UCP: Our top priority is the safety of students & staff

Schools: Can we have funding for PPE, cleaning supplies and extra staffing for cleaning and distancing?

UCP: No.

Schools: But...?

UCP: You have the flexibility in your budgets to pay for it

Schools: Um, there were cuts

UCP: No, there were no cuts

Schools: Yes, there were! We had to cut hundreds of staff!

UCP: You were fully funded

Schools: We got millions of $ less!

UCP: No, you didn’t.

Schools: But...how...what?

UCP: Because we said so. So that makes it true.

Schools: Well, we need more custodians for all the extra cleaning. Teachers are not custodians.

UCP: No.

Schools: So who will do the extra cleaning?

UCP: Teachers will be expected to clean their work space.

Schools: And teachers are going to get sick and need replacements.

UCP: So? Get some.

Schools: That’s going to cost a lot!

UCP: So? You figure it out.

Schools: I thought you said the safety of students and staff is your priority?

UCP: That is what we said.

Schools: How can that be true?

UCP: Because we said so.