In the Oakland Unified School District, hundreds of teachers participated in a 'sickout' protest to demand increased pandemic safety measures.
When the district learned of a possible sickout, administrators began asking families to keep students home Friday, Sasaki said. On Thursday, the district sent out an email to discourage teachers from participating in what it described as an “illegal” action.Advertisement
The teachers who organized the sickout are also asking the district to implement two weeks of remote instruction to put the safety measures in place, said Jordan Blumberg-Long, a social science teacher at Skyline High School in Oakland. The idea emerged among teachers without union involvement, Blumberg-Long said. She estimated that about 500 teachers participated. At Skyline High, which has about 1,500 students, 100 of 110 teachers called in sick, she said.
“It is critical that Oakland Unified take additional steps by distributing better masks to all students and providing coronavirus testing sufficient to support full-time, in-person learning during an upsurge in cases,” the union said in a statement.
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