Posted on 09/06/2020 6:01:22 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A school district near Buffalo, N.Y., delayed the beginning of its school year on Friday for students learning remotely, releasing a statement blaming the move on dozens of resignations and sick leave requests from teachers in the district.
In a statement released Friday, the Williamsville Central School District said that students learning remotely or through hybrid models would see their school years delayed indefinitely. Those returning to in-person hybrid learning models would apparently see their classes start on Tuesday.
The statement blamed the decision on 90 school employees who requested sick leave absences due to COVID-19, as well as the resignations of more than 100 employees.
"Delaying the start of our fully remote online learning model is currently the best path forward," said the district's superintendent, Dr. Scott Martzloff.
Officials from the Williamsville Teachers' Association blasted the superintendent's statement on Twitter, noting that only six members of the district's teaching staff had resigned and pointing out that the number also included dozens of retirements the district was notified about before March of the last school year.
"So we are expected to believe that four teachers retiring and six teachers resigning in the past five months causes the district to be unable to provide remote learning?" reads a statement from the union.
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Vouchers. Home School.
I would home school. K12 or another online program or start a pod with other parents.
Scamdemic continues
Remember when all these blow-hard teacher union types kept demanding raises and ever skyrocketing referendums, “for the children”?
Yeah, just as we knew, for the children really was just liberal speak “fork over the money, or we will shame you for hating children. How typical and a means of leverage exploited over and over again.
So school teachers refuse to teach in classrooms because they’re afraid of the coronavirus? Meanwhile, thousands of people work in grocery stores and do other essential work every day. How’s that for dedication?
rochester will surely pull this same cr...
George Soros pays better.
George Soros pays better.
Teahcers want this to continue forever
Do even less than before, and still get full pay
It was never about ‘the children’. It was about free cosmetic surgery in the union contract.
Teachers are getting paid whether they work or not and they resent having to work when not working is an option. My wife- retired school teacher- says it is the Unions but I have heard from a number of teachers that they don’t want to go back so long as there is a “reason” not to go back and so long as the get their pay.
There is a company (or likely several companies) that are offering to teach public school students on-line for $1800/semester. They will teach, grade ‘papers’, administer tests, and assign grades. I only know because my local school district was looking at their services should kids not show up for school. But some schools are opting for it. Teachers won’t like it because they will become, as the Brits say, redundant.
I imagine this could be a gold mine these companies.
At least these New York parents are offered a choice between remote or in person or hybrid.
Millions of Californian parents are offered no choice—remote only, indefinitely. No end game in sight or offered.
Teaches are,,,,
Fire them all.
Little Pot Lickers
Need School!
Newsom’s Tyranny Sucks!
Those teachers ought to be ashamed ofthemse
Ler me guess, they care about the children.
If kids aren’t going to sitting in a school class inside a school building then each and every taxpayer should be given a tax credit.
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