Peoria students to resume in person, online classes Tuesday after sick out
After 13 schools were closed on Monday, students at Peoria Unified School District will resume virtual and in-person learning on Tuesday. Author: Loya Adriana Updated: 4:01 AM MST January 12, 2021
PEORIA, Ariz. Students will be back in the classroom at Peoria Unified School District on Tuesday after more than 600 certified staff called in sick on Monday.
The sick-out forced the district to cancel online and in-person classes for thousands of students at 13 of its public schools.
Teachers and staff organized the move after they say the district did not follow the proper protocols when deciding whether or not it s safe for in-person learning.
Dysart Unified School District will remain open Monday, despite teachers staging sickout
150 teaching vacancies planned for Monday.
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Schools in the Dysart Unified School District will remain open Monday, despite teachers staging a sickout to voice their concerns over in-person learning.
The @DysartUSD telling me they have 142 teacher absences across the district today.
To put that in perspective, last Wednesday, they had 68 teachers absent.
All Dysart schools are open and students are learning. Danielle Lerner (@DanielleLerner) January 11, 2021
In a statement issued Sunday afternoon, the district said: Our staff absence data indicates we will have a number of teachers absent on Monday, January 11. At this time, our schools will remain open, as we have plans in place to cover staffing shortages that may occur, and are confident that campuses can remain open in a safe manner. We will continue to monitor the situation and notify p
Peoria Unified closes some schools Monday as hundreds of teachers stage sickout
In-person and virtual learning resumes tomorrow for Peoria Unified School District.
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PEORIA, AZ â Hundreds of teachers in the Peoria Unified School District staged a sickout Monday.
According to a district spokesperson, PUSD had 623 of the 2,150 certified staff members call out, protesting the return of in-person learning.
The @PeoriaUnified11 district had 623 certified staff members absent today.
There are 2,150 in the district. so close to 30%.
A majority are teachers, but could also include non-classroom certified staff, like counselors.
The callouts forced13 schools to close today. Danielle Lerner (@DanielleLerner) January 11, 2021
Teachers threaten sickout as some schools in Peoria remain open for in-person learning options
Classes cancelled due to staffing absences
As COVID cases continue to spike across the state, the concern of in-person learning comes into question and teachers in the Peoria Unified School District are planning a sick out to voice their concerns.
PEORIA, Ariz. - Whether it is safe for students and teachers to be in the classroom right now, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Arizona and elsewhere, has been a testy topic.
In Arizona, there is no statewide mandate on how schools should handle this latest surge, so it is up to each district to decide the path forward, with some bypassing county guidelines and some sticking to them.