Georgetown Education Association

  Dear Colleagues: Use this link to access the list of covid questions the E-Board asked Superintendent Jacobs to respond to and her responses.   Furthermore, Superintendent Jacobs will be holding zoom sessions with all schools to further discuss new covid testing procedures and to discuss covid protocol in more detail with staff members in the next week or so. Thanks Joe

Use the link below provided by the United States Postal Service, FYI some shared addresses (like apartment buildings) have had issues where one person say (1 Smith Way Apt 1) ordered the test first and therefore everyone after living on 1 Smith Way request for test would be rejected.  The feds say they are working to fix the problem. https://special.usps.com/testkits  

 Click here for the original article.   Educators should be wearing better masks, says Dr. Joseph G. Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings Program at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Not all masks are created equal.  That may be obvious at this point in the pandemic, but choosing a mask that offers the most protection possible is once again important for educators who continue to teach in-person in the midst of the surging Omicron-fueled wave of COVID infections and the still significant tail end of the Delta wave.  At many schools masking is optional, however, educators who choose to wear a mask can still afford themselves a good deal of protection.  “One-way masking is fine,” said Dr. Joseph G. Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings Program at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health in a recent   Tweet .  “If you're vaccinated, and boosted, and wearing an N95, that's as low risk as anything in your...

Dear Colleagues: Several conversations were held over the holiday break with Superintendent Jacobs and MTA about the possibility of a pause to our return to school in light of covid.  As of my last conversation on Thursday, December 30th with our MTA Representative, no local school district had broached the subject of delaying the opening of school for testing.  Also, it wasn't until that Thursday, 12/30 that official word from DESE came down about test kits and masks being provided for all teachers.  Due to supply chain issues, not all test kits were provided to districts and it turns out that not all N95 masks are of quality.  Schools that are delaying their opening are, for the majority, much larger than ours and require more time to get logistics in place considering the late notifications by DESE. Furthermore, you will recall that going remote is not an option.  That is a statewide decision, not MTA nor a local decision.  The E-Board continues to ...