Thursday, September 03, 2020

SUCCESS ACADEMY GOING ALL REMOTE UNTIL DECEMBER

From ABC 7:

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City's largest charter school network announced Thursday that it will stay all remote until December.

Success Academy, which operates 47 schools across Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens and enrolls 20,000 students, cited concerns about building readiness and said social distancing eliminates "many of the benefits of attending school in person."

Eva's quote: 

"The logistical complexities of keeping our community safe would greatly compromise the student learning experience and limit so many of the interactions kids love about school."

Even charter school queen Eva, who shares buildings with the DOE, knows NYC school buildings aren't ready. It seems only Bill deBlasio, Richard Carranza, Michael Mulgrew and his Unity followers and maybe a few others believe these school buildings are ready to go for a meaningful educational experience for the children of NYC.


35 comments:

  1. We cannot let this stand.

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  2. We are now to the right of Eva and stand with Trump and DeVos.

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  3. Must there be a nurse this Tuesday or on September 21?

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  4. Ya know who was right all along? Eva and the scabs.

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  5. The UFT would win an injunction just on this precedent alone. Eva’s schools are considered public schools in NYC and NYS. Cuomo makes NYCDOE pay their rent when it won’t give them space.

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  6. SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras heading to Oneonta today, according to his public schedule.

    SUNY Oneonta has 389 COVID-19 cases, including 100 new cases announced today.

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  7. Charter school kids get full day instruction from 8:30-4:00 pm. I would prefer that to 90 minutes maximum of daily live instruction. Catholic school kids had full day school by subject on a schedule. If the UFT required all teachers to actually teach remotely, it would be a different story. Remote instruction was a joke in the spring and only few kids actually got instruction. Thank you to the teachers that stepped up to the plate. My kid got 20 minutes once a week at a top district school. So many teachers never even logged on or posted an assignment. As usual, some worked and cared more than others.

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  8. It's the money, stupid to paraphrase Carville --- Eva is saving a ton by staying remote. I bet she goes past xmas vacation.

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  9. Doctor on the call: I’m absolutely convinced we will have to close schools again soon.
    MORE-UFT
    @MOREcaucusUFT
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    4m
    Is this why
    @NYCMayor

    @DOEChancellor
    refused to join this hearing? Bc they’d hear their plan won’t work?

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  10. 30%-35% of Big 10 athletes who tested positive for covid have heart damage.

    These are athletes - people who are in shape.

    Imagine what is going to happen when
    @BilldeBlasio
    sets off infections spikes among NYC's children, many of whom are not in the shape Big 10 athletes are.

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    1. More fear porn.
      Myocarditis often has no symptoms and clears on its own in most cases. It's brought on by common colds, herpes (80% of Americans have it), flu, etc. Even the severe form is only a problem if left untreated, like anything else. You can look it up yourself (Mayo Clinic and other reputable sources)
      No athlete is sick from it. Part of the treatment for a severe case is to abstain from athletics, which in the case of the Big 10, they're not playing anyway. So unless you're a millionaire athlete who's depending on the big paycheck, it's a nonissue, but the media gets people to click on the articles.

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  11. Moskowitz will get immense PR mileage from this when the clusterf#>× of opening the schools prematurely becomes apparent, and when they (most likely) shut down again in October.

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  12. Eva has plenty of money and can get more easily. Be as cynical as you like but any idiot can see these schools will not be offering much besides a few hours a day worth of mostly snow day style instruction as everyone tries to social distance.

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  13. The more one contemplates this, the more likely there will be a wildcat strike. Teachers will go in to many (most?) schools with nothing in place for self- protection; from restrooms to ventilation to adequate spacing. Wouldn’t a wildcat strike be something? The three stooges of education would literally shit their pants and it would knock Mulgrew off his pedestal. He’s gotta see it coming and he should change the UFT’s mind (his) and renege on his backroom deals before it blows up in his face. Here to you, Mulgrew 🤳

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  14. Exactly which date did Moskowitz shut down her academy schools back in March? And did she ask her staff to report back for 3 days—and did her teachers work remotely during Spring break?

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  15. Just heard Smithtown, Islip and Merrick have teachers who tested positive for COVID 19.

    TeachNY glad you will be able to earn your paycheck next week. SO much more important than NYC TEACHERS being SAFE RIGHT!?!?

    The rest of us really need to look out for ourselves and call in sick. This is literally protecting ourselves from a repeat of March. If our union chooses to gamble again with our lives we have to put the odds in our favor.

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    1. So then call out sick or take a leave. Or start your wildcat strike. I don’t know what to tell you. Lots of people are back at work.

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    2. Lots of people who have ability and option to work remotely do. Lots of people do not work in old, run down, poorly ventilated buildings. Lots of people work with adults who will listen or at least respect mask and distance protocols.

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    3. Remember, TeachNY, the universe punishes such braggadocio. Hopefully, you’ll remain Covid free - but I, personally, wouldn’t bet on it.

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    4. Yep. The universe always has a way of dishing out just desserts.

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  16. We are so stupid.

    Two Long Island school districts reported cases of COVID-19 Wednesday night.

    Smithtown schools say a staff member from St. James Elementary School tested positive for the virus. District officials say the person was last in the building Aug. 27.

    Smithtown schools are set to reopen next week. Officials say an investigation and contact tracing is underway.

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  17. @TeachNY. Nice to see that empathy at work for your fellow teachers, TeachNY. You’re callousness and self-centered views are remarkable, but unsurprising in our current culture.

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  18. Just had a UFT chapter meeting. Apparently chapter leaders were told that the BR usage plan was one student at a time and “flush and run”. Flush and Run ... this is their plan.

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  19. Prediction:
    People will realize the 3 clowns- DiBlasio, Carranza, Mulgrew have no idea what they're doing. Eva seems to be getting it right and you will see an increase in enrollment in Success and other charters. There will also be a push for an alternative pathway to license charter school teachers. That got voted down recently but it will be re-visited as parents pull their kids from public and into charter schools and put pressure on legislators.
    You also see no-spine Mulgrew begin to cozy up to Eva and try to somehow unionize charter school teachers.

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  20. Newest statistics released. These were from cases recorded through May, at the peak height of the virus.

    Chances of a 50-64 year old without preconditions being hospitalized from covid. 1 in 852,000
    Chances of a 50-64 year old without preconditions dying from covid is 1 in 19 Million.
    Out of the 180,000 who have died. 94% over 164,000 dies from preconditions. Covid accelerated those conditions but only 6% about 16,000 deaths were from what is considered healthy adults with possible, undiagnosed conditions.

    Yes, the virus is real. Yes, we need to take pre-cautions but this is manageable and statistics show we should return. Get accommodations for those who need it, Healthy people take precautions. Wear the mask, keep a distance, stay vigilant on following these guidelines and we will make it through this.

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  21. MAYBE OFF TOPIC: The UFT city-wide chapter leader safety webinar was held today and it sounds like some things presented to the DA and voted on are being tweeked.

    A) Custodians are required to clean on a "regular basis" instead of "deep clean daily."

    B)Breakfast and lunch are both going to be eaten in the classroom.

    C) The remote teacher could be a DOE appointed CUNY student. I was under the impression it would like be someone from my school.

    D) Entire AP program scrapper (don't know if Mulgrew said we'd have it.

    E) PPE will likely not be available for students on time.

    F) Full Covid testing won't be complete before students start. Maybe 10% starting in October.

    G) Instead of All the PPE we need being in the building on the 8th, now only the PPE we'll be using should be available on the 8th. (enough for staff.)

    Anyone else getting stuff from their chapter leader?

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  22. Do you think it's a good idea to let anyone with a fever freely walk into your NYC public school next week?

    @DOEChancellor
    and
    @NYCMayor
    do. In fact, that's their plan.

    Because with these guys, safety always comes first.

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  23. FYI: Paramus, NJ just had to go completely virtual because of FFCRA requests!
    Are you a parent of a child that is in a hybrid/blended learning situation and a teacher?
    This means you might qualify for an intermittent leave on the days your child cannot go to the physical building because it is closed to them on their remote days.

    There are specialists out there that can walk you through the process. I am hearing about *individual* specialists helping HUNDREDS of people get approved for this.

    https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions…

    https://www.fox5ny.com/video/846817…

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    1. I submitted my FAMILY LEAVE FFCRA yesterday...how long to get approved

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    2. Has anyone been approved by DOE to work remotely under FFCRA family leave? Does the 12 week limit apply if you are working remotely? What happens after 12 weeks?

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  24. At the beginning of March my students began to tell me they were staying home due to fear of coronavirus exposure, or exposure, or, being sick with their whole families. Then I heard that Covid19 was in the building and it was not shut down, was not cleaned as the mayor and chancellor said it would be. Some teachers were informed by those who choose to reveal that were positive, most were not informed.
    I later found out that I was in close proximity to two of those teachers, one of whom I rode in an elevator with on March 12.

    What did I do? Beginning March 9, I started writing anecdotal entries to inform AP for health and safety AND I included the district superintendents, and the chancellor on EVERY new case. Just that week I put up 23 anecdotals about this.
    Make them accountable. Put this down for history. They knew and did not close my school.

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  25. @5:20 if someone has a fever they should stay home!! has personal responsibility gone out the window? The mayor- (who i dislike) doesnt know if youre sick.

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  26. 4:58: You must also believe all the graduation rates are real too. There were many people who had it and died and it wasn't reported. My 67 year old cousin supposedly died from it but he was never given an autopsy and he had no pre conditions. Also, the illness can have long term effects for people pre conditions or not. Read Allysa Milano's article in the Post. She is under 50 with no pre conditions.

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  27. I work for a NYC school, how do I apply for FFRCA?

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