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Teachers, students and parents urge board to keep schools virtual and call for personnel remedies
Summary
During public comment at the Jan. 12 DPSCD meeting, teachers, students and parents urged the board to keep schools virtual for the rest of the year, demanded reinstatement or rescission of disciplinary actions against staff, and pressed for stronger mental health and online-learning supports.
Scores of public commenters used the Jan. 12 Detroit Public Schools Community District meeting to urge the board to keep schools virtual through the remainder of the school year, press for stronger online-learning supports and ask the board to address recent personnel actions.
Multiple speakers — teachers, labor leaders, students and parents — told the board that reopening schools now would endanger staff and students and that the district should "stay virtual until the end of this year." Teacher-organizers and union members also asked the board to reinstate LC Bolger and rescind…
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