conditions. how dare you put on the airways in the news media that we re trying to cancel schools before a vote was even taken? that s a slap until the face. we don t feel safe. we don t feel that the students are safe. i myself have several underlying conditions. joining me now is jasmine certa, parent, mentor and organizer and stacy davis gates, the executive vice president of the illinois federation of teachers. thank you both for being here. let me start with you, ms. davis-gates. let me play for you quickly what the mayor had to say on tuesday about schools needing to be open. here is what she said. we can t forget about how disruptive that remote process so to individual parents who have to work, who can t afford the luxury of staying home and being with their kids, not because they don t love their
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in place. we have a substitute shortage. we need to see the mitigations in place. we need to see staffing in place. by in large, we need to see the federal crimes allocated in a way that makes us safe and keeps our school communities open. you know, i want to go to you ms. certa. for a parent, it s difficult. if your able to home school and work from home and have that leisure, that s one thing. if you can t and have to go to work, it s another thing. parents are all at different levels of access even to be able to teach from home. what do you think of what is happening now and where do you fall on the idea whether or not kids should be back in school? sure. well, i represent my community, my black and brown community and i m a parent myself so i do believe that it could be