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Teachers and Kids Life and Death
The district will say that teachers were involved. They weren't. Not only were teachers not involved;they weren't even informed!
Everyone wants schools open. Let me repeat…everyone wants schools open.
Who has the most to be worried? Who is the most at risk as well as students? Who has asked these questions over and over to NMUSD to ….crickets ? TEACHERS!
In Newport Mesa Unified School District teachers should have been and should now be involved and included and respected! After all they are the people who are going to walk into that classroom the first day. They are the people who know intimately what should be in that classroom, what they need to protect the kids and themselves.
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The district will say that teachers were involved. They weren’t. Not only were teachers not involved in the planning, they weren’t even informed until the last few days.
DO I THINK YOU WILL READ THIS LIST?
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No, but I understand. This is a long list and if you are not a teacher or employee of the district it’s not high on your list of Coved-19 concerns, BUT for teachers and students it’s a matter of life and death….yes death.
This district has had months to work this out…it’s outrageous that it hasn’t been done and has barely been started.
NMUSD ....
1. Tell the truth
2. Do the work that the taxpayers pay you for
3. Truly...truly care about the kids and all your employees.
4. Grow up! This is serious and it takes serious people who need to stop patting themselves on the back, sit down and get it done!
Hey District! Here's the best thing.....you don't have to do this by yourselves. There are teachers out there in our district that will literally do anything to make this work. They will buy things with their own money. They will work long hours that are well beyond their normal hours. AND if you need someone to figure all this out...put five teachers in a room and it will be done to perfection in two days.
The teachers of this district have asked for the following to make it as safe as it can be for the kids and themselves:
1. A screening process for all contractors, consultants, vendors, and other persons not employed by the district who may interact with district employees.
2. A complete list of the Personal Protective Equipment by job title.
3. PPE specifically designed to reduce risk of airborne transmission
4. District’s position on worker’s compensation insurance carrier related to claims of workplace contraction of Coved-19
5. Complete listing of health and safety training …protocols, safeguards, and procedures. …training dates and copies of training materials.
6. Copies of postings and signage to promote social distancing and description of HOW SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL BE ACHIEVED IN CLASSROOMS AND OTHER WORKPLACES.
7. A listing of professional development related to delivery of Distance and Virtual Learning by the name of each bargaining unit member and dates and duration of training.
8. Provide a sample Bell Schedule for “Full Day Max 16 Model….not limited to:
School opening, student arrival, screening of employees and students, passing of students from screening to classrooms, schedule for cleaning and disinfecting, lunch times, student dismissal, school closing and scheduling of our bargaining unit members who are not assigned to the classroom.
9. List of cleaning, sanitation supplies by job title.
10. Provide a District level of risk that will be associated by job title. Expectation of unit members related to cleaning and sanitation
11. Copy of cleaning schedule at each work site including all transitions
12. Expectations of unit members who work with younger students or student populations who may not be able to complete safety requirements.
13. A complete list of all forms questionnaires for unit members with increased risk
14. Specify how bargaining members who are not assigned to teach a grade levels will be utilized .
15. Provide a complete definition of the term “on-campus extended learning “ is a term used by the district in “Full Day Max 16 Model” . Include the complete list of activities that students might be engaged in while on campus, but not in classrooms receiving direct instruction from teachers.
16. Provide a description of the process the district will use to calculate instructional minutes; including passing periods, structured times related to safety/cleaning protocols and “on campus extended learning” activities will be accounted for in calculations.