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Reopening high schools gets ugly, divisive in Bay Area district where rich and poor mix
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Feb. 28, 2021 | Susanne Rust

Posted on 02/28/2021 4:10:54 PM PST by artichokegrower

South of San Francisco, the Sequoia Union High School District serves some of the Bay Area’s wealthiest communities, such as Atherton, Menlo Park and Woodside, as well as some of its neediest, including East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks and Redwood City.

On Tuesday, the school district learned it had risen into a state tier that would allow high school students, if they chose, to resume on-campus learning. At the urging of many parents, district leaders on Wednesday announced an April reopening plan.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


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To: artichokegrower

It is time for separation of school and state.


2 posted on 02/28/2021 4:13:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: artichokegrower

We are filling the ranks of teachers with emotionally dysfunctional sub-adults.


3 posted on 02/28/2021 4:16:01 PM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: artichokegrower
“Expect a rant the next time u see me,” wrote one history teacher at Menlo Atherton High School to his junior-level U.S. history class on Thursday.

I wonder how this High School history teacher gets his groceries?

So he can go shopping and go to restaurants and expect people to keep his store shelves filled and to wait on him, but he can't go into the classroom and DO HIS JOB?

Time for him to consider a career change.

4 posted on 02/28/2021 4:17:58 PM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: artichokegrower

These teachers are just plain lazy. Minimum wage cashiers and grocery store workers have worked through this whole thing and nobody cries for them. The teachers should either show up or get their ass fired.


5 posted on 02/28/2021 4:18:15 PM PST by Husker24
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

Based on my personal experiences ad nauseam in the 90s, that’s been going on for a long time.


6 posted on 02/28/2021 4:19:03 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: BenLurkin
"Reopening high schools gets ugly, divisive in Bay Area district where rich and poor mix.."


7 posted on 02/28/2021 4:26:01 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Husker24
These teachers are just plain lazy.

They're able to collect their paychecks without having to show up to work. No one is holding them accountable. Powerful teacher unions. So why not take advantage?

8 posted on 02/28/2021 4:30:30 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: ChildOfThe60s

These teachers are self righteous candy-asses. How pathetic. There millions of people going to work every day, sort of risking their lives because, well CNN says so.

People doing their jobs during a pandemic aren’t heros....they are human. We have an innate desire to do good when we can. We like things and need money to get things. We like to take care of our families. It doesn’t matter if you are grinding metal in some factory or designing ad campaigns for some start up......work is good.


9 posted on 02/28/2021 4:34:58 PM PST by SteelPSUGOP
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To: artichokegrower

Forget it Jake, it’s California.


10 posted on 02/28/2021 4:35:24 PM PST by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

Repeated surveys show that the vast majority of people think they are above average drivers. They also think their public schools and teachers are likewise above average. I would of trust my child with ANY public school teacher.


11 posted on 02/28/2021 4:36:48 PM PST by ALPAPilot
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To: ALPAPilot

That should be should not.


12 posted on 02/28/2021 4:37:46 PM PST by ALPAPilot
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To: Veggie Todd

I’ve had 4 grandchildren attending 4 different schools since August here in Indiana and no student or teacher has died. Maybe people here are more robust?


13 posted on 02/28/2021 4:42:10 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: MinorityRepublican

So the students who physically go to the school are going to have in-person remote learning. How does that make sense???


14 posted on 02/28/2021 4:55:32 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: gitmo

Some school systems are hiring Classroom Monitors for teachers who cannot show up for in person instruction.

15 posted on 02/28/2021 4:58:03 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: BenLurkin

So a median income of $64,000 is poor? Cal is one crazy place.


16 posted on 02/28/2021 4:59:07 PM PST by Smiling Jack500
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To: MinorityRepublican

So the students will be there for in person learning, but no adults.


17 posted on 02/28/2021 5:04:33 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: BenLurkin
Good point

Public schools will never re-open as they were.

obama's fundamentally changed.

18 posted on 02/28/2021 5:08:15 PM PST by knarf (The Constitution protects the right to peaceably assemble, not to protest)
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To: BenLurkin; Navy Patriot
"It is time for separation of school and state."

Parents, who truly hate their kids, send them to Public "Schools"!

Posted on 2/16/2021, 3:49:30 PM by Navy Patriot

19 posted on 02/28/2021 5:14:39 PM PST by Grampa Dave (History, as we know it, is written by the winners not losers! Who is rewriting our history, now????)
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To: Yo-Yo

More than likely, he’s a lazy person and wants to stay home and conduct classes via Zoom in his underwear.


20 posted on 02/28/2021 5:20:35 PM PST by Third Wheel
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