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This time around the COVID vaccine does not impact children and schools. The EUA is only for 16 and older. 16 and 17 yo are a very low priority unless they have other health issues. Then their doctors will advise them what to do.
As for the new CA vaccine laws, what do you expect. CA has been passing laws over the years to interfere with parental rights of their children in public schools.
If you do not like it, put your kids in private school or do home schooling.
I tell parents this all the time. If your high school student wants to see a doctor without their parents knowing, they just go to their school counselor who makes the appointment and transportation to and from the doctor is provided. Since CA provides free health care to all who are under 18, the state will cover the cost. If the school has your health insurance information, they will bill it and use the privacy laws to prevent your health insurance from informing you.
This is how abortions are provided to pregnant teens without parent knowledge or consent. If I a student tells me about it, I cannot inform the parent without student consent, or I will loose my job and credential.
That is one reason why I want to leave this state. I qualify for early retirement..
Districts have continued with distance learning even though the state has changed the rules so that if a county was previously orange and planned for in-school learning, they could proceed with in-school learning even if their county went back to purple. Districts could impose this on teachers after a good faith attempt to negotiate the conditions with the union as long as safety procedures were in place. Money has already been released to districts to implement safety procedures. I have all the PPE in my classroom as of the end of October.
The reason is simple, the average age of teachers in CA is about 45. The average age of science, math, and English teachers combined is about 54.
State-wide, the conservative estimate is (based on polling of teachers in various school districts) mandating in person teaching will result in about 20% of teachers state-wide retiring. About 15% of all teaching positions in CA are currently filled by long-term substitutes, meaning those students get a new teacher every 30 days because state law, due to a settlement under the Williams Act requires a substitute can only be in the same classroom no more than 30 days in a year. If that is violated, parents can sue the district.
Because teachers are considered state employees, we are covered under state rules and have been granted generous leave of absence benefits, Family Medical Leave Benefits (for self or to care for family members affected by COVID including children doing home instruction) and early retirement benefits thanks to our Governor. So, teachers can get a note from their doctor stating they fall in a CDC defined high risk category and get paid time off if the district tries to force them to return to the classroom.
What district will pay a teacher to not work and then pay a sub to cover the class especially when they cannot find enough subs right now to cover classes for teachers who are out during distance learning?
If a teacher takes advantage of early retirement, the district has to pay the extra into CalSTRS.
On top of this, the state has paid 49% of this years budget to schools in the form of an IOU payable next year assuming that taxes come in as planned and Prop 15 passed. If not, then next years budget will likely be paid in an IOU.
I turned in my doctor's note because I fit into 4 CDC categories for being high risk. I am willing to go back to in-person teaching though.
I have to consider myself though. Education sucks now. Students run the show and parents blame teachers for everything. If my district went back to in-person, I can put in my retirement, get this year and next year added as credit and move out of state and not have to pay income tax on the retirement. My wife will retire with full benefits after one more year. She can do the same since she just turned 60 and she lives with me.
We already are planning to move to Wyoming to be near to our son. I can get a teaching job in science with my credential and earn a higher salary than CA because I have two graduate degrees and I do not have to put up with the BS. I have already applied for 5 open positions for next year.
My school board sent out a survey a while back. In our district, 25% will retire and another 15% will take a leave of absence or resign if they go back to in-person classes. They have a meeting scheduled to vote to extend online classes through the end of the school year at the end of January.
As for the new CA vaccine laws, what do you expect. CA has been passing laws over the years to interfere with parental rights of their children in public schools.
If you do not like it, put your kids in private school or do home schooling.
I tell parents this all the time. If your high school student wants to see a doctor without their parents knowing, they just go to their school counselor who makes the appointment and transportation to and from the doctor is provided. Since CA provides free health care to all who are under 18, the state will cover the cost. If the school has your health insurance information, they will bill it and use the privacy laws to prevent your health insurance from informing you.
This is how abortions are provided to pregnant teens without parent knowledge or consent. If I a student tells me about it, I cannot inform the parent without student consent, or I will loose my job and credential.
That is one reason why I want to leave this state. I qualify for early retirement..
Districts have continued with distance learning even though the state has changed the rules so that if a county was previously orange and planned for in-school learning, they could proceed with in-school learning even if their county went back to purple. Districts could impose this on teachers after a good faith attempt to negotiate the conditions with the union as long as safety procedures were in place. Money has already been released to districts to implement safety procedures. I have all the PPE in my classroom as of the end of October.
The reason is simple, the average age of teachers in CA is about 45. The average age of science, math, and English teachers combined is about 54.
State-wide, the conservative estimate is (based on polling of teachers in various school districts) mandating in person teaching will result in about 20% of teachers state-wide retiring. About 15% of all teaching positions in CA are currently filled by long-term substitutes, meaning those students get a new teacher every 30 days because state law, due to a settlement under the Williams Act requires a substitute can only be in the same classroom no more than 30 days in a year. If that is violated, parents can sue the district.
Because teachers are considered state employees, we are covered under state rules and have been granted generous leave of absence benefits, Family Medical Leave Benefits (for self or to care for family members affected by COVID including children doing home instruction) and early retirement benefits thanks to our Governor. So, teachers can get a note from their doctor stating they fall in a CDC defined high risk category and get paid time off if the district tries to force them to return to the classroom.
What district will pay a teacher to not work and then pay a sub to cover the class especially when they cannot find enough subs right now to cover classes for teachers who are out during distance learning?
If a teacher takes advantage of early retirement, the district has to pay the extra into CalSTRS.
On top of this, the state has paid 49% of this years budget to schools in the form of an IOU payable next year assuming that taxes come in as planned and Prop 15 passed. If not, then next years budget will likely be paid in an IOU.
I turned in my doctor's note because I fit into 4 CDC categories for being high risk. I am willing to go back to in-person teaching though.
I have to consider myself though. Education sucks now. Students run the show and parents blame teachers for everything. If my district went back to in-person, I can put in my retirement, get this year and next year added as credit and move out of state and not have to pay income tax on the retirement. My wife will retire with full benefits after one more year. She can do the same since she just turned 60 and she lives with me.
We already are planning to move to Wyoming to be near to our son. I can get a teaching job in science with my credential and earn a higher salary than CA because I have two graduate degrees and I do not have to put up with the BS. I have already applied for 5 open positions for next year.
My school board sent out a survey a while back. In our district, 25% will retire and another 15% will take a leave of absence or resign if they go back to in-person classes. They have a meeting scheduled to vote to extend online classes through the end of the school year at the end of January.
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