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Corporate media and both big business parties press to reopen schools in California
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In California, there is a concerted push by the corporate media and both big business parties to reopen schools statewide. Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom aims to resume in-person instruction by April, in line with the Biden administration’s timeline and as part of a broader effort to completely reopen nonessential workplaces across the state.
The mainstream media is fabricating the false narrative that the overwhelming majority of parents demand that schools reopen. Headlines in the
Los Angeles Times and other papers have highlighted the position of a right-wing minority of parents calling for reopening, while exploiting the mental health crisis facing students as a battering ram for this campaign. Other columns have questioned the need for vaccinating teachers and downplayed the new and more infectious COVID-19 variants spreading throughout the country.
Classified staff call for Hero pay, covid protections
Feb. 20, 2021 at 6:00 am
Classified staff members in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District are calling for Hero Pay and increased protections from COVID-19.
SMMUSD leaders first started to hear about the struggles of local custodians, theatre technicians and other classified staff shortly after the district’s presentation on diversity, equity and inclusion.
The speakers weren’t supposed to address the issue until the end of the meeting during General Public Comment since the topic wasn’t on Thursday’s agenda, but that didn’t stop residents like Henry Plascencia, who has been a maintenance worker with the school district for at least a decade, from sharing their stories of hardship.