Some San Francisco elementary school kids are back in the classroom and others will return at the end of the month, but it may still be virtual learning for them.
Hundreds of public school teachers and aides will continue to work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic, after receiving medical exemptions.
Parents are calling it "Zoom in a room" because the children are back in the classroom, but teachers are still educating virtually.
About 500 teachers and aides have received medical exemptions allowing them to continue teaching from home, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. That’s about 1 in 10 educators citywide.
Supervisor Matt Haney, a former school board member, said it is not right.
"Well, it’s frustrating," he told KCBS Radio. "We’ve been working to get our kids back into school so that they can be taught by adults in the classroom, and having Zoom at school is a poor and unacceptable substitute."
Haney is urging the school district to hire more substitutes.
The school district is attempting that.
"Everyone at this point who works for the school district should be vaccinated," Haney said.
There are so many educators working from home that the district told the San Francisco Chronicle some kids may have to return to at-home learning.
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