed my worries about keeping both students and teachers safe in light of past, ongoing, and future threats in schools. /1
It was a heartfelt plea for people to understand the immense pressure teachers are under. The sheer number of threats we guard against are overwhelming.
Now that it’s been a few days since my column was published I feel like I wasted my time and effort. /2
Now that it’s been a few days since my column was published I feel like I wasted my time and effort. /2
Then question the elected and appointed officials at all levels of government about what they’re realistically doing about it all.
What are those responsible really doing to make safety a true priority?
Thank you for following along with my Godzilla stomp through downtown. /20
What are those responsible really doing to make safety a true priority?
Thank you for following along with my Godzilla stomp through downtown. /20
My article is here: https://bit.ly/2YP79aL
I am educated on these topics and certified by my state to teach them.
What I’m hearing from my federal government, state government, and local school district is nonsensical and dangerous. /5
What I’m hearing from my federal government, state government, and local school district is nonsensical and dangerous. /5
There’s a comical Geico commercial in which three young characters are in a horror movie trope and decide to hide in a shed full of chainsaws and axes. That’s the level of idiocy I’m seeing on social media and in the news. /6
Returning to “brick and mortar” school in the fall at full capacity is the equivalent to hiding in that shed. Nothing I saw in a recent superintendent’s presentation to his school board I watched gave me any confidence whatsoever that the safety of our students, faculty, ... /7
with all students on campus every day as was implied during the board meeting, is laughable from my perspective. It’s as if no one knows what life on a high school campus with, literally, thousands of students is like. /9
The suggestions for sanitation, student movement on campus, and actual instruction were WTF-worthy.
Before schools were shut down, I fought for weeks to have soap dispensers installed and maintained in our bathrooms. Think about that for a minute. /10
Before schools were shut down, I fought for weeks to have soap dispensers installed and maintained in our bathrooms. Think about that for a minute. /10
I hope you understand my lack of confidence in the brief, uninspiring sanitation plans offered during the recent school board meeting.
I volunteered through my union to be on back to school planning committees. I wasn’t invited to participate. /15
I volunteered through my union to be on back to school planning committees. I wasn’t invited to participate. /15
So, I penned an opinion column for the largest local newspaper to express my concerns. Clearly, that was ineffective. Now I’m reading and watching people bicker over the wearing of face masks in schools. That’s one of the simplest and most effective methods ... /16
