By Elizabeth Scheinberg
I left this comment on Kilroy's this morning, https://kilroysdelaware.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/should-employers-be-libel-for-forcing-employees-to-drive-in-level-1-state-of-emergency/#comment-71162, in response the story of neighborhood kid who was getting a guilt trip from her boss about coming to work in a Level 1 State of Emergency.
I tell this story every year. No, I don't want pity. I want to know that at the end of the day, however many hours that day may be, that my husband will make it safely home to our family. There are countless families like mine. Please, think first, drive last.
"I guess being on hand to tell the customers who didn't prepare that the store is all sold out of ice melt and shovels is essential business... Stay home, honey.
My husband is a true essential employee. He directs environmental services in a nursing home - a care facility that must run 24/7/365. He drove up to Wilmington two days ago to drop off our little car and borrow his father's 30 year old suburban. Then he hit the grocery stores, BJ's, the Tractor Supply store, checked the snow blower, ran the generator, and surprised me with a little electric heater to plug into the generator should we loose heat. This morning he packed up the shovels and melt into the suburban and by 6 am was making the slow trek into work where he'll run the laundry and address the snow/ice/salt being trekked into the building by other essential personnel. He'll probably stay the night b/c the City of Wilmington is notorious for its failure to plow their own roads keeping his small team of employees from being able to make it into the facility. (Actually, the City's weather response failures hurt every department in the facility ensuring that nurses, dietary, and maintenance work forces are understaffed during every snow/ice event.)
Yep, stay home, kid. Stay off the roads! Keep them clear for DelDot, for first responders, and for essential employees who have to travel them.
Stay Home! Sleep in. Go sledding. Be a kid."
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By Elizabeth Scheinberg
Dear Earl,
Your're wrong:
Jaques was one of five representatives who voted against House Bill
50. He says parents already have the right to opt out, so he doesn't
understand the need for a new law.
"It doesn't accomplish anything that can't already be done," he said. -The News Journal
About parents having the right to opt out. Let me tell you a story. A long time ago, (three years back) my son was in second grade. I took readers on my journey to opt my child out of the practice year of standardized testing. I sent the letters to the district who bumped me to the DOE who pushed me back on our district. I said I opting to use my right to direct my child's education as case law currently permits. Yes, yes. No test. That was the final verbal edict from my district before they completely stopped talking to me about the test at all. I made the mistake of assuming my wishes were being honored. Imagine my surprise come summer when I received his testing scores. I was floored. Not by the scores (he's one smart cookie) but that he'd been tested at all.
But, it's not too late to change:
There has been no substantial change in testing regulations during the last three years, other than to usher out one test and replace it with another.
"It doesn't accomplish anything that can't already be done." Yes. it does. It gives back to parents the right to opt out - a right that has been taken from us by the shading dealings of the DOE and our various districts.
And, yes, that is a good enough reason to override the Governor. B/c at the end of the day, it's not about making friends. I didn't elect you to make friends. I elected YOU to make good policy.
Let's make good policy!
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Scheinberg
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