Spam Virus Panic Levels

[Ksandra]

I posted that and then went to check because I forgot they were making an announcement this morning

[Ksandra]

https://www.foxla.com/news/lausd-stu...sses-this-fall

"Unfortunately, COVID-19 continues to spread in the Los Angeles area and the virus is going to impact how we start the new school year," Superintendent Austin Beutner said in a statement. "While the new school year will begin on August 18th as scheduled, it will not begin with students at school facilities. The health and safety of all in the school community is not something we can compromise."

[Day]

How are working parents, work from home parents, single parents etc supposed to handle the coming year? Seems like an absolute nightmare coming no matter what.

[Rhyis.]

dougie ford opening up all the things

[Lucienne]

https://www.foxla.com/news/lausd-stu...sses-this-fall

I am happy for you. Sweden is ridiculously dumb.

[NynJa]

wait what did he open?
Or you mean he's moving GTA to phase 2?

[Ksandra]

How are working parents, work from home parents, single parents etc supposed to handle the coming year? Seems like an absolute nightmare coming no matter what.

There's a meme for this:



We can only hope the gov't does something rather than putting our lives at risk.

I am happy for you. Sweden is ridiculously dumb.

Thank you. Stay safe out there. D:

Glad you're back!

[Day]

memes dont really answer the question sadly

[archibaldcrane]

It's a nightmare for sure

But the meme is wrong, a major function of school is to have a small number of adults occupying a large number of children so those childrens' parents can engage in productive labor in the economy.

Teachers don't like to consider this a major function of their job

But it is a major function of their job

[Fondue]

Are teacher Facebook groups as cringe as I imagine?

[Rhyis.]

teachers lives matter

[Ksandra]

Are teacher Facebook groups as cringe as I imagine?

I’m only in two teacher FB groups. One is a google classroom group that is phenomenal. The other is a Bitmoji for educators group and I have wasted half my summer setting up my virtual classroom while knowing kids gonna not give a fuck.

[Ksandra]

Both are extremely idea focused and very sharing. It’s actually refreshing as while I totally get and sympathize as to why Teachers-pay-teachers exists, it has made collaboration almost nonexistent in lieu of a paywall.

[Ksandra]

It's a nightmare for sure

But the meme is wrong, a major function of school is to have a small number of adults occupying a large number of children so those childrens' parents can engage in productive labor in the economy.

Teachers don't like to consider this a major function of their job

But it is a major function of their job

Actually, I do get that fact. It was rough both teaching my students and my kids at the same time; however, the govt has done zero to help with making teachers go into school a possibility.

I couldn’t find a single answer from anyone official answering:

1. What happens when a teacher/student gets Covid?
2. Do we quarantine? Who will quarantine?
3. How long?
4. Will teachers lose sick days? (Note: I only get 7, iirc union teachers get 10-12, but they can bank theirs for retirement.)
5. Will we need subs then?
6. How will the gov’t get more subs since it’s hard to find subs under normal circumstances?
7. What about the many teachers who say they will retire /quit if they have to go back? CA specific: we have had a teacher shortage for 3 years, how will we replace these teachers?
8. Will the govt compensate for low wages in the event the teacher is out due to Covid?
9. What happens if someone in the teacher’s household tests positive for Covid? (See earlier questions about sick days, pay, subs)


The reality is, they just didn’t want to deal with any of the above. Making going back an insane choice.

[Rhyis.]

the reality is government funded jobs that aren't health related are going to see massive cuts and layoffs in their future. all the monies are going towards health atm. yall aren't going to get anything from this

[Ksandra]

the reality is government funded jobs that aren't health related are going to see massive cuts and layoffs in their future. all the monies are going towards health atm. yall aren't going to get anything from this

Thankfully CA secured funding for 2020-2021, but they didn’t address the other stuff. I think if they had answered a lot of teacher questions, they might have gotten a better response. But they just didn’t. And probably because they knew it was impossible.

[Limlight]

can those funds be redistributed during a crisis?

[synistar]

Work is providing onsite employees with individually packed lunches starting tomorrow. It is a "measure to help keep our employees safer and as an appreciation for your dedication and essential services to support our business, customer, and COVID19 work"

aka. We don't want any employees to catch the 'Rona and shut down the facility.

On that note, one small section of R&D is working on CoVID antibody detection. I swear to god that unit. They use expired surface cleaners, don't document their cleaning, and have invaded my department's space because their walk in 4°C cold room is a fucking mess. I don't trust them cleaning those work benches. They are also terrible about wearing PPE - especially safety glasses, with fucking CoVID antigen in bottles - that I wish they all get fired for being fucking unsafe idiots with masters master and doctorate degrees.

Also their Sr. director is the loud mouth on a phone with door open and maskless and finally got talked down to by safety and facilities to fucking wear a god damn mask in his fucking office. Safety trickles down! Just like wealth!

[Ksandra]

can those funds be redistributed during a crisis?

They specifically voted on giving the funds.

My perception may be warped but I think this is because parents were pulling out their kids like crazy to homeschool. The money follows your kid, so a lot of schools were gonna lose a shitton of money due to enrollment.

They passed a bill saying schools were going to get funding based on their enrollment back in February. So even if parents pull their kids out, the school doesn't lose money.

Some parents are flipping out, though, because this means the homeschool charters aren't taking more kids than what they had in February. Making them having to pay out of pocket for their curriculum if they decide to homeschool.

[Ksandra]

I'm thankful for it as our 9th grade enrollment is way down since we couldn't do the normal advertising we do (door-to-door). So everyone at my school got to keep their job with no paycut.