tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206741282024-03-14T13:50:28.349-04:00Chaz's School DazeAn Independent Voice That Advocates For The Classroom Educator Without The Corrupting Politics Tied To Our Union And DOE Leadership.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger1935125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-89156036423499784002020-05-05T13:13:00.003-04:002020-05-05T13:13:28.408-04:00The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved ones. We are hoping to have a memorial service for him once we are able to, but for now we are going to have a small private family funeral. Thank you all for reading his blog, following him all these years, and the support you gave him. Thank you.<br />
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Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com207tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-10786456441937460782020-04-26T18:24:00.000-04:002020-04-26T18:25:28.134-04:00The DOE Must Reduce Their Administrative Costs And Not School Budgets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is no doubt that the DOE must reduce their administrative costs but don't be surprised if the majority of cuts come from the schools and classrooms. Susan Edelman of the New York Post wrote a<a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/25/councilman-urges-bill-de-blasio-not-to-slash-nyc-school-budgets/" target="_blank"><b> very insightful articl</b></a>e that explains where the cuts should come from. However, look for the majority of education budget cuts to come from the schools.<br />
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The latest update (Sunday) of the covid-19 count can be found below.<br />
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The DOE has quietly informed principals that the hiring freeze has loopholes and they can still hire Special Education, Bilingual, and shortage areas like Math and Science. Look for principals to hire <i>"newbies"</i> by falsely claiming that all the hires are either certified in those fields or in the process of attaining such certification.<br />
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The latest update (Friday) of the covid-19 count can be found below.<br />
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<br />Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-80062970453364825832020-04-22T00:03:00.000-04:002020-04-23T18:00:47.284-04:00It Appears Chapter 683 Summer Pay Will Continue For District 75<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There has been no decision whether NYS will have a summer school program since neither the State or City government will have funds to pay for the programs. However, for Special Education programs in District 75, it appears that the Chapter 683 program will be continued this summer, be it remote learning or actual classroom instruction.<br />
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Chapter 683 is a federally funded program that pays Special Education schools to provide year-round instruction. In New York City it is District 75 schools who provide instruction for the most severely disabled students in the New York City Public Schools.<br />
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Chapter 683 pays eligible educators 17.5% of their annual salary and it's pensionable. The program usually starts before Independence Day (July 4th) and ends no later than August 15th. Educators get two absence days and if the educator does not use them, they go into the educator's Cumulative Absence Reserve (CAR) .<br />
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Note: Some community advocates want the DOE to pass all students, regardless if they participate in remote learning. You can read it <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/nyc-parents-activists-dueling-over-grades-amid-coronavirus-crisis/" target="_blank"><b>Here</b></a>. <br />
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Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters who questioned him on what children will do in the summer if the pools and playgrounds are closed. His response was that he and Chancellor Richard Carranza are working on remote learning programs to entertain the children. What an idiot the Mayor is.<br />
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Most NYC children live in old apartment buildings, many with no air conditioning or can't afford the bills by running the air conditioner all day. Even during the school year, only <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/17/23-of-nyc-high-schoolers-arent-engaging-in-remote-learning/" target="_blank"><b>77% of the teenagers </b></a>actually logged in for attendance and even less who actually participated in instruction. The probable result is that many streets will have open fire hydrants and teenagers climbing fences to play basketball or using playground equipment. Other bored teenagers will be up to no good like street crimes and assaulting each other.<br />
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It appears most <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/18/brooklyn-bronx-educators-hardest-hit-by-coronavirus-deaths/" target="_blank"><b>UFT members who have died </b></a>from COVID-19 are from the Bronx or Brooklyn which is primary minority and have high density housing. Moreover, they tend to use mass transit as their mode of transportation. Finally, these two boroughs have higher percentages of health issues.<br />
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The just released drastic cuts in the City budget by Mayor Bill de Blasio includes a hiring freeze of educators except schools can hire ATRs for their vacancies. Since each year the New York City public schools needs to hire between 4 to 5 thousand teachers and there are one thousand ATRs, it would seem that, except for Art, Music, and Gym teachers the rest of the ATRs should be placed. Here is what UFT President <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/16/nyc-teachers-union-boss-blasts-doe-program-cuts-amid-coronavirus/" target="_blank">Michael Mulgrew </a>told the New York Post.<br />
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That means that there still will be a reduction in teachers and more overcrowded classrooms unless the Mayor rescinds the hiring freeze. I expect the union leadership will be unhappy since less teachers means less dues. Moreover, by placing the ATRs in vacancies the union no longer will be getting double dues. Finally, there are some principals who will refuse to hire ATRw in the mistaken belief that the ATRs are inferior teachers and will either try to seek a waiver from the hiring freeze or steal another school's teacher. We will see if the Mayor and Chancellor will keep the hiring freeze ironclad.<br />
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The Mayor's proposed budget can be found on James Eterno's <a href="http://iceuftblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/school-cuts-right-from-mayors-executive.html" target="_blank"><b>ICEUFT blog</b></a>.<br />
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At least 47 school based adults, including 3 school safety officers, have died and it is highly likely that the Mayor and Chancellor's resistance in closing the schools could have resulted in unnecessary deaths. Fortunately, the coronavirus seems not to adversely affect school age students but they are carriers to their adult relatives and school based personnel and contributed to the rapid spread of the virus in New York City. One <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/most-new-york-city-children-probably-have-coronavirus-doc-says/" target="_blank"><b>doctor believes</b></a> that 80% of the children in the City are carriers of the coronavirus.<br />
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The DOE, under intense pressure, finally released the death count of
DOE employees and it has totaled 50 so far with more to come. Of the 50
employees at least 44 were UFT members, including 21 teachers, 22
paraprofessionals, and one guidance counselor. .Of course there is no
way of knowing how many became sick because the City refused to close
schools earlier, Read the entire New York Post article <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/13/51-nyc-department-of-education-staffers-have-died-from-coronavirus/" target="_blank"><b>Her</b>e</a>.<br />
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Read the<b> <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/12/bill-de-blasio-needs-to-fix-remote-learning-to-keep-kids-out-of-school/" target="_blank">opinion article </a></b>from a parent about the problems in remote learning.<b> </b>Moreover,
teachers no longer trust Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Richard
Carranza who delayed closing schools and have blood on their hands read
it <b><a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/nyc-teachers-no-longer-trust-bill-de-blasio-and-richard-carranza/" target="_blank">Here</a>.</b><br />
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Chalkbat<a href="https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/04/10/coronavirus-toll-on-nyc-educators-more-than-40-have-died-according-to-union/" target="_blank"><b> reported</b></a> that the UFT counted over 40 members who have died from the coronavirus as of Sunday Why doesn't the DOE publicize the list like others do? <br />
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UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the Executive Board that 26 UFT members have died due to the coronavirus and I expect more to follow before the pandemic is over. How many UFT members became sick because Mayor Bill de Blaio failed to close schools the week before he did and then forced teachers into potentially contaminated buildings the next week, is unknown?<br />
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The NYSED has officially cancelled the high school Regents exams on Tuesday and we give school districts flexibility how to evaluate teachers <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-regents-cancelled-high-school-20200406-pbbahl6fsvg57j4yo4glpfkfsi-story.html" target="_blank"><b>Here</b></a>. For high achieving students this is not a problem since they took all
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It now appears that if schools open at all, it wouldn't be to Mid May at the earliest. My best guess is that schools will probably open after Memorial day weekend.<br />
<br />Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-36813906749341215882020-04-06T00:02:00.000-04:002020-04-06T11:22:05.225-04:00Zoom Gets Zapped By The DOE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELedrIrRMnIrTc93VRZtd5AVS5ppRQHa582UdRGdEzmRDKchCO2lJZWnNjwFxU8_Jsbt2wlIV3RfulEFwTFKOemylIYyNLSSHfH5ZC4YLWFG7KWp3vA5pq_vtbtJFxYZ91S39/s1600/evil+lawyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="200" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELedrIrRMnIrTc93VRZtd5AVS5ppRQHa582UdRGdEzmRDKchCO2lJZWnNjwFxU8_Jsbt2wlIV3RfulEFwTFKOemylIYyNLSSHfH5ZC4YLWFG7KWp3vA5pq_vtbtJFxYZ91S39/s400/evil+lawyer.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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Many high school teachers uses Zoom to connect with their classroom students. They use zoom for it's simplicity and the ease of use for all involved. Moreover, Zoom can be connected by cellphone as well. However, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/06/doe-pulls-plug-on-schools-using-zoom-amid-security-concerns/" target="_blank"><b>DOE zapped Zoom </b></a>because it claims that it violates student and teacher privacy issues and can be hacked. This is the very same DOE who saw no problem to give charter schools and outside data gathering organizations student personal data without parent approval, so they can use that information to their advantage.<br />
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In New York City the coronavirus infected is now 67,551 with the death total raised to 2,450 or 3.6% while the State numbers are 122,031 and the death rate is 4,159 and a mortality rate of 3.4%<br />
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It appears the Mayor and the Chancellor have agreed on compensation. For the seven day Easter/Passover vacation, the City will give everybody four CAR days. If the teachers are teaching remote learning all those days then why aren't they getting seven CAR days?<br />
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Obviously, if UFT members would vote on the compensation deal it would be rejected overwhelmingly. However, our union leadership has no intention to let the members vote and embarrass the City. In return for the four CAR days the teachers give up their entire Easter vacation, including Thursday and Friday April 9th and 10th.<br />
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Will the UFT sue the City for additional compensation? Maybe and maybe not, we'll see.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-5266877757038016712020-04-03T00:13:00.000-04:002020-04-03T20:47:34.329-04:00Mayor De Blasio Failed The City<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mayor Bill de Blasio refused to close down New York City and it took Governor Andrew Cuomo to do so. First, the Mayor didn't want the schools closed and even forced teachers to show up in potential cronavirus contaminated school buildings the next week. Second, he refused to close Broadway shows and the Governor had to shut the shows down. Third, the Mayor tried to keep playgrounds open and the Governor allowed the Mayor to supervise but after a couple of days the Governor authorized the closure of all NYC playgrounds.<br />
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As of Thursday night the people infected by the coronavirus in New York City is 57,159 while the deaths ire 1,867, that is a 3.3% mortality rate. New York State had 102,863 and deaths of 2,935 or a fatality rate of 2.9%<br />
<br />Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-81589156318133596572020-04-01T00:43:00.000-04:002020-04-01T12:29:45.246-04:00Hello Coronavirus, Goodbye Easter Vacation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Governor Andrew Cuomo c<a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-in-ny-schools-to-continue-remote-learning-during-spring-break/" target="_blank"><b>ancelled Easter vacation </b></a>for schools throughout New York State and now New York City teachers only will get April 9th (Holy Thursday) and April 10th (Good Friday) off. The next week will be some form of professional development that will be negotiated between our union and the DOE. This is effectively a 2% pay cut due to the extra days added to the school calendar.<br />
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More bad news, the New York City death toll due to the coronavirus is now 1,096 and the total infected is 41,771. The death rate is now 2.6% of the total infected in New York City. This is an increase from 2.4% yesterday and that is a concern. Read the New York Post article <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/31/nycs-coronavirus-death-toll-tops-1000/" target="_blank"><b>Here</b></a>.<br />
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New York State has 83,712 people infected by the coronavirus as of Wednesday morning and 1,941 deaths which is a 2.3% mortality rate. Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-64651190158125357912020-03-30T01:09:00.000-04:002020-03-30T20:51:38.370-04:00How Many Students Are Participating In Remote Learning?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The DOE is hastily trying to give every student a laptop to participate in the Google classroom remote learning program. However, many students have not received a laptop to participate in the remote learning program. It was bad enough that the DOE, rather than spending the allotted time during professional development over the winter months to make sure every teacher was trained, wasted their time with the DOE's useless <i>"flavor of the day" i</i>tems that bored most teachers to death.<br />
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The result was that teachers and other staff were unnecessarily exposed to the coronavirus the next week as they were told to report for remote learning training, despite many schools already had <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/21/blood-on-their-hands-teachers-say-de-blasio-and-carranza-helped-spread-coronavirus/" target="_blank"><b>staff sickened by the coronavirus.</b></a> . Anecdotal evidence by teachers that only 50% of the students are participating in remote learning. Of course the better schools have a much higher percentage while the struggling schools have lower percentages of students participating ib remote learning. Hopefully, the percentages will increase over the following weeks as school teachers and administrators push parents to force their children to take remote learning seriously but there is no guarantee that it will happen.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i>Note: The New York City cronavirus infection rate has increased to 38,087 and the death rate to 914 , or a 2.4% mortality rate as of Monday morning. For New York State the coronavirus infection rate is 66,497 and the death rate is 1,218 or a mortality rate of 1.8%/</i></b></span><br />
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<br />Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-66247399519274013732020-03-28T01:10:00.000-04:002020-03-29T10:09:58.922-04:00Did The Mayor And Chancellor Put NYC Students And Staff At Risk?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is becoming increasingly clear that the Mayor and Chancellor has put students and staff at risk by first delaying closing the schools a week earlier then they did. then forcing school staff to come in the next week when the coronavirus was exploding throughout the City. The DOE refused to close Brooklyn Tech, despite five staff members experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus. Moreover, two principals at a Brownsville high school were already hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms but the building staff was required to attend senseless training sessions the next week at the building, Even in my wife's school, three staff members have been diagnosed with
the coronavirus but because they <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-education-department-staffer-20200325-4qwpl4clmjasbejm5fdxq2slse-story." target="_blank"><b>could not be tested until last week,</b></a>
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The DOE claimed that they would only close schools if there were <i>"confirmed</i> <i>case</i>" of coronavirus. Of course, at that stage in early March, the City had few testing kits for co4onavirus, therefore, the DOE kept these potentially affected schools open, possibly affecting many students and staff to the highly contagious contravirus.Now the <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-de-blasio-coronavirus-newser-20200327-idyas3sv7fd6xbrmscraikm36q-story.html" target="_blank"><b>Mayor told the press t</b></a>hat he expects to open the schools on April 20 after telling the very same press that the coronavirus will last till the sunnier months.<br />
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As of <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/28/nyc-coronavirus-cases-reach-nearly-30k-with-a-death-every-9-5-seconds/" target="_blank"><b>Saturday morning</b></a> the NYC death rate has skyrocketed with 517 deaths and 29,158 infected with the coronavirus. A 1.8% mortality rate. Governor Andrew Cuomo has said the peak of the coronavirus in New York State will occur in three weeks on or about April 16th, based upon his expert's estimation.<br />
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Note: Read the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/28/pregnant-teacher-with-coronavirus-couldnt-convince-nyc-to-close-school/" target="_blank"><b>article </b></a>about a pregnant teacher who was tested and still the DOE refused to close her school, In addition. how this <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/28/bronx-school-told-teachers-to-hide-coronavirus-case-staff-can-be-fired/" target="_blank"><b>Bronx school</b></a> administrators threatened staff with termination if they told students one of their teachers had the coronavirus. Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-14863009985837081332020-03-25T13:06:00.002-04:002020-03-25T13:19:55.729-04:00How Many DOE Employees Have The Coronavirus?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/number-of-sick-cops-surges-as-coronavirus-spreads-through-nypd/" target="_blank"><b>NYPD stated that more than 200 of it's employees have the conronavirus</b></a>. However, the DOE has not seemed fit to do the same. Yet hundreds, if not thousands of students go into the schools every day to obtain free breakfast and lunch and are exposed to the coronavirus.<br />
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These children are lined up without any social distance restrictions and can infect each other and the <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-school-food-workers-coronavirus-20200323-tpw4ezgg6jcs3phi6luaz4enge-story.html" target="_blank"><b>adults supervising and handing out food.</b></a> Are the adults checked for the coronavirus? I doubt it. Are the schools sanitized daily? Yeah right. How many students show up with symptoms of the flu or the coronavirus? Who knows.<br />
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What about the<a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/brooklyn-principal-in-icu-after-fellow-doe-staffer-dies-from-coronavirus/" target="_blank"><b> two principals at the Brownsville high school building</b></a> who either died or is in the ICU for coronavirus? How many people in the building did they affect last week when the Mayor and Chancellor forced them to stay in the building? No wonder the DOE doesn't want the public to know what the coronavirus count is. The article on the first Principal who died of the coronavirus is <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/brooklyn-principal-dies-from-coronavirus-complications/" target="_blank"><b>Here</b></a>.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-27874728185994609142020-03-23T00:10:00.000-04:002020-03-27T18:12:15.265-04:00Mayor De Blasio , I'm Not The Blame<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mayor Bill de Blasio seems to come on the television and blames the President for the problems with the City actions on combating the coronavirus. However, he seems to <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/de-blasios-senior-staff-in-near-revolt-over-his-coronavirus-response/" target="_blank"><b>ignore his many failures </b></a>in taking appropriate action to combat the coronavirus himself. The result is that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/nyregion/Coronavirus-new-York-epicenter.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage" target="_blank"><b>New York City is the epicenter of the coronavirus</b></a><b> </b>in the Western Hemisphere.<br />
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First, he resisted closing the schools until the Governor forced him to do so. However, it was too late as many students became either affected and or became carriers who passed it on older relatives, resulting in the City having over 25,300 affected residents (300 fatalities) and rising. Worse, as staff reported becoming affected by the coronavirus, the DOE failed to close the schools as the State required as both the Mayor and Chancellor, Richard Carranza, did not want to close the New York City Public Schools. <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/21/blood-on-their-hands-teachers-say-de-blasio-and-carranza-helped-spread-coronavirus/" target="_blank"><b> Read the New York Post's Susan Edelman on Brooklyn Tech.</b></a> Finally, where was the City not using their massive budget surplus to buy medical supplies rather than wait for the State and Federal governments to do so?<br />
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Mayor Bill de Blasio was too late in closing down the City and allowed the cronavirus to spread and even today, the Governor blasted the Mayor for allowing groups to congregate in parks and other gathering places and gave the Mayor <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/22/cuomo-gives-city-24-hours-to-address-crowding-in-parks-amid-coronavirus/" target="_blank"><b>24 hours to enforce his edict</b></a>. In addition, the Mayor still allowed ticketing for alternate street parking until Tuesday, while telling people to stay indoors, what a hypocrite!<br />
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Of course the Mayor's failure to lockdown the City was because he wanted tourist dollars to continue to stream into the City, which allowed thecoronavirus to come along with the turists as well. The Mayor's reluctance to close schools and tourist attractions like Broadway shows and the parks contributed to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, because it was all about the money.<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Note: Chancellor Richard Carranza decided that a<a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/22/coronavirus-in-ny-doe-orders-all-non-essential-staff-to-work-from-home/" target="_blank">ll non-essential DOE employees </a>work at home. Interestingly, the Chancellor himself started to work at home last Friday while DOE employees must report to their jobs on Friday, risking getting infected by the coronavirus from co-workers.</b></span></span></i>Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-84203475425817004702020-03-21T00:01:00.000-04:002020-03-21T13:04:39.179-04:00All State And Federal Tests Are Cancelled<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has <a href="https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/20/its-official-new-york-state-calls-off-exams-due-to-coronavirus-closures/" target="_blank"><b>cancelled</b></a> all standardized tests for this year for grades 3 to 8 and the high school Regents (<i>Its just a matter of time)</i>. In addition, President Trump has <a href="https://chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2020/03/20/states-no-standardized-tests-this-year-trump-devos/" target="_blank"><b>cancelled all federally mandated exams.</b></a> The question is how will it affect the teacher evaluation system this year?<br />
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My guess is that there will be no evaluation for teachers this year due to incomplete observations and no tests to evaluate student growth. However, I do expect the DOE to at least try to evaluate the teachers but will fail when they agency is threatened with court action by the union and the Mayor and/or the Governor sides with the teachers, knowing the DOE would lose in court.<br />
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I also suspect that the schools will not reopen this school year and that also will contribute to the DOE's failure in winning the argument to try to still evaluate teachers. The only item that the DOE might win on is the tenure issue as they might deny tenure to eligible teachers this year due to having no grades and an incomplete year of data.<br />
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The DOE has hastily pushed teachers to set up Google classroom so that students can do remote learning and I expect the results will be disastrous. I can't see many students having the discipline to work on the assignments on their kitchen table or living room with screaming siblings running around the apartment.<br />
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Worse, will parents actually guide their children in their assignments? Moreover, how many computers are there in the apartment? Finally, how do you teach severely disabled students who need hands on instruction? Read the New York Post article <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-in-ny-teachers-prepare-for-unprecedented-challenges-of-remote-learning/" target="_blank"><b>Here</b></a>.<br />
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I see nothing but disaster when it comes to the DOE remote learning program.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-54248144339539162182020-03-15T13:55:00.000-04:002020-03-15T21:37:11.554-04:00My Idea To Force The City To Close Schools<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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UFT President Michael Mulgrew has<b> <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/15/coronavirus-in-ny-teachers-union-vows-to-sue-nyc-to-close-schools/" target="_blank">decided to sue the City</a></b> to close the schools to protect the health of students and to their families. Already on Friday the school attendance was only 58% and expect that number to go down further this week. In fact, City Comptroller Scott Stringer and the City Council Speaker, Cory Johnson want to close the schools. In addition, Borough President of Queens have <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/15/coronavirus-in-ny-queens-bp-sharon-lee-tells-parents-to-keep-kids-out-of-school-amid-coronavirus-spread/" target="_blank"><b>told parents to not send their children to school.</b></a><b> </b>Finally, Governor Cuomo suggested that the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/nyregion/new-york-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#link-6ae76698" target="_blank"><b>City close the schools b</b></a>ut is leaving it up to the Mayor. What a coward!<br />
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The Mayor's reluctance to close the schools is because he admitted <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/15/de-blasio-admits-lack-of-contingency-plan-ready-to-close-public-schools/" target="_blank"><b>there is no alternative plan</b></a> if he closes the schools since the City treats the schools as a place for giving students food and a babysitting service. In reality, students throw out most of the food they obtain in the school cafeteria. However, one would think the Mayor had six years to develop a plan and didn't.<br />
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Teachers have suggested a<i> <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/14/momentum-builds-for-nyc-teacher-sickout-mutiny-over-de-blasios-refusal-to-close-schools/" target="_blank"><b>"sickout"</b></a></i><b> </b>on Wednesday but the union leadership has not supported it. Therefore, I see few teachers participating in the sickout and lose two days pay because of the Taylor Law.<br />
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I suggest that a large comprehensive high school, like Francis Lewis High School staff all wear surgical masks to school and call the press to cover them. The students are mainly Asian and culturally are susceptible to the influence of their teachers. Obviously, if the staff is wearing masks, how many students will then wear surgical masks, if they show up at all to school.<br />
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Francis Lewis High School has 4,557 students and just try moving on the second floor between 4th and 5th periods without touching people (see picture above). Its next to impossible to keep a social distance most of the school day and is a potential breeding ground for various viruses including the cronavirus. Moreover, with Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties closing their schools, how many teachers will actually show up in Queens and the Bronx since their own children need to be supervised. Finally, of the 16 major cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and San Diego who have closed their schools only NYC is increasingly being an exception by keeping their schools open.<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">Update: Mayor Bill de Blasio has finally succumbed to the overwhelming pressure and</span></i><a href="https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/15/nyc-schools-to-shut-down-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-governors-office/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: red;"> is closing New York City schools </span></i></a><i><span style="color: red;">on Monday and will not reopen until April 20th at the earliest. Teachers must report to school on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for training.</span></i></b>Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-72810327114460029212020-03-13T18:30:00.000-04:002020-03-13T18:30:13.328-04:00Taiwan's Simple Method For Testing For The Coronavirus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Taiwan has come up with a simple method for identifying the beginning of the coronavirus. The method requires the individual to wake up in the morning and hold your breath for at least ten secondz and if the person does not cough, gag, sneeze, or feel a tightening of the chest, the individual probably does not have the coronavirus.<br />
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However, some doctors do not believe this simple method is <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-taiwan-can-teach-world-fighting-coronavirus-n1153826" target="_blank"><b>not sufficient </b></a>to identify the coronavirus and want more detailed testing for people who believe they may have the coronavirus,<br />
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While I don't know if Taiwan's simple method for testing for the coronavirus, it certainly can't hurt as a first stage for identifying the coronavirus considering T<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-taiwan-can-teach-world-fighting-coronavirus-n1153826" target="_blank"><b>aiwan's excellent reputation</b></a> in limiting the coronavirus so far.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-88172045202689403672020-03-11T09:55:00.001-04:002020-03-11T10:12:26.885-04:00Governor Andrew Cuomo Orders The Schools To Close For 24 Hours If A child Or Staffer Gets The Coronavirus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYLclM_d5vJBO3WQ2-0PQC5pSVdBVj0Qu7Yy1C1e3qD5gw3JrVIXorZw0qWrbgPaAbh_V24BLr73NtDb-QmFUFiAyk0EiGmixZlvqyqRS2I6lbf0lCOlbmBeAbQc9EO2dCzMV/s1600/clueless.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="184" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYLclM_d5vJBO3WQ2-0PQC5pSVdBVj0Qu7Yy1C1e3qD5gw3JrVIXorZw0qWrbgPaAbh_V24BLr73NtDb-QmFUFiAyk0EiGmixZlvqyqRS2I6lbf0lCOlbmBeAbQc9EO2dCzMV/s400/clueless.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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Governor Andrew Cuomo<a href="https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/09/if-a-student-gets-coronavirus-the-school-will-close-for-24-hours-cuomo/" target="_blank"><b> orders a school to close </b></a>for 24 hours and the school get treated before the.school can reopen if a child or staffer gets the coronavirus. How that affects NYC schools is uncertain but I can't see the NYC schools being exempt from the Governor's order but time will tell.<br />
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I believe the Governor's action is prudent and appropriate but let's see if the Mayor follows the Governor's example.<br />
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The Department of Education is hiring 85 contract (temporary) nurses during the coronavirus epedemic. However, these nurses will not be full time employees and will have no direct access to student records. To me this is merely a public relations ploy by the City rather than to alleviate the school nurse shortage.<br />
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Some good news. The City has ordered all schools to install no touch hand sanitizers. How many and how soon is still a question. Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-76613675961067115502020-03-09T00:04:00.000-04:002020-03-09T07:10:01.812-04:00Why Don't Schools Have Hand Sanitizers?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The DOE is responsible not only in funding and hiring <a href="http://chaz11.blogspot.com/2020/03/10-of-schools-lack-school-nurse.html" target="_blank"><b>school nurses</b></a> but should be supplying all schools with <a href="https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/02/coronavirus-nyc-schools-guidance/" target="_blank"><b>adequate toiletries </b></a>and especially hand sanitizers. Again if the DOE is failing in their mission to supply hand sanitizers, then principals should be using their budget to pay for them. They should folow the example of the hospitals with no touch hand sanitizes strategically located throughout the building.<br />
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I have many colleagues in various schools and few, if any, have hand sanitizers in their schools. Manny teachers and other staff bring their own personal hand sanitizers to their classroom and offices but few share it with their students. Moreover, what about school cafeterias, bathrooms, auditoriums, and locker rooms? These common areas are a hotbed for germs and viruses and hand sanitizers are a necessary measure to limit the spread of various germs and viruses. Let's not forget that many children take mass transit to and from school, buses or trains good places to contract germs and viruses.<br />
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While the coronavirus appears not to be fatal for school-age children, that does not stop them from getting sick and the virus can potentially spread. throughout the school. . However, the precautions for the coronavirus can be effective for the common flu which can be fatal to school age children. In addition, history has shown us that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/opinion/coronavirus-schools-closed.html" target="_blank"><b>closing school</b></a>s before a pandemic takes hold saves lives.<br />
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Will Mayor de Blasio close the schools? I highly doubt it since the schools are a babysitting and food service and it would take a pandemic in the City to do so. Of course some communities have put the students health above their education funding <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/us/coronavirus-schools-san-francisco-seattle.html" target="_blank"><b>Here</b></a>.and <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/05/812557984/as-schools-close-due-to-coronavirus-nearly-300-million-kids-arent-in-class" target="_blank"><b>Here</b></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: cyan;">N<i><b>ote: The Mayor has ordered the DOE to hire 85 school nurses to partially cover (about 50%) of the shortfall. Let's see if the DOE follows through. </b></i></span><br />
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The DOE and Principals have contributed to the school nurse shortfall as 10% of the schools lack a school nurse and with a potential coronavirus epidemic on the horizon. The DOE is responsible to supply every school with a certified school nurse but has failed to do so. Compound this with principals, who control their school budget, who refuse to use their precious school funds to hire a school nurse and then ask the DOE to reimburse them.<br />
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