>> FACING THE FALL, THE NEWS 4 JAX I TEAM BANK DOCUMENTS THAT REVEAL WHAT
TO BLOCK OUT THE TEACHERS WILL
BE REQUIRED TO DO THIS SCHOOL
YEAR AND WHAT OPTIONS THEY WILL
HAVE SHOWED YOU BECOME INFECTED
WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
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TOMORROW THE
WALKOUT IS WARD WILL HOLD A
SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE
SUPERINTENDENT’S
REOPENING PLAN.
>>TOM WILLS: THE STATE
EDUCATION COMMISSIONER TODAY IS
DEFENDING
HIS ORDER. FOR ALL COUNTIES TO
REOPEN SCHOOL BUILDINGS 5 DAYS
A WEEK, HE SAYS PARENTS NEED
THE OPTION TO SEND THEIR KIDS
BACK TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOLS
SHOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO
DO
WHAT’S BEST IN THE PAST HOUR WE
HEARD FROM GOVERNOR DESANTIS
WHO SAID HE BELIEVES THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHOULD
NOT HAVE THE
FINAL SAY AND THE DISTRICT
SHOULD OPERATE IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OF
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THEIR STUDENTS.
>> YOU YOU TALK TO PARENTS.
I
THE VIEW IS IS A LITTLE MORE
FRACTURED IN TERMS OF WHAT
SHOULD HAPPEN WITH THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK
YOU KNOW PROBABLY EARLY JUNE
THEY’RE PROBABLY BEEN
OVERWHELMING SAY GO BACK
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE HAD LOW
POSITIVITY LOW CASES AND THINGS
WERE WERE WERE
WERE STABLE. NOW AS YOU SEEN
THIS, I THINK THERE’S NATURALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR SCHOOLS WHAT DOES IT
MEAN
FOR SAFETY AND I THINK
DIFFERENT PARENTS LOOK AT A
DIFFERENT WAYS AND I THINK THAT
THAT’S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT IN
EACH DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>>MARY BAER: NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER SCOTT JOHNSON AND I TEAM INVESTIGATOR KELLY WILEY
ARE FOCUSED ON SCHOOLS. WE
BEGIN WITH KELLY WHO IS LIVE AT
THE DUVAL SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL
BOARD ON THE SOUTHBANK KELLY.
>> ONE THING WE KEEP HEARING FROM THE TEACHER UNIONS IF YOU’RE ACTIVELY IN THESE
NEGOTIATIONS FIGURING OUT
THINGS LIKE
HAZARD PAY. THERE ARE THOUSANDS
OF TEACHERS WITHIN
THE DUVALL SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICT, BUT ONE THING THAT WE
SPOKE TO TODAY SAID IF YOU CAN
SEE IN A VIRTUAL SETTING THIS
THING AND HIS FAMILY RETURNED
THIS YEAR.
>> MONTGOMERY COUNTY TEACHER
SELL CASTRONOVO SAYS GOING BACK
INTO A SCHOOL BUILDING IS TOO
BIG A RISK FOR HIS FAMILY, MY
AGE.
>> AND MY SUSCEPTIBILITY.
I SCHOOL AGE CHILD. DIAGNOSED
WITH ASTHMA. I BE APPLIED TO BE
A A AND YES, I DON’T GET A POSITION I WILL BE TAKING OFF HERE IN SOME MANNER BECAUSE
I’M NOT GOING TO FORCE MYSELF
TO THE VIRUS AND BRING
HIM HOME.
>> ALREADY 60 FOR DUVAL COUNTY
TEACHERS AND 8 STUDENTS HAVE
SELF REPORTED THAT THEY TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 SINCE
MARCH ACCORDING TO THE
DISTRICT’S FIGURES THU CATION
COMMISSIONER DEFENDED HIS
EMERGENCY ORDER CALLING FOR
SCHOOLS TO REOPEN FOR FACE TO
FACE INSTRUCTION 5 DAYS A WEEK
BEING IN FRONT OF A GREAT
CLASSROOM TEACHER IN THAT ROOM
WITH THAT INTERACTION BETWEEN THE PIERS IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR
STUDENTS STATE BOARD MEMBER
MICHAEL OLA NICK SAYS THAT PART
OF THE ORDER IS CAUSING
CONFUSION IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
WAS NOT PRESENTED TO THE STATE
BOARD BEFORE IT WAS SIGNED OFF
ON THAT IS WHAT CAUSED
THE CONFUSION.
>> AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSES THE
FEAR IN DUVALL COUNTY THE
DISTRICT HAS UNVEILED A PLAN
THAT DOES NOT PUT MIDDLE AND
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BACK IN
THE CLASSROOM 5 DAYS
A WEEK UNTIL AFTER THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
HAPPENS. BUT IT GIVES
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THE
OPTION OF FACE TO
FACE INSTRUCTION.
>> 5 DAYS A WEEK FROM THE START
OF SCHOOL DISTRICT IS STILL
NEGOTIATING WITH TEACHERS BUT
IS ALREADY HAMMERED OUT
AGREEMENTS ADDRESSING POSITIONS
THAT DON’T REQUIRE COMING TO
THE SCHOOL
TO TEACH IN SAFETY PROTOCOLS,
TEACHERS HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS
ONE REQUIRES TEACHERS TO USE AN
APP EVERY DAY TO PRE SCREENED
THEIR HEALTH BEFORE COMING INTO
THE BUILDING IT ALSO REQUIRES
TEACHERS TO NOT REPORT TO WORK
IF THEY ANSWER NO TO ANY OF THE
PRE SCREENING QUESTIONS THE
DISTRICT TO SEND OUT DIFFERENT
SICK LEAVE OPTIONS TO TEACHERS
ONE OF WHICH REQUIRES THE
DISTRICT TO
PAY TEACHERS, FULL WAGES UP TO
$5,000 IF THEY’RE ORDERED INTO
QUARANTINE ADVICE TO SELF
QUARANTINE BY A MEDICAL
PROVIDER OR EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS
WHILE WAITING FOR
A DIAGNOSIS. NEWS 4 JAX IN
QUESTIONS INQUIRY ABOUT HOW
BLEEP PLAN WILL WORK,