Bellevue School District takes teachers to court in attempt to return to the classroom

 " BELLEVUE, Wash. – The Bellevue School District is taking its teachers to court in an attempt to provide in-person schooling to the district’s students.

On Tuesday, the Bellevue Education Association (BEA) voted to pause the expansion of in-person learning as proposed by the school district until the COVID-19 vaccine is available to all educators.

However, the school district moved forward in welcoming about 770 2nd graders back into the classroom for in-person learning Thursday with substitute teachers, district administrators, and other school staff teaching the students. "

To the extent possible, “it should be a priority for districts to reopen for in-person learning, especially for younger ages,” said Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins and a member of the committee.

Most studies suggest the virus poses minimal health risks to children under 18. And the report said that evidence for how easily children become infected or spread the virus to others, including teachers and parents, is “insufficient” to draw firm conclusions.

 

Seattle police investigating substitute teacher for alleged indecent exposure in online classroom

Det. Patrick Michaud, a spokesperson for the Seattle Police Department, confirmed Thursday that the allegations against the substitute teacher, a man in his 50s or 60s, were reported to police just before 6 p.m. Tuesday. The indecent-exposure case has since been assigned to a detective in the department’s Sexual Assault Unit for follow-up investigation, he said.

Eden Mack, Seattle School Board member, resigns from post

 

“When I ran for school board, I had hopes that I could help improve things and I’ve always tried to really listen and operate with grace and respect,” Mack wrote. “We’ve made some progress with a few issues but I have ultimately come to realize that the incremental change and Band-Aids are wholly insufficient. No one person is to blame, and so many of us have tried so hard to effect positive change and do right by Seattle’s kids.”  -- Eden Mack 

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/eden-mack-seattle-school-board-member-resigns-from-post/#comments

 

Seattle schools’ special education services during COVID-19 subject of U.S. Department of Education investigation

 “According to one local news report last spring, the District told its special education teachers ‘not to deliver specially-designed instruction,’ and disallowed them from ‘adapt[ing] lessons to each child’s needs,’”

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/u-s-department-of-education-launches-civil-rights-investigation-over-seattles-special-education-services-during-pandemic/ 

 

" Many families said they hoped a new school year would come with an overhauled approach to special education services, and possibly compensatory education for time missed during school closures in the spring.

Those parents said they were floored to learn their children wouldn’t receive makeup time. Other children sat for months on wait lists to get evaluated for services that are critical to keeping them engaged and on track."

Can You Spot The Public School Teachers?

 

Parents Please Think of Your Child's Future

 Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert, said he suffered mild side effects after receiving a second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

“I was hoping that I wouldn’t get too knocked out. I did for about 24 hours. Now I’m fine,” he said at a White House event Thursday.

 CDC reveals at least 21 Americans have suffered life threatening allergic reactions to Pfizer's COVID vaccine - but officials beg people to get the shot and say problems are 'rare'

These are just the immediate effects but what are the long term impacts. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9119029/At-21-Americans-life-threatening-anaphylaxis-receiving-Pfizers-vaccine-CDC-reveals.html

Vaccine rollout hits snag as health workers balk at shots

More than three weeks into the campaign, some places are seeing as much as 80% of the staff holding back.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-vaccine-health-workers-676e03a99badfd5ce3a6cfafe383f6af 

 

“The states seem to be having such a hard time rolling out the vaccine, I don’t fully understand why,” said Jacobson, of Seattle. “The states knew the vaccine was coming, and I think they should’ve known not to expect much help from the current administration.”

A substitute teacher in the Shoreline School District, Jacobson said she hopes Biden can get the country back on some sort of path toward normalcy.

Seattle Public Schools Malcontent Melissa Westbrook Pops Up in Arizona

 Its been 13 months since Melissa Westbrook signed off of her blog and said a teary eyed good bye to the Seattle School Board before leaving Seattle for sunny Arizona but that doesn't mean she retired from tormenting others.  https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2019/12/thanks-and-best-wishes.html

 Westbrook's long running twitter account has been suspended over several threatening tweets and borderline big R comments.   

You can follow Westbrook's latest work at https://blogforarizona.net/author/melissa-westbrook/

MMR Vaccine Efficacy Test Were Faked lawsuit Claims.

Stephen A. Krahling and Joan A. Wlochowski, former Merck virologists blew the whistle by filing a qui tam action lawsuit — U.S. v Merck & Co. — in August 2010. The scientists allege that the efficacy tests for the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine (MMR) were faked. The document was unsealed in June, 2012.

This is a major federal case alleging fraud in vaccine testing; it encapsulates how medical research can be manipulated to achieve desired results, and why it may be wise to question the integrity and the validity of “science-based medicine.”

The suit charges that Merck knew its measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine was less effective than the purported 95% level, and it alleges that senior management was aware and also oversaw testing that concealed the actual effectiveness. According to the lawsuit, Merck began a sham testing program in the late 1990’s to hide the declining efficacy of the vaccine. The objective of the fraudulent trials was to “report efficacy of 95% or higher regardless of the vaccine’s true efficacy.”

 

How Safe Are Your Children in a Transgender School Setting?

 A former Ballard High School student who was sexually assaulted by a fellow student in March 2018 filed a lawsuit against Seattle Public Schools on Tuesday, alleging the district failed to protect her from the “reasonably foreseeable dangers” of being attacked in an unsupervised, all-gender bathroom.

 “Unsupervised, unmonitored and poorly designed bathrooms at schools are notorious for providing a secreted location for misconduct, bullying, assault and sexual assaults,” Kays wrote in the lawsuit. “Washington Courts have long held that an unsupervised and unmonitored bathroom presents a general field of danger for students that schools must protect against.”

 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/former-student-files-lawsuit-against-seattle-public-schools-in-connection-with-2018-sexual-assault-at-ballard-high-school/

Teacher From Bend, Oregon, Flips Out

  In a video re-posted by Canadian photographer Shane B. Murphy, a teacher from Bend, Oregon, flipped out on anti-lockdown protesters while driving past the demonstrators in her car.

“B****, kill yourself!” the young woman shouts at the protesters, giving them the middle finger. “I’m a f***ing teacher! I work at the schools!”

  

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/young-female-teacher-goes-bonkers-on-anti-lockdown-protesters-kill-yourself