Middle-school teacher Brittany Myers takes part in a protest Thursday in front of the Hillsborough County Schools District Office in Tampa, Florida. Octavio Jones/Getty Imagesforces schools to open for in-person instruction next month.
“We believe that that is reckless,” Ingram said of the executive order. “We believe that it is unconscionable, and we also believe that the executive order is unconstitutional.” Leaders of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association both joined the news conference in support of the lawsuit. AFT President Randi Weingarten said DeSantis, who has been“As a national affiliate, we'll do everything we can do to make sure not only our members are safe, but our community is safe, and that we do not lose a generation of children because of the denial and the recklessness,” Weingarten said.
In addition to union leaders, teachers from Florida also joined the virtual news conference to issue their support.
99% survival rate. What about the people without symptoms?
Are Melania and Ivanka going to send their kids back to school if they reopen? Let’s see them go to public school fully exposed to the virus.
美国这种情况下竟然敢开学，简直疯了。在中国现在一个城市每天基本上没有新增新冠的情况下，学校也才刚开学，幼儿园很多都是不开学的。还要每天报体温。
Other Countries around the World Schools OPEN for awhile- ALL IS OKAY..., The least RISK~ CHILDREN~ easy job🙄
Fine Let everyone home school But dont pay teachers to sit on mostly fat asses Kids rarely get or transmit virus Im an RN We DO work w high risk groups Can we sit home on our fat asses and get paid ?
Only the stupid ones...
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just 2 provide a babysitter 4 the slaves ROFLMAO REMEMBER when GOVERNMENT cared....me either im 42
democracee general school strike is the last strong option let the fucking governor open school buildings teach the kids, feed them lunch, ensure they're safe as they jostle like young humans ALWAYS do
Teachers who don’t want to return shouldn’t. They should be terminated
As A Teacher Please Read! Here are some reasons why we are scared to be back in the classroom. We are not babysitters. We are not respiratory for the economy. We are 10 month employees who still work over the summer (unpaid) to make improvements for the upcoming year.
Just don't go. They don't own you. Have them open an empty school instead
Teachers are essential workers! Have none of them bought groceries in the past 4 months?
Quit
Reason 48952 never to set foot in Missouri.The'Show Me' State's Trump sucking Gov. has shown us all we need to know about Missouri.
Glad to know teachers don’t consider education essential
edvotes
Our teacher lives , their students and student families matters . 20 percent who will recover from COVID19 May have long term complications including neurological deficits. Enough of Politics.
Losers
well looks like there's going to be a shortage of teachers and a new demand for willing workers. Initially, I thought they deserved a raise but now they, and their entitlement attitude, need to be replaced.
Look at the numbers not the media hype. We need to fully reopen the country.
So nurses, doctors, hospital staff and all other various industries work every day but teachers feel they are the exception.
Take away their pay and see how fast they feel safe. What a bunch of bullsh*t. I would not feel safe either if I could stay home and get paid for doing nothing. Fraud
But everyone else has to work, just not teachers.
Yes!
Yeah get that moron governor out as the nut job in georgia too.
IT IS VITAL THAT EVERYONE FEELS SAFE!
It’s amazing how everyone else is working except for these “adults” that teach. They’ve never worked real jobs. They go to school for 9-10 months then get a long vacation! I’d be upset too if I planned on an even longer vacation then got told I’m needed back earlier than I want.
Florida is one of the hot spots for THE VIRUS right now! Distancing has been PROVEN to prevent contracting the virus from others. CONTINUE DISTANCING until we have a vaccine! Sure it's hard on parents! Being with kids 24/7 is NOT easy, but YOU had them! So, COPE!
~BEING HEALTHY IN LIFE IS 1 OVER EDUCATION (!)
If you think schools should open back up you a 🤡
Holy freaking cow. Because they know better than the leaders of the state what is better for the state?🙄
What about grocery store workers, Lowe's workers, waiters, waitresses, flight attendants, etc... where's their lawsuits?
PILE UP the populations in the URBAN AREA to support land & rental SPECULATION, TRADE & TOURISM of mass, INTENSIVE agriculture & breeding... it's CRIMINAL =Endanger HUMAN LIFE or the personal SAFETY of OTHERS (criminal code) EVERYTHING MUST BE RETHOUGHT
well, she's wrong about that- the biggest lessons come from the Grave - BUT, she deserves to teach 6 feet OVER on ground level behind a desk
while the individuals who R making these decisions about public schools reopening they R safe working from home or in a isolated office that’s not exposed to 20+ students that R exposed to x amount of family members home that we have no control of where they’ve been. No sense
Teachers are fighting to remain non-essential.
So at least we can laugh at the idea of educators as being essential.
Yes!
Strange how teachers are having the issue. The health workers, supermarket workers, liquor store employees and weed dispensaries along with people back at work don't have an issue.🤷♀️ No point in paying them if they don't want to work.
DeSantis is the death 💀 governor
Are those by any chance Democrats? Let's think about this for a moment 🤔 why yes by golly those are Democrats but why wouldn't they want to go back to work? Has someone promised them free money to stay home? Would this promote the Scamdemic?
HoustonRockets HoustonChron keep playing with us we finna do the same
Parents, mainly single ones and sole financial provider in the family, have no choice but to work. They need their kids in school. It's their only option. Did we forget about them? Good for those who can stay home and have their kids taught online. So unfair for those who can't.
Idiots. Always trying to sue somebody.
Indiana begins Fully opening schools next week. Home to Mike Pence and current Governor was on his staff. No testing for staff or students. The only real concession is 2 weeks paid for staff that contracts COV-19. We’ll make great pets.
Are they going to laugh at us and our kids when we send them back to school in hazmat suits to protect their lives just so they can somehow get the benefit of an education? Vaccines are now in trials. What a shame if kids die from being forced back to school before the vaccine.
Teachers: ' I'm not going to work, it's too dangerous!!' Meanwhile, para educators, day care attendants and grocery store workers have been doing their jobs this entire time without any bonuses.
I read that as 'force schools to open in prison next month' time for an eye break.
Eh, I’m coming around to the idea of leaving public schools closed permanently. They aren’t great. Let people keep those tax dollars and send their kids to private or charter schools.
I'm sending my kids back to school on time. We have been doing just fine. The leftists are always up to something.
Everyone is so keen to reference other countries and Covid. They are going back to school. Why should our suffer any more? Lack of food, child abuse, etc. Open the schools and save the children
It’s almost as if the educators are smarter than the elected officials...
Democrats caging children
At some point, people without hidden agendas will prevail. I think teachers across the nation may be that group. Kids should not be used as political pawns for POTUS. Unless all kids attend 'public' schools, keep them closed. If you love your kids, don't send them!!!!!
Lazy asses
Parents can also refuse to send their children back to school.
Thank you Florida teachers for protecting our children, yourselves, and other school employees. Our medical professionals are 100 percent behind you. Ron DeSantis is just an ignorant fool. No child or adult should be forced to go somewhere that would put their life in danger.
As of July 15th, 3 times as many kids have died of the flu in 2020 than coronavirus. We allow adults to work, with risk, in every other sector of employment. Online will be an option in most if not all schools for those that dont feel comfortable. Did I take care of every excuse?
Good
Funny teachers and athletes and whoever don’t want to work are “fearful” but them same people expect the restaurant and grocery workers to show up everyday.
Proud of the educators!
I Said Trump Would Sacrifice All Of You! Elderly First. Children Second. Then The Rest Of You. And Stop Dying! You're Making Him Look Bad.
Sifill_LDF
By NOW Americans should accept that the government does not care for them and are only concerned in their self-interest.
Virtual is the way to go right now.
Teachers just want to sit home and collect a paycheck while doing nothing. Typical democrats, get paid and don't work.
'EDUCATORS'
Sad what you have to do to protect your children nowadays.
Don't say 'Florida educators' because that infers that all teachers support this. The correct term should be 'Teachers union', which is run by radical union thugs who intimidate the other teachers into going along with it.
Finally some adults in the state protecting the children.
DWUhlfelderLaw 👆
How many K-12 aged children have died from COVID that didn't have pre-existing conditions? Do some journalism for once.
Yay! The order was totally out of step with the reality of what it takes to make sure students and staff are safe.
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Worst president and worst voters in history
Keep schools closed and refund the tax payers money. Give the money to students so they can get computers and study from home. Teachers won't be needed anymore.
Do you want to know how dumb gop and trump and Maga scum voters are. Ask them. Any of them. If they have seen the covid hurricane evacuation plan for the main states that get hit. Florida the Carolinas. Georgia. Louisiana and Texas. Just ask them. You will see a blank face
Students aren’t going to die, moron in the photo. Teachers? No more than die commuting to work any given year.
Trump' is forcing them to open schools. They are playing with the lives of students and teachers. It's his election tactics. He is trying to fool Americans. But I believe they'll vote him out.
Proving yet again, they don’t give a crap about educating kids.
Question for the picture linked above. How many K-12 aged students have died in Florida from Covid?
Just Union Thug Bullies doing what Union Thug Bullies have done for generations; hold the public hostage. Fuck 'em. Fire them all and hire people who actually give a shit about the kids.
Good for them, So sorry you had to do that to help your kids.
Teachers are smarter than government...
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