. The district also told students they could be expelled if they didn’t come to school — even if they were afraid to do so.
“Today I had six students out of 80 who wore a mask,” said Meredith Hanft, who teaches at South Paulding High School and sported a white surgical mask. She told the board she wanted to be “in the classroom” with her students, but “without fears for our own personal safety and the safety of our family.” She said she was speaking on behalf of herself and for many of her fellow teachers who were too afraid of repercussions to speak out.
Several parents also complained that the school had threatened to punish students who made negative social media posts about the school, including one parent, Jon Gargis, who reminded the school board that"the first amendment rights of our students ... aren't left at the schoolhouse door."
EricKleefeld You can't change a school district until you run incompetent authoritarians like pcsdsuptotott out of town on a rail.
Teachers should not be dictating the policies for the rest of the citizens. Construction workers have been working this entire time around hundreds of other people. Its not thag hard to follow protocols and do your job
Maybe the ones who aren’t unionized... 🤔 In California, every public school district’s teachers are part of a union (various unions here). And they’ve been negotiating with the districts all summer.
They could always.... learn to c0de? Just a suggestion
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