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Prince William teacher alleges coronavirus violations, threatens School Board
A Prince William County school teacher threatened to blow the whistle if the division didn’t revert to all-virtual online learning.
An email to At-large School Board Chairman Dr. Babur Lateef, obtained by PLN through a Freedom of Information Act order, alleges 38 school employees at as many as 15 schools have noted problems with mitigation strategies put in place by the school division to protect employees against the coronavirus.
Staff who have tested positive for the virus are not allowed to talk about it with other employees and are not allowed to tell parents, alleges Brandie Provenzano, an English teacher at Battlefield High School near Haymarket and the author of the email.
Prince William keeps up pressure to return students, overrules superintendent Lateef
School leaders are hopeful they can get more children back into classrooms by March.
During an emergency meeting Tuesday, the Prince William County School Board voted to overturn Superintendent Steven L. Walts’ plan that would have delayed the return of students’ in the fourth through 12th grades until after spring break in late April.
Prince William Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven Walts.When it was announced on January 6, Walts’ plan stunned parents and students hoping to return to the classroom at 50 percent capacity starting on February 2, the goal since October.
Prince William School Board Chairman gets coronavirus shot: “It feels great” Dr. Babur Lateef (right) receives his coronavirus vaccination at Novant Health / UVA Health System Prince William Medical Center in Manassas.
Dr. Babur Lateef was the patient today.
Lateef, who was working as an on-call ophthalmologist in Prince William County on Tuesday, and is also the elected county At-large School Board Chairman, received his vaccination for the coronavirus at Novant Health / UVA Health System Prince William Medical Center in Manassas.
“I am not throwing away my shot,” Lateef wrote in a post to Facebook about those who have said they would choose not to receive the new vaccine.