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 …
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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 …
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, …
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 …