Worries over potential Clark County School District vaccine mandate protest.
Jeremy Chen reports.
STARTS RIGHT NOW!CONCERNS TONIGHT OVER APOSSIBLE WALKOUT TOMORROW...THAT COULD HAVE CLARK COUNTYSCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES TAKINGPART.THE REASON FOR THE WALKOUT-- C-C-S-D TRUSTEES APPROVINGAN EMPLOYEE VACCINE MANDATE LASTWEEK.HELLOAND THANKS F JOROINING USFOR 13 ACTION NEWS LIVE AT SIX.I’M ROSS DI-MATTEI.TRICIA AND TODD HAVE THEDAY OFF.LET’S GET RIGHT TO 13ACTION NEWS REPORTER JEREMY CHENWHO SPOKE WITH A PARENT AND ATEACHER ON HOW A WALKOUT COULDAFFECT YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION.JEREMY?DURING THAT LONG SCHOOL BOARDMEETING-SEVERAL PEOPLE MENTIONED AWALKOUT HAPPENING TOMORROW- TOPROTEST THAT MANDATE.SOME PARENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUTTHE CONSEQUENCES.BUT A TEACHER I TALKED TOSAYSHE DOESN’T BELIUEVE MANYTEACHERS WILL TAKE PART."This is going to be a disasterand the trustees didn’t see thatcoming when they made theirdecisions."DAVID GOMEZ IS WORRIED ABOUT THEIMPACT OVER A POSSIBLEWALKOUT-INVOLVING SOME CLARKCOUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTEMPLOYEES.IT’S A PROTEST OVER THEDISTRICT’S VACCINE MANDATE.GOMEZ HAS SEVERAL KIDS IN THEDISTRICT-AND IS WORRIED ABOUTTHEM GETTING TO SCHOOL."Say our kids get on the bus,well, they’re might not be a busthat day.
Well, we have to go towork, and when we have to go towork, we have to choose."HE FEARS HIS KIDS WON’T HAVETEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM-ANDDIDN’T BELIEVE THE C-C-S-DTRUSTEES THOUGHT THEIR DECISIONTHROUGH- IN APPROVING THEMANDATE."I need my child to be educatedat this point and thebureaucratic red tape issues isgoing to hurt them."RYAN FROMOLTZ, A C-C-S-D TEACHERSA HYSE DOESN’T AGREE WITH THEWALKOUT.HE SAYS TEACHERS WHO CALL OUTSICK IN PROTEST COULD BEPUNISHED BY THE DISTRICT FORABUSING THEIR SICK DAYS."So, a lot of people have to becareful about how they use theirdays.
That’s why a lot ofteachers are not going to takepart in this, and I don’t knowof one teacher that is takingpart in this."THE DISTRICT ALREADYACKNOWLEDGES A SHORTAGE OFEMPLOYEES- WITH ABOUT 800CLASSROOM POSITIONS NEEDING TOBE FILLED.FROMOLTZ BELIEVES ANY WALKOUTWOULD MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE."It compounds an issue that wedon’t have enough people whoworfok r CCSD.
We need toconsider better employment,better pay and better benefitsfor all people."HOWEVERHE SAYS PARENTS SHOULDTAKE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOLTHEMSELVES JUST IN CASE-AND MANYTEACHERS WILL STILL SHOW UP FORWORK."School will operate likenormal.
There won’t be anydisruptions.
Students are goingto get taught.
They’re going toget their education."GOMEZ SAYS HE’LL BE GETTING HISKIDS TO SCHOOL HIMSELF FOR ATLEAST A DAY-BUT SUGGESTS PARENTSCALL THE BUSYARD AND"The bus yard is going to tellthem, whether they have enoughstaff to pick up their childrennumber one.
I know they’ll be aninflux of calls for the busyard."IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW MANYC-C-S-D EMPLOYEES DECIDE TO CALLOUT SICK TOMORROW-IN PROTEST.WE’LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON HOWSCHOOL GOES TOMORROW-AFTER THISLABOR DAY HOLIDAYJEREMY C
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