DCPS has been encouraging, cajoling, and in some cases threatening staff not to social distance.
I put the following question on 5 Facebook pages that have the potential to reach almost 9000 people, many of whom are educators or very interested in education.
DCPS teacher friends, have any of you been pressured or even asked to do small group instruction? Or do anything else that runs counterintuitive to social distancing? You can private message me if you want. Thank You
I received dozens of public responses to the post and most private messages that I have ever received when asking a question, and the responses were both damning and heartbreaking.
I have decided not to present any of the responses here, though, with details like where they work and what they teach scrubbed, I will be sending them to the media, the union, and the school board. Forcing people to risk their lives by ignoring CDC guidelines is unacceptable. The reason I have chosen not to share the responses here is the fear of retribution is also real and disturbing.
The most despicable thing I heard, and I heard it over and over, is teacher’s administration has told them that having small groups is a quality indicator. If they don’t do it, then their evaluations will suffer. In a district that routinely, in my opinion, does despicable things, this may be the worst that I have heard about. They are in CONTINUE READING: Education Matters: I can't imagine DCPS being more despicable.