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Very few Chimacum teachers make as much as $100,000. The base salary schedule tops out at $93,272 for the few teachers with 16+ years of experience & 90+ college credits beyond a master's degree. To exceed $100K, teachers would need extra-duty stipends for coaching assignments. The CSD salary schedule is here: https://www.csd49.org/userfiles/74/my%20files/schedule%20a%20combined%20with%20prof%20dev%202019-20.pdf?id=7245

Despite the McCleary boost, WA teachers remain underpaid relative to private & public sector workers with comparable levels of education: https://www.business.org/hr/employees/best-us-states-for-teachers/

Remote learning is hard on everyone. Most Chimacum teachers are working harder than ever. So are most parents. Parents concerned about their children's progress in class should first contact the teacher: CJHS 360.302.5900, CES 360.302.5855, CCP 360.302.5820; teacher email is teacherfirstname_teacherlastname@csd49.org; for example: Brian_MacKenzie@csd49.org). If parent-teacher communication doesn't resolve the issue, then parents should contact the principal.

Some COVID tests highly accurate, with false positive rates as low as 2%:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/which-test-is-best-for-covid-19-2020081020734

No single NFL team had 75 players with false positives. Last summer, the *entire league* produced 77 false positives among ~5,000 athletes, trainers, & coaches. That's a false-positive rate of about 1.5%. All of those false positives were traced to errors at a single lab. https://www.nfl.com/news/all-77-false-positive-covid-19-tests-come-back-negative-upon-reruns

Wise compliance with Governor Inslee's orders is responsible for Jefferson County's low infection rate & zero deaths.

Chimacum Schools has shown leadership throughout this crisis. Chimacum teachers outperformed rival districts in remote teaching last spring, and continue to do so this fall. Throughout the summer, the Chimacum Education Association urged the district to offer families choices: 100% remote learning or a remote/in-person hybrid or on-campus in-person support available for every student with special needs or no access to Internet at home. The closure is suspending only the remote/in-person hybrid. All other services continue.

COVID should never have been a political issue. Science deals in facts. Facts don't consider anyone's feelings. The facts are that COVID infections are spiking, and medical authorities now urge us to mask, practice social distancing, stay home as much as possible, & severely limit our social circles to minimize infection risk, contain the spread of the virus, & keep hospitals from getting overwhelmed.

Science only becomes political when people choose to reject science for political reasons. In that case, the problem is not science, but the people rejecting science and behaving in ways that endanger the lives of others.

The presidential election is not uncertain. Biden won a free & fair election by more than 6 million votes with a clear majority in the Electoral College: https://apnews.com/article/top-officials-elections-most-secure-66f9361084ccbc461e3bbf42861057a5

Gov Inslee's current order has nothing to do with the Electoral College. The governor's current order expires December 14th: https://www.governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/proclamations/COVID%2019%20November%20Statewide%20Restrictions.pdf

The Electoral College meets on December 19th. On that day, the 306 electors pledged to Biden will vote for Biden, and the 232 electors pledged to Trump will vote for Trump. No recount, lawsuit, or action by any governor is going to make Biden electors vote for Trump or Trump electors to vote for Biden. Those electors promised to respect the will of the voters, & historically, >99% of electors have done exactly what they promised to do. https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/commentary/faithless-electors-wont-affect-any-presidential-election

US, Washington State, & Jefferson County all have far higher infection rates now than we did when we shifted to remote learning in March: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Areas hit by Hurricane Katrina did cancel school for several weeks. Katrina killed 1,833 people. COVID has killed 266,146 Americans in 8 months. No war or plague in history has ever killed more Americans faster.