Montgomery educator denounces firings and COVID-19 case suppression as Alabama abandons pandemic health and relief measures
The school year draws to a close on unsteady footing at Montgomery Public Schools (MPS) in Alabama. Over the past year, courageous teachers protested the premature, unsafe reopening of school buildings, beginning in October, with no aid from the local Alabama Education Association (AEA). Between November 2020 and January 2021, eight MPS educators died from COVID-19, forcing the school board and superintendent to temporarily concede to fully remote teaching and learning. Beyond the direct attacks on teachers’ lives, the push to turn public schools into privately run charter schools has deepened over the past year.