Posted on Dec 7, 2020
Everyone Wants Public Schools to Reopen, except the People Who Run Them | National Review
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I'm sure the majority of parents agree. And as the article mentions, the poor are being harmed the most.
Everyone Wants Public Schools to Reopen, except the People Who Run Them | National Review
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Saw an article that alluded to an entire "generation" of challenged students. Due to access to tech. Really? One mentions re-norming GPAs. Our parents cut wood and did chores, then walked 3 miles to school through snow, uphill both ways. They survived.
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Where I live, it's the exact opposite. The administrators want to keep them open, but the community wants them shut down. The only reason they did eventually shut down was because of too many teachers catching Covid, and then running out of backup teachers, substitutes, and volunteers.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
I live in Virginia, so the article resonates with me and is accurate here. What state do you live in, where the teacher's union wants them to open?
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Col Joseph Lenertz
LTC Kevin B. - Thanks! Looks like Pennsylvania is in relatively good condition for reopening schools, but the PA Association of School Administrators is worried they are being set up for failure upon reopening. It does not appear that school administrators are fighting to keep them open, at least at the state-wide school administrator level. https://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-pennsylvania-schools-reopen-dirocco-20200808-umxnbmozyndqnkp3btn6k5p7gu-story.html
https://www.pennlive.com/reopeningpa/2020/09/pa-one-of-the-safest-states-for-schools-to-reopen-study-says.html
There also seems to be no indication that the majority of parents want their kids to stay at home.
https://www.pennlive.com/reopeningpa/2020/09/pa-one-of-the-safest-states-for-schools-to-reopen-study-says.html
There also seems to be no indication that the majority of parents want their kids to stay at home.
Your View by PA Association of School Administrators: How schools are set up for reopening...
Op-ed: School leaders question why decisions about public health have been placed in the hands of educators.
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LTC Kevin B.
Col Joseph Lenertz - I don't try to speak for all of PA. I only speak for our community and what we're experiencing with our schools. Maybe we're an outlier, but then again, maybe we're representative of many other communities.
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Who are the people that run the schools? That is my first question.
You have five levels to contend with:
A. The School Boards
B. The School Administrators in the form of the School Superintendents and their bureaucracies and down to the Principal level.
C. The Teachers Unions and their bureaucracies.
D. The Teachers.
E. The parents of the children that are in and outside the district.
The ones locally that want to either close down the schools completely or use distance learning - the teachers and teachers unions. And they still want to get paid whether there is distance learning or not, but they do not care about all the other school support personnel, only for themselves. And though they say it is mostly for the children, it is not.
You have five levels to contend with:
A. The School Boards
B. The School Administrators in the form of the School Superintendents and their bureaucracies and down to the Principal level.
C. The Teachers Unions and their bureaucracies.
D. The Teachers.
E. The parents of the children that are in and outside the district.
The ones locally that want to either close down the schools completely or use distance learning - the teachers and teachers unions. And they still want to get paid whether there is distance learning or not, but they do not care about all the other school support personnel, only for themselves. And though they say it is mostly for the children, it is not.
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