Coronavirus:

[robert.]

Temple university suspends in person classes. Anyone off campus by 9/13/2020 will receive a refund for housing. 5 percent of the student body will be allowed in person classes. Students with high risk family members may stay on campus. Along with student in need of internet,computers and lab work

[Rufus T. Firefly]

.......... and lab work

Those are the classes that could require being on campus - pretty limited to the the STEM areas, I think.

[healey36]

My kid, the sixth grade school teacher, has been told that if she gets sick, she is still expected to work. The school system here has advised teachers that there are no trained substitute teachers for on-line/virtual learning, and that the administration expects the staff to "play through injuries". Speaks to the idiocy of local officials. They have also advised that when on-site classwork resumes (they are pushing for November 1), there will likely be few substitute teachers. Seems none of the older, retired cadre of substitute teachers have any interest in sticking their necks out.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

My kid, the sixth grade school teacher, has been told that if she gets sick, she is still expected to work. The school system here has advised teachers that there are no trained substitute teachers for on-line/virtual learning, and that the administration expects the staff to "play through injuries". Speaks to the idiocy of local officials. They have also advised that when on-site classwork resumes (they are pushing for November 1), there will likely be few substitute teachers. Seems none of the older, retired cadre of substitute teachers have any interest in sticking their necks out.

Seems like they want a confrontation with the teacher's union.........idiocy indeed.

[robert.]

My kid, the sixth grade school teacher, has been told that if she gets sick, she is still expected to work. The school system here has advised teachers that there are no trained substitute teachers for on-line/virtual learning, and that the administration expects the staff to "play through injuries". Speaks to the idiocy of local officials. They have also advised that when on-site classwork resumes (they are pushing for November 1), there will likely be few substitute teachers. Seems none of the older, retired cadre of substitute teachers have any interest in sticking their necks out.

Seems like they want a confrontation with the teacher's union.........idiocy indeed.

More to it then that. My wife is a substitute bus driver. This year(summer of 2020) they wont pay her for her training. She took several required class( Spotting child abuse And depression). Her transportation dept says” we don’t know if there will be a use for subs this year. We are not responsible to pay you for those classes.” Yet they emailed her the link. Also my wife needs to pay out of pocket drug testing and fbi background check. About $500 for both. Spend $500 for a maybe there will be a need for a sub bus driver. There are several other issues going on.I would say “ most are budget cutting on the district’s part and favoritisms “

[Rufus T. Firefly]

My kid, the sixth grade school teacher, has been told that if she gets sick, she is still expected to work. The school system here has advised teachers that there are no trained substitute teachers for on-line/virtual learning, and that the administration expects the staff to "play through injuries". Speaks to the idiocy of local officials. They have also advised that when on-site classwork resumes (they are pushing for November 1), there will likely be few substitute teachers. Seems none of the older, retired cadre of substitute teachers have any interest in sticking their necks out.

Seems like they want a confrontation with the teacher's union.........idiocy indeed.

More to it then that. My wife is a substitute bus driver. This year(summer of 2020) they wont pay her for her training. She took several required class( Spotting child abuse And depression). Her transportation dept says” we don’t know if there will be a use for subs this year. We are not responsible to pay you for those classes.” Yet they emailed her the link. Also my wife needs to pay out of pocket drug testing and fbi background check. About $500 for both. Spend $500 for a maybe there will be a need for a sub bus driver.

Were they ever really responsible for paying for those or where they paying as a deductable expense of operation? Is she a 1099 employee? Could write those costs off..........

There are several other issues going on.I would say “ most are budget cutting on the district’s part and favoritisms “

Not a surprise and I fully expect that every employer will be using this as an opportunity to clear out dead wood and problem employees.

[chuck]

A number of articles in the Free Press today which touch upon cluelessness of the population in general.

Big Ten has wisely (IMHO) elected to postpone the sports season. I think all but two of the schools voted to "not play". Now some of the kids and their parents are jumping on the bandwagon to try to force the league to open up. Meanwhile there is growing evidence of issues with student athletes who contract COVID 19 having their heart muscle being affected and no long term data to suggest how serious this is or what will happen to them in the future!

Adrian College (located about 90 minutes south west of Detroit) re-opened and now has an insane positivity rate with ~200 active cases. The county health board wants them to end in person classes and to quarantine the 200 cases. The school said no to suspending in person classes and that they say that they have quarantined the sick students. The students say they haven't been quarantined in any meaningful way.

Theater operators in southern Michigan are livid because they can't open up. Michigan's UP and the northern third of the lower peninsula are open with restrictions but they also have a much lower population density and way lower positivity rating. They are relying on an incidence report of no infections reported after ONE WEEK of an "accidental" opening in spite of TWO WEEK lapse being the gold standard. I want to go back to the movies/theater but not without more checks or implementation of additional safety protocols or equipment (like UV air sanitizers/HEPA filters).

As much as I wish this will all go away I understand this is a war and we all have to make changes in out behavior or things will get much worse. The blind, pig headed behaviors that form the common thread in all of these articles is insane. I think it was one of the NBA players that tried to remind people that "it's only a game", not something worth risking your life or other people's lives over.

BTW, the state is dreading/anticipating a major spike because kids are going back to college and apparently doing everything they can to catch/spread the disease. No masks, no social distancing, no ..... Stupid, stupid, stupid, .......

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A number of articles in the Free Press today which touch upon cluelessness of the population in general.

Big Ten has wisely (IMHO) elected to postpone the sports season. I think all but two of the schools voted to "not play". Now some of the kids and their parents are jumping on the bandwagon to try to force the league to open up. Meanwhile there is growing evidence of issues with student athletes who contract COVID 19 having their heart muscle being affected and no long term data to suggest how serious this is or what will happen to them in the future!

Saw that on the news last night scrolling below the hockey game -- parents think it's more important to play football than keep their children safe.....

Adrian College (located about 90 minutes south west of Detroit) re-opened and now has an insane positivity rate with ~200 active cases. The county health board wants them to end in person classes and to quarantine the 200 cases. The school said no to suspending in person classes and that they say that they have quarantined the sick students. The students say they haven't been quarantined in any meaningful way.

Heath Dept. should just close them down...........

Theater operators in southern Michigan are livid because they can't open up. Michigan's UP and the northern third of the lower peninsula are open with restrictions but they also have a much lower population density and way lower positivity rating. They are relying on an incidence report of no infections reported after ONE WEEK of an "accidental" opening in spite of TWO WEEK lapse being the gold standard. I want to go back to the movies/theater but not without more checks or implementation of additional safety protocols or equipment (like UV air sanitizers/HEPA filters).

Who really wants to go sit in a theater with a bunch of unknowns and be breathing air blown all over - right......UV air sanitizers/HEPA filters are installed......sure they are...... Just like getting on a plane......not happening.

As much as I wish this will all go away I understand this is a war and we all have to make changes in out behavior or things will get much worse. The blind, pig headed behaviors that form the common thread in all of these articles is insane. I think it was one of the NBA players that tried to remind people that "it's only a game", not something worth risking your life or other people's lives over.

Yup.

BTW, appears that a 2nd wave is running rampnat in Spain now..........

[robert.]

They always paid for training. Never for drug and fbi check. She would be fine paying for drug and fbi check . If it was a regular year. She may never get her fanny in a driver’s seat. That’s $500 spent down the drain. Im sure sub teachers think the same

[rogruth]

Gotta have the sports thing because so much money is involved in so many ways.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They always paid for training.

Doesn't equal being required to pay for it. Lots of stuff that used to be paid is not going to be paid for now. Only the real required stuff will be done.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Gotta have the sports thing because so much money is involved in so many ways.

Every parent thinks that their kid is going to the NFL and get rich.......

[robert.]

Gotta have the sports thing because so much money is involved in so many ways.

Every parent thinks that their kid is going to the NFL and get rich.......

I don’t. My kid will never be in the nfl. My wife’s training is always paid

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Gotta have the sports thing because so much money is involved in so many ways.

Every parent thinks that their kid is going to the NFL and get rich.......

I don’t. My kid will never be in the nfl.

You have a sense of reality......

My wife’s training is always paid

Well, good for her then. Always is nice.....I had to pay for some of mine and then some was paid for me. I never counted on getting it all paid.

[rogruth]

A "full ride" for a musician is chicken feed compared to what an athlete gets.
I have never though that any jock was worth a million dollars. Not many people are.
I do think that doctors that deal with the health of people are worth at least that.
There are a few others that may be.
Oh. By the way, I put popular musicians and other entertainers in the same category as jocks.