R&I~Smit
…At WHEA, for example, the medical experts selected by the administration weighed in and unequivocally recommended full reopening of the school after spring break. They were overruled.
They were overruled by an administration that is at the mercy of teachers. Teachers who are unreasonably terrified of COVID-19. Teachers who are drawing a full salary and have been offered vaccination, but still refuse to return to the classroom full time.
Yet when I go down to Coconut Grove I see people out and about, restaurants full of patrons, volleyball in full swing and tourists enjoying the island. Safely.
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What would we do if the cops refused to go to work? Or the nurses? Or the linemen?
It is time for the state Board of Education and the superintendent to fulfill their obligation to the rest of us and mandate that the $2.1 billion public education system return full-time, immediately.
Mr. Sniff and Bad Touch
Article URL : https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2021/03/17/opinion/bars-open-schools-closed/