Reopening Schools

[BmorePat87]

(07-14-2020, 09:46 PM)Millhouse Wrote: I suspect that a lot of teachers that are eligible for retirement will go ahead and retire asap, if they havent already.

I also wonder if schools do go back, what rights/protections do teachers with underlying conditions have to not want to be in a classroom? Im thinking of the ones that are cancer survivors, have heart conditions, etc.

Some older teachers I have spoken to are seriously considering it if they have to go back right away. In addition to their students, they're worried about their health and the health of their family. 

One I spoke to recently is having her 5th grandkid in November and works with our life skills students (severe disabilities and not diploma bound) and told me that she will use up her 30 banked sick days and possibly retire if we go back too soon. There's no social distancing there. She literally has to toilet kids. She doesn't want to risk the health of her pregnant daughter or upcoming grandkid.