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The San Antonio Alliance and other local teacher groups advocated for a more cautious approach to school reopening since the summer.
The union that represents teachers at the San Antonio Independent School District disagreed with recent comments made by Superintendent Pedro Martinez.
In an interview with TPR, Martinez said it was “hypocritical” and “cruel” to tell families in his district to return to remote instruction because the pandemic exacerbated the inequities his students already faced.
“They re basically being scared to keep [their] children at home, right? Meanwhile, white middle class families, upper class families they have their children in school, and they re not getting a higher rate of transmission,” Martinez said.