I am a public school teacher and my life has value.
That shouldn’t be controversial.
But every few weeks in 2020-21 as the global Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread unabated, I have to go to a staff meeting and justify my right to continue breathing.
Administration and the school board want to stop distance learning and reopen the school for in-person classes.
Yet the Pennsylvania Department of Health recommends all schools be fully remote in any county with a substantial level of community transmission of Covid-19. As of today, that’s every county in the whole state.
Allegheny County – the area near Pittsburgh where I live – has averaged about 600 new cases a day since the beginning of December. More than 1,100 people have died – 149 just in January, alone.
Meanwhile, teachers and other frontline workers have to wait to get vaccinated CONTINUE READING: The Teacher Trauma of Repeatedly Justifying Your Right To Life During Covid | gadflyonthewallblog
