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Friday, August 7, 2020

Some District 75 Concerns | JD2718

Some District 75 Concerns | JD2718

Some District 75 Concerns
It is nearly impossible to practice social distancing when most, if not all, of our students require hand over hand prompting with everything from washing their hands, to wiping their bottoms to completing classwork. These children unfortunately won’t wear masks so the classroom is going to be extremely unsafe; yet D75 is telling parents they can come to school 5 days per week. Many of our students are in diapers and paraprofessionals are required to change their diapers in unventilated bathrooms.
Like many community schools, our classrooms are also unventilated but they are much (much!) smaller than any regular DOE classroom.
A very challenging part of our day as D75 educators is when a child is going into crisis; we often get bit, CONTINUE READING: Some District 75 Concerns | JD2718