>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THEY SEEM TO FALL THIS MORNING WE ARE GETTING MORE INFORMATION FROM
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ABOUT YOUR KIDS THEIR TEACHERS
AND
COVID-19 TONIGHT THE DISTRICT
WILL PRESENT ITS BUDGET BY THE
WAY TO THE SCHOOL BOARD
TOMORROW, IT’S EXPECTED TO
NEGOTIATE WITH TEACHERS.
THIS COMES AFTER SUPERINTENDENT
TIM FORSON SENT A LETTER TO
PARENTS LAST WEEK ASKING THEM
TO BE PATIENT AS TEACHERS IN
THE COUNTY WORK TO JUGGLE IN
PERSON CLASSES IN DISTANCE
LEARNING CLASSES. TIM FORSON IS
JOINING US VIA ZOOM THIS
MORNING, GOOD MORNING. MISTER
FORSON ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
ON THE SHOW.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME SO IT SOUNDS LIKE
TEACHERS ARE FRUSTRATED WHAT
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP
ALLEVIATE THAT STRESS.
>> I VISITED MANY MANY CERTAINLY IN THESE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND AND ENDED THE
DEMAND IS HIGH ON TEACHERS AND
SO I THINK THE BEST THING THAT
WE CAN DO IS A SYSTEM IS TRYING
TO CLEAR A
PATH AND TAKE AWAY OTHER
RESPONSIBILITIES, ANOTHER TASK
THAT MAY TYPICALLY BE IN IN THE
PLACE OF OF TEACHERS AT THIS
POINT IN TIME SO I THINK
FOR US. IT IS TAKING AWAY AS
MANY
WORKLOADS AND EXPECTATION IS
SOME MIGHT HAVE
AND THEY NEVER BEFORE IF
TEACHERS HAD TO WORK AND LIVE
IN
THE PRESENT AS THEY DO NOW SO
WE’RE TRYING TO DO OUR VERY
BEST TO HELP AND NOT THE
TEACHERS THAT I’VE TALKED TO
HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE REALLY
TRYING TO DO.
THEY CAN FOR THEIR STUDENT
CENTER AND EXCITED THAT THEIR
STUDENTS ARE BACK WITH THEM OR
ONLINE WHEREVER THEY HAPPEN TO
BE SO ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA.
I WAS JUST DOING SOME RESEARCH
YESTERDAY THERE’S SOME
NEGOTIATING IS GOING ON WITH
TEACHERS DURING A
MEETING TOMORROW.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WILL THIS
COME UP COULD YOU TELL US MORE
ABOUT WHAT IS EXPECTED TO THAT
MEETING.
>> WELL GET TO
MARS NEGOTIATIONS IS TYPICAL OF
ANY ANY EACH YEAR ACROSS THE
STATE. I THINK EVERYONE EVERY.
UNION
OR ASSOCIATION GOES BACK TO THE
TABLE WITH THERE.
AND THEY WORK THROUGH A COUPLE
OF ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE IN THE
CONTRACT OR IT’S THE EXPIRATION
YEAR OF THE CONTRACT, THEY WORK
THROUGH THE ENTIRE CONTRACT AND
SO IT’S NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY
OTHER YEAR AND
IT WILL COMPENSATION WILL BE ON
THE TABLE AS IT
ALWAYS IS AS WELL AS ONE OR 2
OTHER ARTICLES ARE AREAS OF THE
CONTRACT TO BE DISCUSSED AND
REVIEWED.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO I KNOW
THAT YOU’RE ASKING FOR PARENTS
TO HELP.
BY USING KIND OF THE SAME
METHODS THEY DID LAST YEAR
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT
MEANS AND HOW THAT COULD MAYBE
HELP THE TEACHERS WHO ARE
FEELING OVERWHELMED.
>> YEAH, I I
IF I WATCH THIS IN SOME
CLASSROOMS. WE’RE IN AND IT’S A
NATURAL THING TO DO IF I I’M A
PARENT AND I
SEE THAT THE TEACHER IS WHAT WE
CALL A SYNCHRONOUS MODE WHERE
THEY’RE TEACHING STUDENTS IN
THE CLASSROOM AND THEN THEY
ALSO HAVE A CAMERA WHERE
THEY’RE TEACHING THE STUDENTS
THAT ARE
AT HOME AND AND WE HAVE THE
CAPABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH
THOSE STUDENTS NOT TO AUDIO BUT
THROUGH CHAN OR THROUGH
OTHER MECHANISMS. AND I’M THE
ONE THING I JUST
ASK OF OF PARENTS IS THAT TO
UNDERSTAND OR DURING THE
TEACHING DAY FROM ITS
ELEMENTARY FROM A
25 TO 2.25. TEACHERS OR NOT AND
WE HAD A COMMUNICATE WITH
PARENTS THEY REALLY NEED TO
FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND AND
THAT TASK IS A LARGE I WANT TO
DOWNPLAY I DON’T THINK ANY
TEACHER. WENT INTO THE
PROFESSION EXPECTING TO BOTH BE
TEACHING STUDENTS LIVE. AND AT
THE SAME TIME. HAVING STUDENTS
IN A REMOTE
AREAS WELL.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO IS IT
BECAUSE THEY’RE ASKING
QUESTIONS MAYBE WHILE THEIR
CHILD IS ON THROUGH CHATS AND
IT’S IT’S A BURDEN ON THE THAT
TEACHERS FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE
TO RESPOND TO THAT MOMENT.
>> IT IS I TEACHERS WHETHER
THEY ARE
HERE OR DUVALL AND CLAY OR
ANYWHERE ELSE IS THAT THEY HAVE
HIGH EXPECTATIONS, SO THEY THEY
WANT TO BE. ENGAGED AND
BE RESPONSIVE. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THAT TIME COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS DURING
INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS TAKING AWAY
THE TRUCK TUNNEL THEY REALLY
NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT AND OUR
TEACHERS WILL DO THEIR VERY
BEST AND THEY’LL RESPOND.
AFTER THE DURING THEIR BREAK
TIMES DURING SOME OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS AND I
WILL SAY PARENTS HAVE BEEN
AWESOME. IT’S BEEN
INCREDIBLY PATIENT THEY REALLY
PROVIDED SUGGESTIONS AN END
THINGS THAT WE NEED TO THINK
ABOUT AS WE
GO FORWARD BECAUSE CERTAINLY
IT’S NOT THE SAME IN EVERY
CLASSROOM AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO
BE CONSISTENT. IF I’M IN
HIGH SCHOOL. NOW I TEACH
MATH ONLINE LOOKS VERY
DIFFERENT AND HOW I MIGHT BE
TEACHING MY ENEMY CORSETRY
PROJECT KOREA MISTER FORSON I
WANT TO CALL UP THE DASHBOARD
AND IT’S USUALLY UPDATE WITHIN
ABOUT 24 HOURS OR SO SO I
BECAUSE THE PRINT IS VERY SMALL
HERE.
>> BUT THIS IS AS CURRENT AS IT
IS AVAILABLE. YOU HAVE 23 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED OR HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR 191
THAT A QUARANTINE
A HANDFUL OF TEACHERS AS WELL
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THESE
NUMBERS.
>> WELL I I YOU HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT IT YOU DO AND SO YOU PAY
CLOSE ATTENTION TO IT.
I JUST DO WANT TO REMIND
EVERYONE THAT
YOU KNOW IT’S 23 CASES OF
STUDENTS THE QUARANTINE IS
LARGELY THE
QUARANTINE IS AN ACTION OR
PRECAUTIONARY STEP THAT YOU
TAKE SO THAT IT DOESN’T BECOME
WIDESPREAD AND SO AS DIFFICULT
AS THAT IS FOR CHILDREN FOR
PARENTS FOR TEACHERS.
IT IS THE RIGHT STEP FOR US TO
KEEP MOVING IN THE DIRECTION
THAT WE’RE MOVING SO EVEN IF
THAT QUARANTINE NUMBER JUMPS UP
TO 500 OR 600 OR 800. IF THAT’S
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
FOR US TO CONTINUE IN THE IN
THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE
TODAY THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING
TO BE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: TIM FORSON