The ZOOM Lawsuit to decide the fate of teachers and students
Corcoran and DeSantis are attempting to usurp the authority of districts and force them to do what they want them to do, not what the local supers and boards think is best, and nowhere is this more evident than in Hillsborough county.
From the Tampa Times,
Hillsborough County school officials were up against a deadline.
State officials had instructed them to revise their reopening plan or lose millions in funding. The School Board’s vote to start the year with four weeks of virtual lessons to lessen the chance of coronavirus infections didn’t meet state expectations. Plus thousands of teachers and more than 200,000 students were in limbo.
So on Thursday, superintendent Addison Davis announced a new timetable: The school year will begin Aug. 24 with all-virtual instruction. Then, for those who choose it, in-person school will begin a week later.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/hillsborough/2020/08/13/hillsborough-state-reach-compromise-on-school-reopening/
The state's strategy seems to be delay, delay, delay. First, they wanted a change of venue, then they wanted CONTINUE READING: Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters: The ZOOM Lawsuit to decide the fate of teachers and students