Thanks to a reader, we now have a link for a Google Doc for Jonathan Halabi's survey on reopening buildings. Jonathan is Chapter Leader at the High School of American Studies at Lehman College. He created this survey for his chapter and his blog. He is encouraging other schools to use it to start the conversation on reopening in September.
Please take the survey and spread it to others. Our community is growing. We can make a difference.
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CDS SAYS DO NOT TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. What else do you need to know?
James -
thanks to whomever turned this into a google form.
Is there a way chapter leaders can use this within their own schools?
Part of the value of the conversation (not just a survey) is speaking directly with our coworkers, and then speaking with the force of the full voice of the chapter.
Jonathan
i was told to research blended learning models--- what does that mean for our future?
Everybody can use this within their own schools. Go right ahead please.
Blended learning= more edubabble.
Well its one on one with a computer as well
so it brings alot of questions and concerns
1- are schools reopening in sept?
2- will teachers be affected/ excessed - loss of jobs
3- bigger workload- classroom and online planning?
lots of considerations
Just do whatever on google classroom. What are they really gonna do to you?
IT means buy a blender, add shredded lesson plans, a tablespoon of pencil shavings and thene
pass every student after running the blender on the slowest speed.
It is called the recipe for every child can learn pie. Add a teaspoon of sugar and lemon juice for an extra sweet pie. That's the DOE recipe. Use pie DOE.
Got it?
Another week has begun...
Calendar?
Open market?
Spring break comp?
Why bother with this survey when we have no say. It doesnt matter what we want. The uft will not change the mind of the mayor or gov. When the schools open, we will be expected to attend or be fired.
Where is the survey on the 2014 contract? Who would agree to 10% over 7 and a half years and retro held back with no interest for 11 years? Get my point? Teachers are dumb and surveys in the uft are meaningless.
Answered yesterday but we will try again 1:55
Calendar soon
Open market Out already, good luck transferring
Spring break comp. Fuggetaboutit
I read that in a Ohio school district, teachers who do not feel comfortable coming to school can take an unpaid leave. I am more than willing to do that. However, my understanding is that in NYC a leave of absence has to be approved. Anybody have info on this topic?
Find the Ohio information. We will review it and post if it could be applicable. All we can do.
No, open market has zero vacancies.
Our union has disappointed me to no end and proven they are not strong and more politically connected than I ever thought especially throughout this pandemic. I’ll never forget being terrified watching the news waiting to hear if we needed to go back (I did not trust our union or DOE having our best interest in mind, since they sent us in for those 3 days). I also believe we don’t have enough consistency throughout districts and expectations and abuse of power is insane in some schools. For instance, my principal off the record told a teacher to put in for a transfer and if she didn’t she would find her ineffective and make it very hard on her and make her leave. There was nothing the union was able to do for her after a failed investigation. We have the numbers, I believe we need to come together ourselves and fight. I do not want to leave it up to the union to “defend” us and I feel our voices must be heard.
Only female teachers with rich husbands can take an unpaid leave or maybe male teachers with rich wives. Over the years I've notice 9 out of 10 people who took sabbaticals were married women.
CDC recommends that teachers over the age of 55 work remotely.
lol. im quitting after the last retro payment, im single and am nowhere near retirement age.
How about we make it voluntary and all the snowflakes suffering from Corona phobia can stay home and keep hiding under the bed and those with a brain and the ability to understand science can return to work. And those cream puffs can go out and find another job. Problem solved.
You see the spike in deaths in April and May. Real. We are realists, not covidiots.
No second wave please. I would rather not die a COVID-19 death of choking thank you.
News from Japan today:
Japan lifted COVID-19 restrictions lately. Now there is a spike in the south with clusters at several schools. Schools have been closed temporarily.
"Kitakyushu City announced 12 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on May 31. The new instances involve a suspected cluster at Moritsune Elementary School in Kokura-minami Ward. Infections were reported at four other local schools (incl. elementary, junior high, and individual schools.) The city has decided to close those schools temporarily. Additionally, the city announced closures of 119 public facilities such as museums and libraries until June 18."
https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/news/covid-19-infections-reported-at-four-schools-in-kitakyushu/
For the above post about Japan.
Please bear in mind that everyone wears masks and people are more likely to take the proper precautions against the virus.
Kovidiots. I include all the protestors too on all sides.
Now with all these protests going on and social distancing taking a back seat, the cases are going to rebound even after all our hard work and effort at flattening the curve. We can blame this all on the cop.
@4:43 PM - Strange how according to your comment, CDC states those 55 and older should work remotely, when the risk factor is 50 and over.
@7:18 PM - To the blame the police officer is not accurate. The protests are going against the restrictions set forth in NYS. The cop cannot be blamed for the riots, looting, etc. Let's be real. Violence is unacceptable. What occurred was very unfortunate and may the family of the person that passed find peace. May the police officer and his loved ones reflect on what occurred and help them through this as well. Both parties involved will go through a lot of pain. This country as a whole needs healing.
If notice the videos and photos of these protests, the majority of the people in the crowd are young. Now they go back home and the infections will start. Time will tell.
12 more and they are closing in Japan. We still get hundreds every day in NY. Covidiots out in the streets.
Ok, here is a thought for the NYCDOE to consider. Don't open all the buildings up at once . Buildings in neighborhoods that have high cases of Corona-19 should remained closed until the levels go down.
Sincerely, A teacher who works in Morrisania
This much is certain after all this rioting: in two weeks we’re either going to have a shitload of sick Democrats, or we going to realize COVID-19 was not what Democrats said it was.
@9:46PM - That will not work because students travel throughout the city. There are no neighborhood schools. Any other idea?
Mayor Bill de Blasio's daughter, Chiara, arrested at Manhattan protest https://trib.al/TmXzWOU
Not true at elementary level where for the most part kids stay near home.
There are 100,000 dead Americans. This isn't just a bad flu. Another kovidiot.
Then everyone will have covid a week from now and country gets shut down again.
Now you're gaining some intelligence.
One thing this week has proven is kovidiots come from the left and right.
Failing to understand how setting fire to a union and a church — A UNION and A CHURCH — has anything to do with confronting systematic racism.
ABC Washington Post poll. The people still get it.
For all that, 57% say it's more important to try to control the spread of the virus than to try to restart the economy. And as states move to reopen, most people are hesitant. Asked if they're willing at this time to go to stores, restaurants and other public places the way they did before the pandemic, 58% say it's too early for that.
That result reflects concerns about becoming infected. Sixty-three percent remain very or somewhat worried they or someone in their immediate family may catch the coronavirus. (It was 69% in late March.) And 68% in this poll, produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates, are worried about a possible second wave of infections.
Greater worries are associated with reluctance to resume normal activities. Among people who are very worried about a second wave – 1 in 3 Americans – 91% say it's too early to return to public places as they did before the pandemic. Reluctance also is higher among people living in counties with more diagnosed cases, among other groups.
MORE: What's your state's coronavirus reopening plan?
Worries rise in some groups. Eighty-one percent of Hispanics and 75% of blacks are worried they or a family member might catch the disease, for example, compared with 58% of whites.
The insensitive, blind and disrespectful anonymous fools are baaaacccck. It was just a matter of time. I always knew you were lurking in cracks waiting to throw your crumb. Remember: Your words yield no power Karen. Go back to 1864.
What are you referring to?
Gothamist
The sight of throngs of police and demonstrators clashing, often without masks, comes at a precarious moment in New York City in its ongoing battle against COVID-19. The number of daily new cases have dramatically fallen to roughly 100 in recent days, after once being as high as 6,300.
But experts have warned against relaxing restrictions too soon and becoming overconfident about beating back the virus. "Despite decreasing rates of hospitalization (and mortality) in the NYC area, we are very much still in this pandemic," Dr. Barun Mathema, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University, recently told Gothamist.
The city is set to partially reopen for business on June 8th, but officials have always said that any reopening would be always been contingent on a continued decline the number of people testing positive, among other factors. Now, after two and a half months of sheltering-in-place, social distancing measures no longer appear to be a priority among protesters nor police officials.
On Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the protests should not have an impact on the city's restart date.
“In terms of impact on our reopening, I see none,” he said, during a press conference.
Despite the emphasis over the last few weeks on expanded testing, he did not urge demonstrators to go get tested.
The New York Times later reported that Dr. Theodore Long, who is heading up the city's contact tracing program, had "urged anyone who had been involved in the demonstrations to get tested for the virus."
Reached for a follow-up on Long's statement, a City Hall spokesperson replied, "Any person who went to a protest who is concerned about their health can come get tested at one of our 150+ sites."
The anonymous rants about blacks. If you didn't write it then it doesn't apply to you.
Which ones?
How is telling people that is not a great idea to clash with cops in NYC in the middle of a pandemic where poor Black and Brown people are most impacted racist?
NY Times
Health officials are worried that the mass protests may seed new coronavirus outbreaks. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta said she was concerned that demonstrations could increase infections in communities of color, which have already been hit disproportionately.
Measuring risk: The protests are in the open air, which could reduce the risk of transmission, and many of the demonstrators have been wearing masks. But shouting can create more respiratory droplets, and police tactics — including tear gas and pepper spray, which cause people to tear up and cough — may also accelerate transmission.
I'm thinking the mayor's embrace of the mass demonstrations is evidence he's giving up his mindless preaching on social distancing. Even his daughter enthusiastically attended (and was arrested).
So, no more dingdong rules about parks and beaches, for starters.
According to https://projects.thecity.nyc/2020_03_covid-19-tracker/
the number of new infections in NYC on May 30st was 654.
According to the NYS Department of health on May 30th there were 552.
https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/views/NYS-COVID19-Tracker/NYSDOHCOVID-19Tracker-Map?%3Aembed=yes&%3Atoolbar=no&%3Atabs=n
This is very different from the number mentioned in the above Gothamist article which only mentions about 100 new infections a day, which seems false based on the above sources.
The far right and the far left are united. The rest of us are put in danger.
A couple of really over the top comments without documentation slipped by me. I took them down. Waiting, what else are you referring to?
Looting and criminality is not protesting.
It depreciates the righteousness of the protest.
It plays right into the hands of those who refuse to make positive change.
It allows them to dismiss the entirety of the argument.
@james: i was responding to the comments you took down. I wholeheartedly believe in the first amendment, and i will never ask you or expect you to take something down unless you want to--it's your blog. I also respect your blog and won't hijack your topic of the day. HOWEVER, I too will share my opinion on what i deem as offensive to me and that's when it sometimes go off the hinges. Stay safe folks.
Just know this, if you keep your foot on my neck for too long, EXPECT WHAT YOU GET. Don't give me a recipe on how to dish it.
This isn't the topic: the survey is the topic. Let's respect James by staying on topic and not tossing in comments about how folks are expressing themselves (rightly or wrongly). Just saying. Let's show some respect.
@12:09 pm...that's the kind of craziness you get after you tried talking, demonstrating, voting, talking, demonstrating,voting...some folks lose their damn mind. James Baldwin said something to the effect, to be black in this country and be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all of the time. You don't want people to get enraged because anyone or anything is placed in harm's way. Please, if you haven't lived as a black person please just listen. Too many incidents of black men being killed. Do you have kind loving protective funny men in your family? So do I. I want them to come home tonight. I don't want their skin color to be the reason why they don't Focus on the cop who was judge jury and executioner for a HUMAN being who allegedly passed a forged $20 friggin bill. Damn i better check all of my money before I get choked out too. Rage is rage. And let me say that I have many relatives in law enforcement. I love the police. The good ones. The bad ones need to kick rocks.
@waitingforsupport- Unfortunately what is going on with people rioting-looting is wrong, just like what happened. There are peaceful ways to address issues. How would you like it if those in law enforcement in your family get hurt or killed in these riots?
I almost got cursed out by a young black man today in the super market, no less, because my cart was behind him and he did not see it and he bumped into it. His mother was with him when he went off and then he apologized realizing he was inappropriate.
People lack self-control.
There is no reason for violence. What is going on is vandalism. It's not a protest. Hopefully the ones that are there protesting in a peaceful manner do not get hurt.
@2:23 pm...thanks for responding respectfully. I worry for my family members in law enforcement EVERYDAY. EVERY DANG ON DAY. It's exhausting. You know what is also exhausting? How the burden of being peaceful and self disciplined falls on blacks when the same behaviors are rarely afforded us. We rarely get the benefit of the doubt. I never understood why anyone would loot, rob and destroy. I also don't understand why a man would keep his knee on the neck of another human being while his colleagues watch. Crime in minority communities continue because folks want to live by the "snitch code". It ruins a place where so many good people live. They are resigned to live there because they may not have had a challenging education or whatever. They are victimized by the predators in the community and then by the police. When the f@$k do they get a break? They are human. They love themselves. They love their friends. They enjoy laughing and talking and feeling loved.The police have a "no snitch code" too it's called "the blue wall of science". So here we are. The looters and the protesters. It's hard to tell who is who. And, so here we are the good officer and the bad officer, i can't tell who is who. I'm angry. I'm glad the kid apologized to you. He's probably scared and angry too. I'm so against violence and racism and disrespect. How many protests will it take to change a racist's cold heart or tear down a system built to keep me down? Please Tell me.
There are not any easy answers. People from all walks of life get discriminated against for all sorts of reasons. For those that do the wrong thing, there are many that do the right thing. Sometimes the wrong gets highlighted the most. Let's also remember the good things that people of all backgrounds do for others of diverse backgrounds as well. I am a person of color and remember all my wonderful caucasian teachers that taught me growing up. I grew up in a neighborhood that was not desireable yet aimed to do the right thing. There were all sorts of things going on around me, yet put me in the same situation to protest when younger and today, participating in the violent acts of looting and rioting under the disguise of protesting is wrong. Let's remember all the police officers that try to engage our young, help out in communities, etc. If police brutality against black males is dear to someone's heart, then getting involved in a positive manner to address the issue is a worthy cause. There's plenty of police that try to do the right thing. The police are under a lot of pressure.
It would be interesting to know the background information of the officer that engaged in putting his knee on the neck in terms of the other issues with conduct. Was it only directed at blacks or was it for a variety of other reasons.
Each case of police brutality should be examined individually for a variety of factors. A victim of police brutality's racial background is just one factor, but was it the motivating factor?
I sent Johnathan survey to my chapter leader who will send to my staff and I also encouraged her to send to other CL as well.
There is no justification to looting and ruining small businesses from ANTIFA and other paid operatives. Even Obama in 2015 called out people looting in Atlanta and condemned them as thugs. This is a terrible way to tarnish his memory and destroy cities. Then again we are dealing with millenials who are so entitled, narcisstistic, whiny and irrational on top of virus lockdown its a perfect storm.
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