j faber

early childhood special educator, Montessorian, @HFT2415 board member, @Medillschool grad, journalist in my distant memories, he/him

[j faber @jms_fbr]

Classic @houstonisd! Invite lots of people to a training where there isn’t enough parking. Make an announcement that cars will be towed. When teachers ask what to do, have presenters blow it off as not their problem.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

@houstonisdwatch I’m just glad that none of those private offices at headquarters will be empty to start the school year.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

This I like. Could use more masks though.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

@MarkLazerus Wait. Am I 23 years old in this scenario? Why is anyone letting me run a baseball club?

[j faber @jms_fbr]

@MrNunesteach I am required to take an extended Canvas training. I teach an early childhood Montessori classroom. We aren’t going to use Canvas. It simply doesn’t apply to me. So, yes, I’m sort of done with that requirement.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

@EricMGarcia @OrlaghOKelly1 My parents are from Ohio. My grandparents are buried there. Apparently, that makes me an Ohioan even though I’ve lived in Texas for nearly two decades…

[j faber @jms_fbr]

@houstonisdwatch I didn’t think I would see a more befuddling decision that HISD Anywhere this week, but here we are…

[j faber @jms_fbr]

So, @HoustonISD has clearly decided Covid is over. Good luck getting people to stay home while sick when so many don’t have the leave to do so.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

Really, @HoustonISD ? Paychecks are missing the bonuses and the hr web site isn’t working? @HISDSupe

[j faber @jms_fbr]

The next WFH thread that talks about it being easier to schedule appointments and pick kids up from school had better start with 8-10 posts thanking those of us for whom WFH isn’t an option. I’m sick of the blatant professional privilege

[j faber @jms_fbr]

I can’t remember the names of people I teach with this year but I can remember vivid details of the newsrooms I used to work in. And those memories are between 14-22 years old. I’m not sure what this means.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

This is a funny joke.

[Tejal Patel @tejalkpatel]

All HISD facilities will continue to be cleaned and disinfected daily with hospital-grade products.

[Alejandro Serrano @serrano_alej]

bord votes 8-0 (one trustee abstained) to accept a resignation from former Madison high principal Carlotta Brown, who students protested in November, under terms discussed in closed sesh

https://t.co/55pmTqlZaM

[j faber @jms_fbr]

@mr_dsantos So you’re saying I’m not radical in the way 90s pop-culture icons the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles used the word radical? Now I’m just sad.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

Radical teachers’ unions? I’m touched. No one has ever called me radical before. Tubular? Yes. Gnarly. Once or twice. But never radical.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

So #HISD is keeping the mask mandate for the money.
Step 1: Mask mandate.
Step 2: ??????
Step 3: Profit?
I can’t follow this logic.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

@mr_dsantos Don’t you know masks don’t work. That’s why surgeons almost always pass out during surgery. Happens all the time, right?

[j faber @jms_fbr]

At my first #HISD board meeting in-person since the beginning of the pandemic. Ready to experience the madness.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

There’s the weather for this morning. But my classroom windows will be open. Apparently, open windows and doors are the cornerstone of fighting Covid in my district, even in freezing temperatures.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

This counts as a tweet blowing up for me. So — tip well (20% is a baseline), trust your local teachers’ union (as self-interested as they may seem, the folks making six figures at the headquarters are more so) and Meat Loaf is the perfect #DnD soundtrack a lot of the time.

[j faber @jms_fbr]

I spent a lot of time listening to Meat Loaf while playing #DnD in my basement as a teenager. I was quite popular. Still am.