COVID-19 vaccinations begin for teachers in Philadelphia
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) Teachers and staff of schools in Philadelphia arrived at the Roberts Center at Children s Hospital of Philadelphia for their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. It was fairly easy. All we had to do is go to the portal, fill out our name, they gave us the date, and we come right out, said Andre Bell, a teacher assistant in a Philadelphia charter school.
On Monday, Pre-k to second-grade students in the School District of Philadelphia were supposed to start back on a hybrid schedule.
Now, those students are supposed to start in the classroom on March 1.
COVID-19 vaccinations begin for teachers in Philadelphia
WPVI
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) Teachers and staff of schools in Philadelphia arrived at the Roberts Center at Children s Hospital of Philadelphia for their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. It was fairly easy. All we had to do is go to the portal, fill out our name, they gave us the date, and we come right out, said Andre Bell, a teacher assistant in a Philadelphia charter school.
On Monday, Pre-k to second-grade students in the School District of Philadelphia were supposed to start back on a hybrid schedule.
Now, those students are supposed to start in the classroom on March 1.
Philadelphia educators to defy district, maintain all-virtual schooling Monday
Thousands of Philadelphia public school teachers are set to defy their district’s order to return to classrooms Monday. They will instead work virtually. This week marks the third attempt by the school district of Philadelphia to reopen school buildings in the midst of the pandemic. The district has been remote-only since last March.
District officials demanded that approximately 2,000 kindergarten through second-grade teachers prepare classrooms beginning February 8 so that students could return on February 22. Nine thousand students are scheduled to enter buildings first, with further grades phased in later.
Following the policies of Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney, Democratic Governor Tom Wolf and the Biden administration, the district is issuing threats, lies and trying to browbeat teachers into acquiescing to its demands. “If you are expected to be in your building on Monday and choose not to do so