Homestead: The Federation of American Teachers President Randi Weingarten squatted to sit at the first class desk at the Florida School, chatting with children aged 6 years masked about their books and former TK teachers, Ny.
Smithead, Mrs.
Smith.
Lillian Smith, a local union waiter who taught at William A.
Chapman Elementary at Miami-Dade County for more than 30 years, died last month from Covid-19.
At least four Miami-Dade District Teachers or staff have died because Covid so far this school year, because cases and hospitalization in Florida have soared.
Weingarten, in Miami on Friday as part of a US tour to support safe back-to-school steps Covid such as Masking, to Reuters that Florida is “a place where you have a governor who cares more about his political aspirations than security than security .
And the welfare of the people he chose to serve.
“The Governor of the Republic of Ron Desantis in July issued the executive order.
Desantis, whose office did not immediately respond to a request for a comment, said parents had to decide whether their children wore masks.
Parents in Florida and throughout the country have clashed with school and health officials in what has become a politicized strip on Covid prevention.
Miami-Dade is among several districts who impose mask requirements in ordering desantic orders.
This week, the State Education Department held funds from the two districts, although a state judge ruled last week that the state did not have the authority to ban the mandate.
Two small districts that do not need the mask must be closed because the Covid case is soaring.
With sick staff members or quarantine, bus drivers and lack of teachers have caused bus density and greater class size, making a more difficult social distance, President Andrew Spar Florida said.
“The district just tries to do the best they can, but it is challenging when we do not get support from the country,” said Spar.
Valda McKinney, the organizer of the local teacher union in Chapman, said he lost his friend Lillian Smith, who according to Weingarten and local news reports had not been vaccinated by Covid-19 felt more threatening.
“Teacher is nervous,” McKinney said.
In the first class on Friday, the West Union leader Weingarten shared new books.
“This is us to honor Mrs.
Smith,” Weingarten said.
“One of the things he wants more than anything from all of you to succeed.”