My district has had its hand forced. While the infection rate in the town I teach has been over the threshold where we’re supposed to switch to remote learning for weeks now, it finally topped that number in the county last week. The district’s lawyers have shut us down (yeah, they aren’t concerned about safety, they’re concerned about being sued).
Today we begin a “Two week adaptive pause” to in-person instruction. What that means is, the district is crossing its fingers and hoping the numbers go down enough to satisfy the lawyers. I’m not optimistic. Things are getting much worse here. Friday a two-week ban on inside dinning begins in my region.
As a result, instead of being able to plan a complete quarter, teachers are left flapping in the breeze not knowing where, when, or how we’ll be teaching.
I hate teaching remotely, but I’d much rather be able to plan long-term, than be in a constant state of limbo and uncertainty. This sucks.
The district my daughters attend, which was set to resume in-person instruction on November 4th, has pushed that back to January 19th. That sucks too, but at least their teachers can plan long-term. Their teachers have been doing an excellent job.
Ugh.