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@NYCMayor @DOEChancellor @UFT @MOREcaucusUFT @safeschoolsny @MarkTreyger718 @NYCSchools @nycgov Speaking only for myself, as an NYC teacher, I want schools to stay open safely, if that’s possible. I’m even, personally, hoping scientists say the 3% threshold can be safely moved.
But I cannot get over, even more than the other myriad issues with this return to school, the disaster of a school covid testing plan. To see some reporters, parents, etc. regularly mention the testing as a reason schools are safe is infuriating.
The pool of testable kids is only around 15-20%. And only some of those kids have been tested, some repeatedly. Plenty, like at my school, haven’t been tested at all. Testing was supposed to be mandatory, suddenly it wasn’t. WHY?
I want to stay at school. It’s been fantastic to work with our ICT First graders in person. We’ve all read the many reasons being at school is good for most kids. Why wouldn’t we want to protect that by testing the way we should be? The way you said we’d be?
Please restore the testing to what it was supposed to be. And please, put schools before restaurants and gyms. Don’t half ass this, it won’t work. Let’s do this right so our kids can be supported in schools.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/champ.gothamist.com/champ/gothamist/news/open-nyc-public-schools-only-elementary-and-vulnerable-kids-city-council-education-chair-says
If we do close, I want a do-over with @MarkTreyger718’s excellent plan.
If we do close, I want a do-over with @MarkTreyger718’s excellent plan.
