Devastating personal news: The Wife was informed late today, 3wks into the semester that she MUST begin in-person teaching next week or resign her classes. HR said her request to continue the remote teaching the entire uni has been doing since classes began Jan3 was "not valid."
The Wife has been teaching at this uni for 15yrs and teaching college for 35. The ADA apparently has no application for COVID concerns. So at the end of her class tonight she had to inform her students of the ruling. They were stunned & upset "But you're our favorite professor!"
Now these kids have to get used to a different professor who is jumping in next week--week four in a design class, yikes. The Wife has to meet with him tomorrow to bring him up to speed. AND she still has to attend three faculty meetings (remote, natch, cuz COVID). I AM SO ANGRY.
The Wife is a fine artist in her own right (Ford Foundation grant winner, etc),but she's an extraordinary teacher. The work she elicits from her students is off the charts amazing. Always standouts at the college student shows. I feel so bad for these kids being cheated of her.
There just is no reason why this class couldn't have continued remotely until the COVID rate came down in Philly. 105 public schools are currently remote due to COVID. And things might be better in a few weeks. But not for her or her students. Also devastating for us financially.
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