Isabella Bartels

New York City | 9th grade English and ENL teacher | MA student at Columbia Teachers College | William & Mary ‘18 (Views are my own)

[NY Public Library @nypl]

👋 Goodbye, late fines! NYPL has eliminated all late fines, past and future! https://t.co/F3sEWdgXHB

#GoodbyeFines

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

:)

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

The vaccinated and their friends and family can and should start closing the distance — between each other, and between the pandemic and whatever the new normal turns out to be after https://t.co/cUFZHKIvXF

[PRESS NYC: Responsive Equitable and Safe Schools @safeschoolsny]

Will in-person students recieve the supports that they need? Will remote students recieve the supports that they need? Is this in any way about what students need? How would we know that it is or isn't?

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

How did we...not have this already...

[New York City Council @NYCCouncil]

NEW: New York City now has a streamlined vaccine scheduling portal available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), French, Haitian-Creole, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu:
https://t.co/PTIwqxNaOW

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

Go get vaccinated if you can!!! It was easy and painless and I’m so glad I was able to go!

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

This is what I’m doing with my kids today.

[Emma Gray @emmaladyrose]

Oh man we are so lucky to have Meghan Markle. https://t.co/HEejpVLgOg

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

Update update: it’s now very warm because the windows in all rooms are being closed! The custodian I spoke to said our pipes would freeze if they were left open! Guess we have to choose between frozen pipes or no ventilation!

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

Update: beginning of 3rd period and the heat is turned on. But, it will take a while before it starts to feel warm because old building and windows open.

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

Update: beginning of 3rd period and the heat is turned on. But, it will take a while before it starts to feel warm because old building and windows open.

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

Not only do we have to keep all the windows open for ventilation in this weather, my beautiful, old, drafty school building has no working heat today! We are all so cold!

[Emma Gray @emmaladyrose]

"To choose to live in a city is, at the end of the day, to choose human nature over Mother Nature. It’s to choose to live in connection with other people, accepting in equal measure all the risks this brings as well as the rewards." @GlynnMacN https://t.co/uFwz0Bd7sS

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

Me, working my job in the DOE this year

[Michael Elsen-Rooney @MichaelElsenRoo]

New: In 2 of the city’s most diverse (and segregated) districts, the wealthiest + whitest schools are seeing far greater numbers of families returning for in-person learning.

More on the complex roots + potential implications of that disparity: https://t.co/WLYMvsf9yu

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

@MirandaBarbot @AnnieTangent In a group chat right now of teachers who haven’t received our results from Friday’s testing. And my principal let us know another school in our campus had a positive case. I’m not saying I don’t believe this, but this is not a full picture of how things are in schools.

[Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman]

NYC plans to test 10-20% of people (students/staff) in schools each month. Now, some researchers say the city's protocol could miss significant outbreaks and should instead test 50% of students 2x a month
https://t.co/QTEOrOsurj

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

Today was just......so bad. The kids were really fucking sad when they got to school and saw what being in the building was really like. I couldn’t fix any of the problems that came up. It sucked.

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

This is the most realistic thing I’ve read!!! Finally a reason why reopening is dangerous withOUT blaming it on students being uncaring/unable to follow rules.

[gotham teacher @gothamteacher]

People act like social distancing in schools matters for middle & high school kids in NYC.

You know they’re not just going straight home, right?

Let’s get real. A thread.

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

This is cool because I love SNL and I’m psyched to see it safely come back but at the same time it’s a big bummer to see other places figure out how to test everyone who enters a space but the DOE won’t do it for schools

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

#SNL will have a live audience when it returns on Saturday. All attendees will need to take a mandatory COVID test, get their temperatures checked, and wear a mask at all times https://t.co/gDe3jwTUR4

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

@kate_lauderdale I wish we were given the choice! Glad you are finding a productive space 😊

[Isabella Bartels @idbartels929]

The kids are catching on