Thread by @DanaHoule

Just got an email informing us that starting Monday they are no longer in the afternoon pod, the pods are being combined, it will be one class with30 kids & they need to be ready at 9:00am

Lori Lightfoot is sticking to her plan to begin F2F school, even though 80% won’t attend

Have people stopped caring about the Chicago Teachers Union?

CPS has:
-Stuck to plan to begin F2F 2-1
-Denied 80% of requests for exemptions to teach F2F
-Not told principals who is/isn’t coming back
-if teachers try to teach from home they will shut down the feed to kids.../2

...offered zero guidance to principals on how to structure the F2F/online hybrid
-Told parents nothing
-Given no evidence of a plan to vaccinate teachers
-Provided no PPE

All of this despite the parents 80% of students saying their kids are staying home /2

2019 a whole bunch of progressives were interested in CTU. Now it seems like nobody outside Chicago cares

A cynic might think their interest in & shows of solidarity with was mostly about a candidate endorsement. /4

OK, I just learned CPS claims that next week they will begin vaccinating teachers (& maybe other staff, idk).

A. I’m skeptical of their ability to get it done that quickly
B. Even if they vaccinate everyone next week they should still wait 14 days before sending them back /5

CPS has never approached this as a health issue. They even waited an extra day before closing last March. They’ve always been more concerned with making teachers work the same hours they would F2F than they are w education & safety

https://twitter.com/WillCaskey/status/1352421720020439040