M. Menelas

Educator of Literature to Left Roundhouse and most things in between.

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NYC Mandate: No indoor dining. It’s not safe.

Me (to Restaurants): *psst* Just move into schools so you can get around this mandate.

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@CatchYourCatEtc @tmbg @nytimes Hi! Do you still provide this service. Would love to be able to book you. Thank you!

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@leoniehaimson @leoniehaimson this was meant to go under the original post not to you specifically.

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@leoniehaimson Questions: since this office hrs option is for per session that means teachers would be doing it after contractual workday. What happens to students whose teachers, for whatever reason, are not able to accommodate after workday office hours? What is the fall out for the teacher?

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@leoniehaimson The way it’s worded it’s saying students out with COVID are entitled to this time. But how will that work if that time is outside of contracted work day and at teachers’ discretion? 🤔

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@debbie10029 @educatorsofnyc @DOEChancellor Windows should also be open, like they were today, to ensure proper ventilation.

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Classroom windows open for air circulation as part of keeping students safe on one of the coldest days in a long time. I have on gloves and am likely to put my Northface bubble coat back on to teach.

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@NikkiC1201 @ananenon345 @Mssarahmssarah @UFT Same

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@BNiche @UFT Ask a soft question when they screen you to up the odds of them putting you on the call and then come out swinging 🤺 with the serious squirm inducing ones you really wanted to ask. That’s going to be my strategy. I think we should get the word out.

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Oklahoma colleges suspend education program for upcoming semester https://t.co/MLrs0wCxO6

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Same

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@BxEU4J I’m disturbed by the lack of reading comprehension. I wonder how that skill got lost...

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Our nation’s maternal mortality crisis is an urgent question. The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act is a historic answer to save Black moms, women of color, and birthing people everywhere. #Momnibus

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In NYC that stat is even more startling as Black women are 8-12xs more likely to die during childbirth as their white counterparts.

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Black moms in the US are 3-4x as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications, and Hispanic, Native American, & AAPI people experience disproportionate mortality and morbidity rates as well. The #Momnibus includes 12 bills to address the drivers of this crisis and #SaveMoms

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In the richest nation on the earth, American moms are dying at the highest rate in the developed world. The @BMHCaucus is leading the fight in Congress with the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act to save lives and end disparities. #Momnibus

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I’m joining the @BMHCaucus to end America’s maternal health crisis and save the lives of New York moms. #Momnibus #SaveMoms

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Make it make sense 👀

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@NYSEDNews requested a waiver to "forego testing and accountabiity requirements" today, which we 🙏🏽🙏🏿 @teachcardona will approve. Meanwhile @NYCMayor is falling over himself to unsafely, inequitably administer a G&T test to 4 YEAR OLDS in-person & his own experts say it's UNJUST!

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@tabithaNYC Was going to be my question. Y ask public to sign up & speak? Y are ppl (students, parents, educators,etc) staying up until well into the morning to voice opinions and concerns if the decision is going to be made in advance based on someone’s “wishes”? 🧐

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@ShannonRWaite5 @ItsShidaB If the people you put into positions, where they are then meant to have autonomy in making decisions that benefit and serve the PEOPLE, don’t do what you want then have a tantrum as fire them...do we really want to go back to THAT 😳