National teacher union supports strikes over reopening plans

I am also a band teacher and we have almost 150 kids in our high school band class for an hour and a half on block schedule. We also have around 60 kids in both middle school classes for an hour.

There is absolutely no way this is safe, even if we don’t play our instruments.

I think arguing that kids need school at the expense of safety creates a false dichotomy. Of course they need school!! That’s not what we’re debating here and it never was up for debate. We just don’t think it’s safe for these kids and all the adults that work with them. We can’t force some sense of normalcy because we are craving it emotionally and ignore the fact that we are in a worldwide pandemic. And we can’t keep depending on schools to fix everything in our society.

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