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"The board is chaired by Jodi Sapp, who previously came under fire for requiring concerned parents to dox themselves in order to comment on school matters. Under her leadership, the board voted to amend district policy so that non-white teachers only may receive 'additional stipends' to become mentors to other non-white colleagues. The new policy will also have the district 'placing American Indian educators at sites with other American Indian educators and educators of color at sites with other educators of color.'"The new meeting rules put in place by Sapp stated that parents or others speaking at board meetings may not identify board members by name or district staff members while speakers must identify themselves with their name and address, and must limit themselves to commenting only on agenda items.
"The commissioner is not going to close schools Monday, and asks teachers to be patient as we work to get tests in their hands this weekend. It is disappointing that once again the MTA is trying to find a way to close schools, which we know is to the extreme detriment of our children."Schools set to resume classes after a holiday break next week are doing so as the highly-contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus hits the United States hard.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has consistently said keeping children in school is of paramount importance.
"There are a lot of tools and capabilities available to keep kids and adults safe in school, and we should do everything in our power to make sure that kids stay in school."
Comment: Infrastructure in the US - in many countries in the West, in fact - is aging and has been neglected to the point that any unusual stresses could cause them to fail. Which is even more alarming as extreme weather events are on the rise: