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Educators group protests Cabarrus County Schools reopening
Group says reopening coming near the “height of the pandemic”
Teachers protest returning to in-person learning in Cabarrus County By David Whisenant | February 1, 2021 at 6:50 AM EST - Updated February 2 at 7:25 AM
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A group of educators protested on Monday the decision made by the Cabarrus County Board of Education to reopen schools for full-time in-person learning for some students.
“15 North Carolina educators have died of COVID, that’s 15 too many. It is a preventable disease. We need to be caring for our students and school staff the same way we care for our families,” said Cabarrus County Schools teacher Meredith Newman. “We want kids in the classroom, we want to fully reopen, but it’s just not safe for that yet.”
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Some teachers parked outside Saturday s Cabarrus County school board meeting to protest plans to launch Plan A in February.
Updated 1:45 p.m.
The Cabarrus County school board voted 5-2 Saturday to bring some students back to school four days a week starting Feb. 16. Currently, all schools are in Plan B, with students attending two days a week of in-person classes and three days of remote learning.
The new Plan A schedule will apply to students in prekindergarten through third grade, as well as students with disabilities, homeless students and English language learners. Fourth- and fifth-graders are scheduled to return to Plan A on March 15.
By Thomas Lott
CABARRUS COUNTY â The Cabarrus Association of Educators (CAE) released a statement to the Board of Education following Thursdayâs Called Meeting in which it was confirmed the district would open under Plan B as scheduled Jan. 19.
âOn January 14, the Cabarrus Board of Education called a meeting for âtransparencyâ in Plan B, but instead undermined staff morale with divisive rhetoric when the majority of Cabarrus Countyâs parents and teachers support each otherâs efforts,â the statement, which was released Sunday, reads. âThe current school board, with the exception of Carolyn Carpenter, has consistently made decisions that have run counter to scientific data and the recommendations of the superintendent and Cabarrus Health Alliance.