CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The board of education in Evanston/Skokie District 65 got an earful from the teachers union Monday night about COVID-19 protocols and the workload.
“I’m here tonight to make you aware of the toxic work environment our educators face,” Maria Barroso, president of the Evanston/Skokie District 65 Educators’ Council, said. “Our students seem to be physically and emotionally safe. We returned to the buildings with unfair demands and unclear COVID protocols.”
Barroso, who said she was speaking for the 800 teachers in the district, shared that every week a teacher approaches her on how to draft a resignation letter “because the work is not sustainable.”
During a lull in the meeting, teachers could be heard protesting outside the building.
Mike McDermott, District Educators’ Council vice president, told Evanston Now “there is a huge problem with kids keeping their masks on.”
At the start of the meeting, Supt. Devon Horton remarked about “a really successful reopening.”
The teachers beg to differ in Evanston and Skokie.
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