Yesterday there was a UFT Town Hall in which President Mulgrew gave a short report and then took questions for over an hour. A few folks have provided summaries - here is one on the NYC Educator blog. In the report (and during questions) Mulgrew emphasized that the HEROES Act (stimulus package supported by Democrats and passed in the House) has not passed the Senate and - since Congress is now on break until September - won't do so in time for states to get the funding they need. New York State and new York City put a provision in their budgets including that money, so now the State and the City will have to reduce their budgets commensurately by law, meaning the DOE will also have to reduce its budget.
In summary, during a global pandemic and at a time when we have a teacher shortage there will likely be layoffs. And, since we don't know who or how many right now, it would seem to me that we shouldn't try to reopen school buildings with the probability that we won't have enough people staffing them.
In summary, during a global pandemic and at a time when we have a teacher shortage there will likely be layoffs. And, since we don't know who or how many right now, it would seem to me that we shouldn't try to reopen school buildings with the probability that we won't have enough people staffing them.
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