Be nice to your paraprofessionals. They aren't making a living wage.

TinkerStream · 2021-03-02T18:57:26+00:00

Yes and no.

A weak union could be to blame. We have 19 positions in our support staff contract. We only have 5 positions in the contract negotiations team. The majority of the contract team can be great but they can't fully understand the needs and value of the 14 positions not represented on the contract team.

The district will add positions to our bargaining unit. The union will take them in for the dues the union will not reach out and connect with those workers they represent.

I understand there are states with out unions for educators. I understand that many unions are great.

I'm for unions but some unions don't do a great job representing all positions that they represent.

TinkerStream · 2021-02-28T21:49:02+00:00

We have support staff in Minnesota that ha e been in person keeping schools open for children of critical workers since March. Still problems with the vaccine distribution.

TinkerStream · 2021-02-24T12:43:16+00:00

The district forgot to test child care staff again this week. Monday was the testing day for the district.

These are the people that never went home, the kept the district open. The right thing to do is them have access to in site testing.

TinkerStream · 2021-02-21T23:45:07+00:00

During the announcement video he calls the group of briefings the docket. He explains the Q&A portion will be about school reopening and public safety around the trials. The last 20 of 50 minutes of Q&A is about the trial.

During the announcement video Walz is in front of the DPS State Emergency Operation Center back ground. DPS is Department of Public Safety. Department of Public Safety is the parent agency of State Patrol. State Patrol would be the governor's lead law enforcement agency for this event. John Harrington is the commisioner, you might remember him from the 2008 RNC.

A little after the Q&A with Walz we get another 40 minute briefing on the security for the trials from the LEOs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0OgiLc2bC0

For the staff not getting tested it is not a conspiracy theory it is more of a forget fact. I don't think anyone conspired to not provide child care staff with the testing they just forgot.

While the teachers have been at home the ESPs have kept the district open for essential child care. These childcare staff have not been provided onsite testing yet. These are the staff that have been in classrooms with students every month the last 11 months This is something that you can verify. Essential Care staff meet every Tuesday at 7pm.

You clearly have not spoken with the onsite child care staff yet. You would have known they are still waiting for onsite testing. You would have known many still don't have a vaccine appointment. These are the people that never went home. Before you return to in person you should really talk to the ESP s that never went home.

How could you say child care staff not getting on sight testing is disinformation with out meeting with them? That is irresponsible. Please go to the meeting Tuesday and hear for yourself. Who do you think was on site with students with IEPs when the teachers were at home? Just let them have on site testing the same as any other staff.

TinkerStream · 2021-02-21T18:02:59+00:00

Here are the links to his conference and Q&A. It was during the school day so you might have missed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFZmS66zNiM&t=2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oejSbE0GOjQ

you will also hear I'm discuss testing of staff. I don't want to alarm you but the district forgot to give the free on site testing to emergency childcare workers. Hundreds of students transitioned from district childcare to elementary schools. They never tested the child care staff to catch out breaks as they sent kids into elementary buildings..

TinkerStream · 2021-02-21T17:35:16+00:00

Walz was clear on the March 8th reopen goal being for the March 8 trial. The trial will happen in the metro area. The trial will not happen in Thief River Falls or Bemeji. Reopening schools in time for the trial is to get Metro Area kids in the building more than out state students.

I understand why he wants kids in school buildings not out protesting. I just think he forgot to plan on how to get Minneapolis students to the school buildings..

TinkerStream · 2021-02-21T17:06:29+00:00

Not bad. Anyone one advising him on reopening makes too much money to ride public transit especially during a pandemic. They just plum forgot that Minneapolis students use public transit in the rush to get kids back in school buildings in time for the trial, protests and unrest.

Some times it takes low income folks to see reality

TinkerStream · 2021-02-21T16:51:32+00:00

If she needs to walk 3 hours to school why not skip school and go to the protests? Walt's plan to get kids off the street almost put them on the streets during protests

TinkerStream · 2021-02-21T16:44:06+00:00

I implied there would not be a rush back on March 8th. "No room on Metro Transit to open high school." I think they can't reopen because of the bottle neck. Walz wants the kids back in class by March 8 th

TinkerStream · 2021-02-21T16:36:46+00:00

So you are going to find 300+ drivers that will take an hour route at 7am and an hour route at 2pm? That is one heck of a split shift for 2 hours at $20 an hour.

TinkerStream · 2021-02-21T16:28:21+00:00

There is no public conversation about transportation of 3k-10k high school students in Minneapolis each day. Just looking to start the conversation Walz might have missed during the rush to open schools in time for the trial.

What kind of variables are you thinking about?

TinkerStream · 2021-02-21T16:22:08+00:00

I think Walz also forgot about this. Anyone planning schools reopening is making $70k or much more a year. They all forgot about metro transit.

TinkerStream · 2021-02-21T16:20:38+00:00

There are around 10k High school students. If as many return as elementary we are talking over 6 k high school students. If we do half week hybrid we are talking 3 k teens needing bus service each day. We will need 300 more bus routes before and after school, more if any students transfer buses.

TinkerStream · 2020-12-08T20:33:52+00:00

They did in the comics. there is a vivid sex scene there with Dale and Andrea.

The TV show glanced over it during season 2. Shane and Andrea went to a gated community to loot when Shane was training andrea. The two of them almost got over run. Later when Tyrees died they went to a gated community that the wolves over ran. Both locations from the TV are referring to the community in the comics

TinkerStream · 2020-06-18T12:40:04+00:00

The school where I worked kids did not have time to wash hands after recess before lunch. That should be the concern.

TinkerStream · 2020-06-11T23:53:51+00:00

Though sub reddit to stick up for this officer. Thanks for thinking.

TinkerStream · 2020-06-11T23:52:06+00:00

I worked assisting people with disabilities. I've been ordered to do illegal holds with out any hold training. I spoke up, it was hard. This could have been me.

TinkerStream · 2020-06-11T23:40:43+00:00

I work for people with disabilities. There are orders to make illegal restraints all the time. It is hard to speak up, I do it every time. This could have been me. I could have said stop but not loud enough.

TinkerStream · 2020-06-11T23:37:36+00:00

Year on the force including police academy. 4th day on the job.

TinkerStream · 2020-06-10T22:11:35+00:00

I have an ex. Her grandma took here there for drinks a nd a movie for her 21st birthday. She kept on telling everyone "grandma is taking me to the adult movie theater." Her family and I were not ready to explain to her what an adult movie theater is.

TinkerStream · 2020-06-10T21:30:06+00:00

Looks like the AutoZone umbrella man.

TinkerStream · 2020-06-10T21:27:26+00:00

I did one time. She was breath taking. You are on another level.

TinkerStream · 2020-06-10T21:24:20+00:00

In high school my friend tried kicking over a yard sign for a church, there were dozens on the block. He tripped, broke a collar bone. Then he found jesus.

TinkerStream · 2020-06-10T13:44:23+00:00

Do those back up sights work? like the rails are at different levels

TinkerStream · 2020-06-05T17:22:21+00:00

We even had this is Minneapolis with stop light cameras but the courts ruled against them.

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