Teachers in the Buffalo Public School District have overwhelmingly rejected the district's reopening plans, calling them unsafe.
According to details released Monday afternoon, the Buffalo Teachers Federation is now pursuing legal action against district plans that require teachers to report to school/sites during 100% remote instruction.
GOOD EVENING.THE ONGOING FIGHTBETWEEN THEBUFFALO PUBLICSCHOOL DISTRICT ANDTEACHERS UNION ISGOING ANOTHERROUND.CLASSES ARESCHEDULED TO STARTA WEEK FROMTOMORROW.STUDENTS WILLLEARN FROM HOME --BUT TEACHERS WILLSTILL GO INTO THECLASSROOM.JEFF RUSACKREPORTS ON THESAFETY CONCERNS --AND THE LEGALACTION BEING TAKENAGAINST THEDISTRICT.SCHOOL STARTS NEXTWEEK IN BUFFALO.BUFFALO PUBLICSCHOOLS HELD AVIRTUAL MEETING TOTAKE PARENTQUESTIONS ABOUTWHAT THEY CANEXPECT OVER THECOMING WEEKS ANDMONTHS.THE BUFFALOTEACHER'SFEDERATION SAYS THEPLANS IN PLACESHOULD BEDIFFERENT FORTEACHERS.RIGHT NOWTEACHERS AREEXPECTED TO TEACHTHEIR VIRTUALLESSON PLANS 2-3DAYS FROM THEIRCLASSROOM.EVEN THOUGH THEREIS 100% VIRTUALINSTRUCTION GOINGON, WE WANT YOU TOREPORT TO THESCHOOL 2 OR THREETIMES A A WEEK.
ANDENDANGERYOURSELVES AND ALSOTRUCK YOUREQUIPTMENT BACK ANDFORTH.THE TEACHERSFEDERATION HASFILED A GREIVANCEAGAINST THEDISTRICT.THEY WANT TECHERSTO BE ABLE TO TEACH100% REMOTELY.THE GRIEVANCE SITESAIR FILTRATION ASCONCERN.ALSO HAVING TOOMANY TEACHERS AT ASCHOOL AT ONCE.ACCORIDNG TO THEUNION 70% OFTEACHERS OPPOSETHE DISTRICT'SREOPEN PLAN AND DONOT BELIEVE THEYARE GOING BACK TOSAFE AND HEALTHYWORKINGCONDITIONS.THE DISTRIC SAYS THEREOPEN PLAN MEETSALL GUIDELINES.A RELEASE THISSTATEMENT WHICHREADS IN PART:"WITHOUT STUDENTSIN THE BUILDING, THEDISTRICT ISCONFIDENT THATTEACHERS WILL BESAFE INSTRUCTINGSTUDENTS FROMTHEIR CLASSROOMS,AND STUDENTS WILLRECEIVE THE VITALAND MEANINGFULINSTRUCTION THATTEACHERS ARERESPONSIBLE FOR."A JUDGE HAS BEENASSIGNED FOR THEB-T-F'S GRIEVANCE.JEFF RUSACK 7EWN.THE FIRST DAY OF THENEW SEMESTER IS INTHE BOOKS ATSEVERAL LOCALCOLLEGES.THAT INCLUDES BUFFSTATE -- WHERETHERE IS A NEW SPIKEIN CASE NUMBERS.THE SCHOOL SAYSELEVEN STUDENTSAND FOUR FACULTYMEMBERS HAVETESTED POSITIVE FORCOVID-19.OTHER LOCALCOLLEGES HAVE ALSOCONFIRMED "POSITIVETESTS" EVEN BEFORECLASSCONCERN FOR THEGOVERNOR -- WHOCALLED COCOAL MI INCONTAININGI BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RESEEING ACROSRESPONSIBLE FOR."A JUDGE HAS BEENASSIGNED FOR THEB-T-F'S GRIEVANCE.
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