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The risk to my family is too high | Some Houston-area teachers plan to quit over COVID-19 concerns Jason Miles
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Mariah Najmuddin plans to quit teaching after five years in the classroom.
“I teach 7th grade Spanish in Cy-Fair ISD,” Najmuddin said. The risk to my family is too high.”
Najmuddin said students at her school are in COVID-related quarantine daily along with fellow teachers who are required to instruct in-person. You know, I’m a very young teacher and so the probability of me getting sick is low, she said. But I take care of my parents and . I carry that very deeply. Like, what if I bring COVID home?”
"We approached HISD based on information that we were hearing, that there was a buzz that HISD and many school nurses were having trouble getting doses."