#wewontdiefordoe

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

"I want parents to understand the reality of life in schools. Today, when our staff was so low we didn’t have enough teachers to cover all the classes, district personnel were sent to our school. They do not have teaching licenses so they were unable to cover any classes. With so many students and teachers out sick, awaiting results, or quarantining, classes cannot move ahead with content. We need to maintain ventilated spaces, now more than ever, so we are teaching and learning in our coats. My [teacher] husband and I continue to report to work, hoping we can actually do the jobs we are supposed to do each day. But we are resigned to the fact that we will work until we, or our children, become COVID positive."

[icantalk710]

Wearing some #RedForEd while I work on this, the day before Labor Day weekend (good morning to all the unions whose leaders don’t sell out their rank and file) in solidarity with the teachers, students, and parents saying #WeWontDieForDOE as De Blasio insists on pushing in-person teaching when… *points at pandemic*

Dude’s more than happy to pass a budget overfunding the brutalizing NYPD and defunding education/parks/other useful things, then is all *shocked Pikachu* when there’s pushback on this because said defunding limits how well schools can even prep? 🤦🏽‍♂️ Sign/share @morecaucusuft’s petition to demand in-person school #OnlyWhenItsSafe: https://www.change.org/p/nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-and-schools-chancellor-richard-carranza-say-no-to-mayor-bill-de-blasio-s-plan-to-reopen-school-buildings-in-september 🔥🙏🏽✊🏼🔥 (at Bronx, NY) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEuDlLOg8zU/?igshid=1to3rqkuvsezs

[timlauer]

Favorite tweets

I'm a @NYCschools teacher ready to strike @UFT to fight for safety & against ed cuts for students, educators, families, ALL New Yorkers. Willing to work remotely/safely, NOT put our bodies into unsafe defunded schools conditions. #OnlyWhenItsSafe #wewontdieforDOE 📸: Josh Pacheco pic.twitter.com/b1sl0vzl1t

— Annie Tan won't die for DOE (@AnnieTangent) August 23, 2020

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[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Greg Butterfield

On Sept. 21, the first group of students — special education students and pre-kindergarten children — attended in-person classes in New York City public schools for the first time since school buildings closed in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After school that day, teachers, other school workers, students and parents rallied to demand safe schools and call for remote-only schooling. The Movement Of Rank & File Educators (MORE-UFT), a social justice caucus of the United Federation of Teachers, called the action.

About 50 people picketed in front of the Department of Education in downtown Brooklyn before marching to nearby Borough Hall, where they occupied the steps, chanting “Money for schools, not for cops!” Soon after, they were joined by 100 educators and students who marched across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan.

“This is a Black Lives Matter issue,” declared Dante, a student from Urban Assembly Maker Academy in lower Manhattan. “This is a funding issue.”

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Brooklyn, NYC: Rally & March to Oppose Unsafe Opening of NY Public Schools

Thursday, August 20 

Gather 5:00 p.m. at Grand Army Plaza

March at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday! Join parents students and teachers demanding no school reopenings until the DOE can ensure the health and safety of our school communities. #wewontdiefordoe #onlywhenitssafe #demandsafeschools #HealthJustice

Via MORE UFT

[timlauer]

Favorite tweets

Why do educators have to fight for our safety Why do principals have to fight for our safety Why do students have to fight for our safety Why do families have to fight for our safety Why can't we just be safe@NYCMayor @NYGovCuomo We keep us safe#OnlyWhenItsSafe#WeWontDieforDOE

— Annie Tan (@AnnieTangent) August 8, 2020

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