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Important COVID Update for CFT/CFOP Members - Social Media

Important COVID Update for CFT/CFOP Members

Monday, August 3, 2020 Board of Education Meeting.

This evening at 6:30 pm, the Cincinnati Board of Education will meet to make a final recommendation on how to reopen our schools to students later this month. Your CFT leaders have been talking with the Board and Administrators over the last month on how and when schools can safely welcome students back. The Ohio Health Department continues to rate Hamilton County as “Red”, described as a “Public Health Emergency”, with a “very high exposure and spread” of COVID-19. In the City of Cincinnati

Update for CFT/CFOP Members with COVID Vulnerable Personal or Family Member Health Conditions

As the new school year approaches, CFT/CFOP has received many inquiries from members with personal health conditions that could make them particularly vulnerable to COVID infection, or who have family members with health issues of their own.

This memo highlights questions we are hearing, issues you may face, and what CFT/CFOP advises as you consider your options.

Q. What are the Health Conditions that CDC says put Individuals at Higher COVID risk?

The CDC reports that COVID patients with certain health conditions are at high risk of serious illness. Those conditions include:

Kidney disease
COPD

Weekly Update - COVID, Re-Opening & More

This is a long weekly update, but filled with information you need to know......

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Big 8 +Health & Safety Coalition Ohio Guidelines for School Re-entry

This document represents a collaborative effort from The Big 8 Plus Health and Safety Coalition and was created in response to the need for a unified approach in planning for the return to schools in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The key details to consider and the resulting recommendations have been developed based on current information from ODH, CDC and NASN, as well as other applicable research data. This is a fairly comprehensive list and the recommendations represent the best practice guidelines for the safe return to schools for both students and staff as of today, 6/4/2020. While

Important COVID Update for CFT/CFOP Members - Social Media

Important COVID Update for CFT/CFOP Members

Monday, August 3, 2020 Board of Education Meeting.

FAQ - Mandatory COVID-19 Testing

On Monday CPS notified CPS staff that it is requiring all employees to be tested for COVID-19 prior to August 14, 2020. Many people have contacted us with questions about the mandatory testing. We don’t have answers to all the questions, but we hope this Q&A answers some of the most common ones.

1. Can CPS require employees to be tested for COVID-19 as a condition of their employment?

A: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that any mandatory medical test of employees be “job related and consistent with business necessity.” Under the current circumstances of the COVID-19

Good Afternoon Members,

I want to share with you the steps we are taking, following my address to the Board of Education meeting yesterday. (We will send a copy of the address in the weekly updates)

Earlier today I shared a letter to the Board of Education and Superintendent Mitchell to express my disappointment in the decisions that came out of the June 29, 2020 Board of Education Business Meeting.

The way the Administration and Board has been patting themselves on the back throughout this process is an injustice to the CPS community, especially when CFT, parents, and citizens spent months

Julie Sellers' Open Letter to the Board of Education

June 30, 2020

To: Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education

CC: Superintendent Laura Mitchell

Re: Reopening Plan and CPS Budget

I write today to express my disappointment in the decisions that came out of the June 29, 2020 Board of Education Business Meeting.

Re-Opening Plan: The planning process to reopen schools has been the most non-transparent, rushed, and inadequate process I have ever witnessed. While I was invited to serve on the “Future of Schools” Committee, I was not even afforded the courtesy of receiving the presentation that reportedly came out of our meetings, before it was

Reduction in Force Info & Update

July 15, 2020

Dear CFT Member,

In these difficult and uncertain times, I am committed to keeping you informed about developments that affect our members, even when those developments are infuriating.

On Friday, the District informed us of its plans to make significant program changes. These changes will impact numerous teaching areas and worksites. Program changes include the elimination of all double-bell High School Math and Microsoft Office classes; the elimination of all Math Specialist positions, the elimination of HS Reading Specialists, Instructional Coaches, and District-Wide

Know Your Rights: Reasonable Accommodations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Know Your Rights: Reasonable Accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act

During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Returning to school is important for the educational success, healthy development and well-being of children. But reopening our schools can only be pursued in an environment that is safe for all students, teachers and staff. More