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12/09/2020

Grief among students: Tools for educators facing a wave of loss .As COVID-19 sweeps through communities across the nation, educators are on the frontlines witnessing unprecedented grief and loss among their students. Parents and other family members are getting sick and sometimes dying, household tension is rising with job loss and remote learning, routines are being disrupted and social networks shattered by the need to distance and isolate.https://www.aft.org/news/grief-among-students-tools-educators-facing-wave-loss


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Randi Weingarten and NYC teacher Tamara Simpson

Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.

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Local 1148 Executive Board meetings are held monthly. Executive Board meetings are the first Monday of the month at 3:45 at Friendly Hills Middle School unless announced otherwise.

General Membership meetings are scheduled as needed and are usually held at Sibley or another local site.

Please refer to emails from your union president or building representatives for more details regarding meetings.

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