LA Teachers Told To Hide Vacation Plans Because Of Bad COVID Optics

It's not a good day to be a part of the United Teachers Los Angeles (or UTLA) union. On Monday night, Bill Melugin with Fox 11 Los Angeles tweeted out a fascinating find from a private Facebook group for UTLA members.

In the group titled "UTLA FB GROUP - Members Only," teachers were warned not to share any Spring Break vacation plans on social media. Why? Because the optics would be bad for them while UTLA is refusing to return to what they say is "unsafe" in-person schooling.

A response statement from UTLA read:

Sounds like someone didn't think through the optics, after all. I could be reaching here, but a leaked post from a private Facebook group asking teachers to hide vacation plans is worse than those teachers actually having vacation plans.

Either way, it might be time to give up this "unsafe" in-person schooling pitch. The science doesn't back that up, and plenty of teachers feel safe enough to go on a Spring Break vacation.

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