The combination of in-person, hybrid, and remote learning styles, on top of navigating through a pandemic, has taken its toll on some teachers. Some choosing to leave the profession altogether.
Texas Teachers Ask Abbott to Mandate Masks in School, He Refuses
It s a firm No from Governor Abbott as he declines to allow schools to mandate masks for the upcoming school semester.
With COVID-19 cases rising in Central Texas, and across the country, The Texas State Teachers Association is asking Governor Abbott to allow school districts to require masks once again, but Abbott remains dug in on his refusal to mandate masks.
Ovidia Molina, Texas State Teachers Association President, issued the following statement: The Texas State Teachers Association calls on Gov. Greg Abbott to withdraw his prohibition on mask mandates and allow individual school districts to require mask use in their facilities if local officials believe masks will help protect the health of their communities as schools reopen for the fall semester.
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Laredo schools react to Governor s order banning mask mandates at schools
May 19, 2021
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Students in Lorena Acosta s 5th grade classroom use masks, face shields and desk shields to work on their chromebooks alongside their remote-only classmates.Christian Alejandro OcampoShow MoreShow Less
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Laredo ISD students in third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and ninth grades, and all Special Education Self-Contained were allowed to participate in in-person classroom learning Monday, September 21, 2020.Cuate Santos / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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On Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order, effective June 4, removing the ability for city or county governments to require masks. The order also states that public schools will also no longer be allowed to require students or staff to wear a mask on campus.
Texas Education Advocates Seeking Clarity on COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Teachers By Capital Tonight Staff Texas PUBLISHED 8:19 PM CT Dec. 15, 2020 PUBLISHED December 15, 2020 @8:19 PM
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AUSTIN, Texas Texas education advocates are still waiting for an official response from Gov. Greg Abbott on teachers’ place in line for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Last week Kent Scriber, the Fort Worth ISD superintendent and chair of the Texas Urban Council of Superintendents, and the Texas Classroom Teachers Association sent letters to Abbott, urging him to recognize teachers as front-line workers to get priority access to the vaccine.
“Educators I consider to be frontline workers because they are interacting on a daily basis with a large volume of students, they come into contact with other people that could have COVID-19. Al