CovEd Stories

Real stories of Utah teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Welcome to CovEd Stories: an account dedicated to the stories of what is actually happening in Utah schools during the pandemic.

If you are a Utah teacher with a story to tell, please follow the link in the bio.

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My students' families were some of the most vocal in demanding SLCSD return to in-person learning.

This whole time, they've been travelling and gathering outside their households.

They clearly have no issue putting my life or other community members at risk.

#utpol #uted

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CDC: here’s how to open schools safely UT Legislature: works on passing a bill that takes away mandatory masks in schools and raises the case limit before virtual instruction to 2% of the school. #uted #utpol #safeschoolssavelives

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[Courtney Tanner @CourtneyLTanner]

A district judge has ruled that Utah’s children are not entitled under the state constitution to an in-person education.

That leaves how and where learning happens — including entirely online during the pandemic — up to each local school district.

https://t.co/oIJ8BehIhh

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A second-grade teacher in Granite district is in the ICU with COVID. She contracted it while teaching.

#uted #utpol

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Reminder about the new quarantine rules:

In schools, if you are masked when you are exposed to someone with COVID, you don't have to quarantine.

Many teachers are concerned about this policy and have observed its ineffectiveness in their classrooms.

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@GraniteSchools Further, other districts have communicated to their employees that their FFCRA had been extended through March 15. My understanding is that this extension was optional and Granite opted not to. Why is that?

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"I contract COVID and am under quarantine. @GraniteSchools HR informed me that I needed to use up all of my sick days while also teaching over Zoom for online learners and sub plans for in-person learners. "

#uted #utpol

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@GraniteSchools To be clear, this is not consistently happening in your schools. Every teacher I talk to had a different policy explained to them at their site. Even for teachers who were taking sick leave, their administrators were often still asking them to be online for contract hours.

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Teachers have been forced into an impossibly difficult work situation with no reasonable alternative.

#uted #utpol

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This is the GoFundMe for the paraprofessional in Salt Lake City School District who passed away from COVID last Friday.
https://t.co/8l0MiAuTlZ

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@GraniteSchools Please clarify. What is the protocol for teachers who contract COVID? How are their classes covered without them have to continue working from home? Are teachers being asked to use their sick leave?

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Utah teachers are not okay.

#uted #utpol

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"On January 5, I tried to go watch the Iron County School District Board meeting in person, but 3 of the 6 board members were maskless and several people watching also were maskless. So I left. That pretty much sums up how back to school is going."
#uted #utpol @Iron_Schools

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When people say "COVID doesn't spread in schools," are they actually looking at the number of teachers infected?

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Interesting fact: since March, 8.8% of people in Utah have contacted covid-19. More teachers than that have been infected just since August. Vaccines were promised and pushed back. Quarantines for classroom exposure stop today. We are expendable. #utpol #uted @DrAngelaCDunn

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@BradWilsonGOP made it clear he considers teachers disposable in a dishonest, heartless political game.

The effects of this week's decisions will be felt for a long time. Teachers will feel it worse than any politician ever will. Our BIPOC communities will be hit the hardest.

[John Arthur @9thEvermore]

@SpencerJCox @BradWilsonGOP @slcschools The problem is that this came at a cost. The hard work SLC teachers have put in has been devalued, our respect diminished, morale crushed. Attracting and retaining teachers in our district just got harder, and we’re going to feel it on the ground.

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One of many submissions stating that Granite's COVID case number dashboard is inaccurate.

#uted #utpol

[Deborah Gatrell NBCT @DeborahGatrell1]

I don't believe in flying blind. Yet here we are. Catch-22?