Between poor ventilation and inadequate space/supplies, I’m so worried for my students and other teachers.

It is much more traumatic for kids to go to school than to just stay home a little bit longer."?

"I'm an elementary school teacher at an all-girls school in Brooklyn, and I miss my students a ton.

How am I going to deal with getting to work if I have to take the subway.

I'm hoping my only son doesn't catch it because he has to attend school in person, and I have to work on campus.

Part of the fear comes from parents needing to send in sick students so they can go to work.

Also, our governor has announced that if someone tests positive, we are NOT quarantining the students and teachers in that class if they wore masks.

My school is not going to enforce students to wear masks, despite the evidence that teenagers spread COVID as much as adults.

"If I contract COVID at one school, I’ve spread it to three other schools.

As much as I miss my kids, I know that social distancing and mask wearing will be difficult for some of my more sensory-sensitive students.

"I know that sounds dramatic, but I recently recovered from COVID and it was terrible.

"If we continue with virtual/distance learning, students from lower-income families and communities are going to fall further behind their peers.

If we return to in-person teaching, thousands of teachers and community members are going to get COVID?

I work in a a Title 1 public school, and I have seen firsthand the educational and emotional toll that distance learning took on all my students, and ESPECIALLY the students from low-income households.

So yes, COVID affects all of our children, but we can’t pretend that it affects them all equally.

I don't want my students getting sick

We are scheduled for in-person return to school in a few weeks, and I’m scared

My school has lots of resources, extensive plans and procedures, all of the things I know my public school brethren don’t have in abundance and we STILL had a case of COVID during our summer camps

It’s just not safe and they are full steam ahead because they don’t want to risk parents taking their kids to other private schools in my city."

"However, we are also being told not to use too many cleaning supplies because my school can’t afford to keep replacing them

We returned to work July 13th and were given cloth masks, one scrub jacket that we have to wash nightly as my school refuses to wash it, and a face shield

"Even if we do go back, kids can’t socialize, work in groups, or even come sit with me one-on-one

"I teach students with moderate-to-severe special needs who won’t be able to wear masks and have no concept of social distancing or personal space

It’s recommended teachers wear N95 masks under our 'cute' masks, but those are in high demand

My school is taking our PTO if we have to take time off due to COVID exposure, while I am trying to save that time for maternity leave

"Paraprofessionals, secretaries, principals, therapists, social workers, recess aids, cafeteria workers, nurses...the school can’t run if adults in any of these positions can’t come into work and have no subs."

This is also my first year teaching, and my district voted for a hybrid model, allowing kids to attend in person or online, which is a LOT more work for teachers