House Bill 256 would require school districts to implement workplace bullying policies. Author: Jason Miles Updated: 7:36 PM CDT April 5, 2021
HOUSTON Many Texas teachers are praising a proposed law regarding workplace bullying. It would require districts to specifically address bullying of teachers by parents.
“I hear a lot of issues with bullying on campus,” Houston ISD teacher and Houston Federation of Teachers member Tracey Crawley said.
She said she’s seen it first-hand when grades don’t go the way parents believe they should. Parents are threatening, they’re coming up to the school, Crawley said. (Saying) You’re not going to give my child this grade. ”
How Houston-area school districts plan to vaccinate teachers against COVID-19
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said during an interview with KPRC 2 that it is a priority to vaccinate teachers against COVID-19.
KPRC 2 Investigates reached out to school districts in the Houston area to find out what plans are being made to vaccinate faculty and staff. Their responses can be found in the list below.
Of note, not a single school district response includes an actual plan to physically administer shots to teachers of school district staff.
Instead, many plans include “partnering” with either government agencies or businesses, specifically, CVS, to get school personnel vaccinated.
Texas Education Agency says school boards can determine their own mask policies
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HOUSTON – When it comes to masks and children in school, the Texas Education Agency said the mask policy will be left up to each district’s school board.
After the announcement, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo tweeted, “I support HISD and every district in Harris County that is continuing COVID-19 protocols in light of the state decision to rescind all restrictions. We ask that other school districts do the same. We must do our part to protect teachers, children and our community.”
The TEA’S announcement comes 24 hours after Gov. Greg Abbott lifted the mask mandate and open Texas 100%.
ABC13 s Miya Shay explains how one woman is helping to alert others when appointment slots open through social media and when you need to start checking local pharmacies for availability. We don t have a problem with teaching, it s what we do, Anderson said. But, we don t want to risk our lives doing it.
On the Centers for Disease Control website, teachers are listed under their recommendation for who would qualify for the shot under the 1B group.
Currently, Texas is providing shots to those in 1A and 1B, but the state health department has decided to focus on vaccinating those 65 years and older as well as those with underlying health conditions. Teachers who qualify under those specific groups can get the shot, but the others have to wait.
The Houston Independent School District has talked a big game about transparency around COVID-19 cases within its school system, but doubt still abounds as to whether or not the district is doing everything it can to keep the public informed about just how well local schools are faring during the pandemic.
Multiple sources have told the
Houston Press that there are more confirmed positive coronavirus cases within district campuses than the stats on HISD’s public dashboard reflect. It’s still unclear how and how often the district’s dashboard is updated with new positive COVID-19 cases.
The district also says it isn’t even aware of how many of its students and staff have died of COVID-19 during the pandemic. And we were (politely) rebuffed when we reached out to HISD’s press office about setting up an interview with the principal of Condit Elementary School, one of several campuses that had to close temporarily in January due to coronavirus exposure concerns.