Letter: All of our teachers are valuable
(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) An empty classroom at Bonneville Elementary School, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.
By Madalyn Seaman | The Public Forum
| Dec. 19, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
As we’ve all struggled through this pandemic year, I had hoped that our society would learn to value those who work at less glamorous jobs than politics or athletics. We saw early on that grocery store workers, delivery drivers and food service workers are very important in the day-to-day existence of Utah residents in 2020.
The teachers all scrambled immediately to prepare online lessons while the districts worked to find computers and bandwidth for their students. Meals generally provided to students were distributed daily, even though schools were not in session in person. Some businesses opted to give their workers hourly bonuses for their extra work and recently the Utah State Legislature’s Executive Appropriations Committee approved bonuses for all pub
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SALT LAKE CITY Attorneys representing a dozen parents whose children are enrolled in the Salt Lake City School District are seeking a preliminary injunction to require the district to open its schools.
The motion, filed in 3rd District Court on Thursday, “is about fundamental rights,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Ryan Bell in a statement.
“The motion filed with the court makes it perfectly clear that the Utah Constitution does not tolerate giving some people fundamental rights while denying others those rights, based only on where they live,” he said.
Earlier this week, the group of parents filed a civil rights lawsuit, seeking their children’s return to in-person learning.
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Utah plan to give teachers $1,500 bonus also puts pressure on Salt Lake City schools
Salt Lake City School District teachers could be cut out of plan unless they offer in-person learning options by Jan. 19
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SALT LAKE CITY Utah lawmakers overseeing the state’s budget gave early approval on Wednesday to a plan that would give K-12 teachers a $1,500 bonus for their hard work amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
But there’s a catch.
And that’s putting pressure on the Salt Lake City School District to provide options for in-person learning in all its schools by Jan. 19.
By SOPHIA EPPOLITODecember 17, 2020 GMT
Mrs. Sparks, a teacher at Arrowhead Elementary, welcomes students and briefs them on mask use due to COVID-19 concerns, on the first day back in class for Washington County School District in Santa Clara, Utah, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Chris Caldwell/The Spectrum via AP)
Mrs. Sparks, a teacher at Arrowhead Elementary, welcomes students and briefs them on mask use due to COVID-19 concerns, on the first day back in class for Washington County School District in Santa Clara, Utah, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Chris Caldwell/The Spectrum via AP)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Most Utah teachers are in line to get $1,500 bonuses from the last batch of federal pandemic relief funds. But Salt Lake City educators may not be included after lawmakers decided Wednesday to exclude the district because they haven’t been teaching in person.