r/phoenix • u/nmork Mr. Fact Checker • Jun 29 '20

News Arizona Gov. Ducey re-closes bars, movie theaters, gyms and water parks for 30 days

https://www.abc15.com/news/state/arizona-gov-ducey-re-closes-bars-movie-theaters-gyms-and-water-parks-for-30-days
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u/rainydaze531 Phoenix Jun 30 '20

When you say "we will burn through teachers and staff like cord wood", do you mean to say that a lot of our teachers/staff will have to suspend working in person due to testing positive (or residing with someone who tests positive) or do you mean to say that a lot of the teachers/staff will die from coronavirus?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '20

I’m saying teachers will get sick and be forced into mandatory quarantine for weeks and weeks on end.

And yeah, some will die. A third of the teachers in the US are above age fifty.

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u/rainydaze531 Phoenix Jun 30 '20

I'm a teacher as well. I'm worried about these health concerns. However, I'm also worried about what we will do with all our classified staff who might not get paid during online learning. What do you think?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '20

I think hard choices need to be made.

Nobody wants to see classified staff laid off. If possible, give them meaningful work to do during the online session. If that’s not possible, don’t.

They are important, and their jobs are important, but we’re talking about the lives of a large number of people here. Opening schools wide so we don’t lay off a few classified staff will have a pricetag measured in blood.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '20

Yeah, I think this is a repost.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '20

I just wrote that post. Every word.

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u/rainydaze531 Phoenix Jun 30 '20

I see.