This is from the Chief Leader civil service newspaper's coverage of last week's City Council Education hearing.
The Council questioned officials about social-distancing guidelines. While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has recommended that students stay three feet apart, which is measured from nose-to-nose, many classrooms have desks crammed nearly on top of each other, raising concerns.
'Social' Charade'
The DOE said that desks were arranged so that students were three feet apart when measuring from the center of each desk.
United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew called the policy "absurd."
"This was done because they want to be able to say they brought back every child," he said. "They're trying to veil it as the CDC when it's not."
He also criticized the DOE's decision to scale back quarantine protocols late last month. Unvaccinated students who are exposed to coronavirus are no longer required to quarantine if they are masked and maintain three feet of social-distancing, while previously they would have been required to learn remotely for 10 days.
Mr. Mulgrew called the changes "disgusting," adding that Test and Trace Corps has stopped performing investigations about how COVID was transmitted in schools.
From 'Model' to Travesty
"It's a shame, because at one point our test-and-trace facility was a model of what to do, and now it's a model of what not to do," the exasperated union leader said.
This leads to this question:
What is Mulgrew, the leader of the most powerful union in the country according to his Unity caucus, doing about these "disgusting" changes that are putting educators and students at risk of catching a serious disease in what is still a pandemic?
Answer: ?
Mulgoon ain't gonna do squat. We are having plenty of kid covid cases in our school but testers have not come ONCE. No kids or classes have been quarantined and social distancing is simply not happening.
ReplyDeleteI have the answer. I spent an hour doing outreach today, because, ya know, we have to remind people that school started 5 weeks ago, because we have the best school system in the country.
ReplyDeleteHe is helping to enforce them. As usual, serving as a propagandist for the DOE. All Unity ever does is attempt to ease us and coerce us into going along with whatever the DOE spits out.
ReplyDeleteLittle left to say except Let's Go Brandon!
ReplyDeleteAnswer-You are a fool for paying $62 per check and every article you post proves it. Every day that passes with uft inaction, proves it.
ReplyDeleteMulgrew is shadow boxing. He calls himself punchy Mike because he does nuffin.
ReplyDeletePretty boy Mike, keep on punchin'
ReplyDeleteThis is just like when there is a brutal murder or shootings in the city and all the mayor says is this is unacceptable but does nothing about it.
ReplyDeleteIf Mulgrew is so concerned —why doesn’t just get in front of the microphones of the NYC press corp—TV, radio, and newspapers plus all of the social media platforms—to discuss all these problematic shifting Covid protocol issues.
ReplyDeleteWhy is he being so low key—He just seems to afraid of an exiting DeBlasio—who has always said—‘the full reopening of the NYC public schools is an excellent indicator—that the city is back on track to normalcy.
Also, have the strong feeling that Mulgrew will support anything DeBlasio will do with schools—in return for a promise to avoid potential layoffs that could have occurred back In January of 2021–before Congress okayed all the relief money.
He's such a tool of the politicians. I thought he was bragging about how stabilizing the bailout/stimulus bill was. If he is elected out , we will refer to his reign as a total loss of opportunity. He'll sell us out in the new contract. I'd rather ask the FDNY or NYPD to negotiate our contract rather than UFT leadership
ReplyDeleteAGREED 10:10 I would love Pat Linch to negotiate for us. I can see Mulgrew agreeing to extend our school day and year for pennies and no real raise since we will be working more hours/days. Hia "negotiation" agreeing for us to work forced overtime for remote instruction to quarantied students for per session is a testament to how little he things we should get paid. Mulgrew said in the town hall-"many teachers would do this for free" So the rest of us who ant a fair wage for a person with a masters degree don't deserve one? What business person in NYC with an MBA works forced overtime or as Mulgrew said "make yourself available" for $54 an our as an overtime rate? It is very insulting and a joke! Rate should be $85-$94 an hour like Long Island districts.
ReplyDeleteMulgrew works for the democrat party. Why is anyone confused as to why he won’t take on a democrat politician?
ReplyDeleteMulgrew is fake.
ReplyDeleteMulgrew is going to shuck and jive it on ya.
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