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A Texas teacher weighs schools reopening, state guidelines and the coronavirus pandemic

 

A Texas teacher weighs schools reopening, state guidelines and the coronavirus pandemic” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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Like thousands of teachers across Texas, Darcy Vogt Williams says she’s frustrated. About a month out from the start of the new school year, the Texas Education Agency continues to fine-tune its guidance on how districts should reopen safely to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. On Friday it again revised its plans, giving schools more time before they must resume teaching students in person, and allowing districts hard hit by the coronavirus to seek waivers.

“You would hope that the Texas Education Agency would understand that we are in a position that none of us could have prepared for, and it has zero to do with teachers not wanting to work. We all want to work,” Williams said.

Williams teaches band at Stiles Middle School in Leander, north of Austin. After hearing teachers from around the state voice similar complaints about the fall guidelines, she said she felt compelled to organize a protest Wednesday outside of the State Capitol.

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This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/18/texas-schools-reopening-coronavirus/.

 

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