Montclair Local: Union to teachers: Montclair schools taking us to court over refusal to return
Full article here: https://www.montclairlocal.news/2021/01/27/union-montclair-school-district-taking-us-to-court/
Washington Post: Teachers are vital public servants. Time for them to start acting like it.
Full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/25/teachers-are-vital-public-servants-time-them-start-acting-like-it
CNN: Here’s how to safely reopen schools, according to a vaccine expert
Full article here: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-updates-01-27-21/h_ab9f22da5aa40c5c7821ece59387e9b0
Pix 11 Video: https://news.yahoo.com/montclair-mayor-talks-getting-kids-133121788.html
Full video here: https://news.yahoo.com/montclair-mayor-talks-getting-kids-133121788.html
Washington Post: CDC finds scant spread of coronavirus in schools with precautions in place
Full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/cdc-school-virus-spread/2021/01/26/bf949222-5fe6-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html
White House: Executive Order on Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers
In full here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/21/executive-order-supporting-the-reopening-and-continuing-operation-of-schools-and-early-childhood-education-providers/
NY Times: Schools Were Set to Reopen. Then the Teachers’ Union Stepped In.
Excerpt: Students didn’t return to elementary schools in Montclair, N.J., as planned after a tense week of debate and a boycott of prep sessions by some educators.After several false starts over the last two months, public schools in Montclair, N.J., an affluent New York City suburb, were finally set to reopen Monday for the first …
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NY Mag: ‘I Want to Meet My Teacher’ A war over reopening schools has upended the progressive politics of the New Jersey suburbs.
Excerpt: One drizzly Saturday in December, around a hundred suburbanites gathered in the New Jersey town of Maplewood for a scrupulously rule-abiding protest. “We have extra masks and hand sanitizer and extra wipes for everyone who needs them,” Julie Fry, an organizer, announced through a pink medical mask. Her microphone, which she’d disinfected with an alcohol …
News12 NJ: ‘Enraged is a good word’: Parents express frustration with delay in opening Montclair schools
Excerpt: President Joe Biden announced a goal of reopening most K-12 schools across the U.S. in his first week of office, but for some districts in New Jersey, including Montclair, the thought of going back to in-class instruction seems to be slipping further away.Montclair schools were scheduled to reopen for a hybrid model of instruction Tuesday, …
CBS New York: Parents, Students Protest Decision To Keep Classrooms Closed In Montclair, NJ
Excerpt: MONTCLAIR, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Students in Montclair, New Jersey were supposed to head back into their classrooms Monday for the first time since March. But it didn’t happen, despite a plan announced by the superintendent.Parents and kids carried signs reading, “Get our kids back in school” as they protested outside The Edgemont School, demanding the district reopen schools, CBS2’s Meg Baker …