Kelly Mac

High school FSL/FRIMM teacher in BC. Lifelonglearner, bookworm, dog-mom who loves wine, travel, & yoga!

[Teacher Talker @TalkerTeacher]

Dearest colleagues,

Take care of yourselves, your families, your colleagues & your students as best you can.

Do not be a martyr.

Stop propping up #bced.

As for the system that has chewed us up for the last two years…

🔥 LET IT BURN 🔥

[Lauren 🍁🇨🇦 Palliative CNS, MN @lauren_cns]

There are four nurses on my team. Three of us are off because our kids gave us covid. All not eligible for their second dose yet.
Tell me again how schools are safe and not a major source of transmission.
Not to mention the impact on patient care.

[Abbotsford Schools @AbbotsfordSD]

ALERT: Functional Closures currently in effect for WJ Mouat Secondary + Yale Secondary https://t.co/fCnxfhtYxj #AbbySchools #Abbotsford

[Eden Dranger @Eden_Eats]

The Covid Eras:
-Tiger King
-Sourdough
-Push-Up Challenge
-“Is This A Cake?”
-Bernie Meme
-Delta
-Pretending the pandemic is over
-“CDC said…”
-Wordle

[Kelly Mac @Mme_Mac]

@vauvent @RichTweets @j_mcelroy Matt, CRJ is definitely the wrong choice here. #sorrynotsorry

[Kelly Mac @Mme_Mac]

@DriveBC @Navjots73372682 Hopefully they get power to the town restored ASAP so those stranded/sleeping in cars have a chance to get some much needed food/water.

[Kelly Mac @Mme_Mac]

@Brad604 @DriveBC @jarmstrongbc @jwhittalTWN @weathernetwork Completely cut off, and in a blackout - there’s no power in town

[Free Spiritus 😷 @freespiritus]

1/This is an important thread.

Parents & allies need some help understanding that it’s teachers who are holding the education system together by a thread—with resources they pay for or find, little time given to find said resources or plan. #bced #bcpoli

[Stephen Price @MrPriceBC]

Important words from a valued #bced colleague. In opposition benches, the @bcndp supported this kind of message. It's not to late for them to do those things now that they are in their 2nd term of government.

[Nicole Jarvis (She/Her/They/Them) @nico1e]

Healthcare workers are drained. Educators are drained. Admin are drained. I hope people in society realizes that what families & children face ends up getting passed on to us. People are not coping very well, so it’s affecting us. We do what we can. But we need more staff.

[Dr. Merrilee Fullerton @Dr_M_Fullerton]

The sooner we stop letting variants enter into Canada, the sooner we can get ahead of this virus.
Ontarians have made tremendous sacrifices in our fight against #COVID19. The Federal government must be called on to do more to keep dangerous variants from entering our province.

[Justin McElroy @j_mcelroy]

It took B.C. two days to say "of course not" to the pretty basic question of "will police try and stop people from travelling between Burnaby and Vancouver?"

This has been your weekly "when you don't provide information, rumours and anxiety fill the void" pandemic reminder.

[BC Teachers’ Federation @bctf]

Teri Mooring: “The data changes so rapidly — with the variants especially — that there’s a need for current and consistently updated data. They’re able to do it in other jurisdictions." #bced #bcpoli https://t.co/6sbFLMyCKT

[Lizanne Foster @LizanneFoster]

In preparation for today's Covid briefing at 2pm today, watch these brief videos so that you can be innoculated against the gaslighting. #bcpoli #COVID19BC #bced
#StatisticsCanBeMisleading #bced #Stage3Now
https://t.co/v5VN8FSqCz
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[Sarah Elder @sarahelder]

I took a birth control pill for over a decade because our patriarchal society has decided women primarily bear the brunt of family planning. I’m familiar with the risk of blood clots. Give me any available vaccine. And make a male birth control pill please.

[Lizanne Foster @LizanneFoster]

July 2020: Schools are important to feed kids, to support their social-emotional needs, to protect their mental health, & to prepare them for post-sec life.

April 2021: We're going to gut all #bced budgets.

#cutshurtkids #bcpoli #WalkYourTalkBCNDP

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

Clearly BC’s mild “circuit breaker” is not enough. BC needs to go essential services only, & remote schooling, immediately.

Reporting higher numbers without taking stricter measures is not a solution @adriandix @jjhorgan

#bcpoli #bced

[Jennifer Heighton @jheighton3]

@pattibacchus @georgiastraight Several districts’ budgets may be impacted by less international student registrations, as the pandemic may continue into next school year, with children largely not vaccinated by September.
(Note - if government funded to the national average, perhaps districts wouldn’t need ⬆️)

[Patti Bacchus @pattibacchus]

3. Which @Rob_Fleming was supposed to fix but don't get me started. Anyway, despite increasing the per-student grant, #bced districts that have been relying on a basket on one-time funding sources are still hitting the budget wall this year, and nasty cuts are on the table.