Posted on 07/23/2020 9:49:25 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Dave Grohl has released the first audio version of his "Dave's True Stories" series. The nine-minute episode sees the FOO FIGHTERS frontman — whose mother was a public school teacher — defending teachers amid the "daunting and evermore politicized question of reopening our schools in the coronavirus pandemic."
"Teachers are confronted with a whole new set of dilemmas that most people would not consider. There's so much more to be addressed than just opening the doors and sending [children] back home, my mother tells me on the phone," Grohl said, as per Rolling Stone. "Now 82 and retired, she runs down a list of concerns based on her 35 years of experience: Masks and distancing, temperature checks, crowded bussing, crowded hallways, sports, air-conditioning systems, lunchrooms, public restrooms, janitorial staff. Most schools already struggle from a lack of resources. How can they possibly afford the mountain of safety measures that will need to be in place?"
Earlier in the month, President Donald Trump in a series of tweets threatened to withhold federal funds from schools that don't reopen and lashed out at the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention over guidelines for reopening.
According to Grohl, the only way to avoid risking crowding students back into classrooms until the coronavirus is fully under control is to continue to offer instruction online-only.
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Yes, the pay, puts you in the world of wind bags with opinions. Grohl should stick to being a mediocre musician.
Many of those “essential” workers have had children in daycare during all of this.
Very true. If the schools were open it’d alleviate part of the problem.
I’m a teacher, I’m in the minority. There are many “safe” ways to open schools, it just takes a bit of common sense. Unfortunately no one in the administrative level, or in government has any, therefore they react to the mob. I’m almost 60 and I work with mostly millenialls, and they are all big babies. In my opinion, they just want another few months off. This is Amerika.
He’s right that public schools should remain shut down. The school taxes should be cut.
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