Hemet Teachers Association

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From CTA President E Toby Boyd: The safety of students, their families and educators must be the top priority. We appreciate the Governor finally recognizing ...what CTA, for months, has been advocating for in order to safely reopen schools for in-person instruction. In all our conversations and letters sent, we have been calling for tougher safety standards, rigorous and consistent testing, data collection and transparency. While these tenets are addressed in the proposal released Wednesday, there are many unanswered questions and the devil is always in the details, particularly as it relates to implementation and execution. We look forward to hearing more information and hope the new guidelines that the Governor said would be released next week will create a coherent statewide plan rather than creating more confusion for parents and school districts. As California remains the nation’s COVID hotspot and amidst an ICU crisis, CTA continues to support distance learning for schools that are in the highest, Purple Tier of transmission rates. We will continue our conversations with lawmakers and the governor. This must be a joint effort to ensure a safe return to our classrooms where we know our students learn best and thrive. See more

From our CTA Vice President....We have no information as to HUSD's position but want to keep our members informed as to what is happening in Sacramento. https://edsource.org//newsom-to-announce-plan-to-e/645983

Hope you are taking some time for yourselves! Here’s a creative group of teachers....enjoy and Happy Holidays! https://youtu.be/KLTSOvidPsM

Turn it off and take some time for yourself!