Alyssa Feliciano and April Rubin
Fresh Take Florida
The first time Allison Enright, a Brevard County teacher, fell at work, doctors prescribed her opioids to deal with the pain.
During the year that followed her fall, she saw her body start to deteriorate. When the prescription medicines and physical therapy didn’t work, a workers compensation doctor recommended she use medical marijuana to avoid using a wheelchair.
She describes the drug as her miracle.
The second time the Space Coast Junior and Senior High teacher fell at work – a student pushed her in the hallway during the pandemic – she disclosed under her workers’ compensation plan that she used medical cannabis for pain management.
Brevard teachers sue Health First, claim monopoly raised their healthcare costs Bailey Gallion, Florida Today
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A group of teachers has entered the legal fray over Health First’s domination of the Brevard County healthcare market, accusing the hospital system and insurer of monopolistic tactics in a class action suit.
Brevard Federation of Teachers President Anthony Colucci, Vice President Vanessa Skipper and teacher Kelly Baker filed a complaint Monday in Florida’s middle district federal court. The suit repeats many of the allegations Health First has already faced in court, accusing the healthcare system of using aggressive, monopolistic tactics to gain leverage to increase the price of its services, causing the teachers to overpay for their healthcare.
Although online options will remain available to families during the 2021-2022 school year, the Brevard Public School District will do away with eLearning models used during the pandemic that required staff to teach students online at the same time as those physically present in the classroom.
Superintendent Mark Mullins announced the plans and other changes for next year at the Board of Education meeting Tuesday. The school district will resume many of its regular operations while maintaining certain precautions, he said.
“It has been a very challenging year for our educators,” Mullins said. “They have risen to the challenge and the call, and have done such an admirable job of managing that difficult situation. But we know that our students are served best when they re with us in person in our schools.”
Teachers feel left out when it comes to the state's executive order that waives the required assessments for students, but still holds teachers accountable for those scores.
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