Supporting West High School Student Protest and Solidarity to Reinstate Profe Zorko
News October 6th, 2021๐ ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ผ. ๐๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ท๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ท๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น.
Itโs important to recognize that Profe Deana Zorko has been working through her Union since last spring on an accommodation to allow her to continue to teach virtually. This whole situation could have been avoided had MMSD made the appropriate accommodations in the summer instead of in the final hour, thus negatively impacting our scholars, both physically at West High School (as they now have to re-adjust to another teacher) and virtually (as they are only now able to have a qualified educator like Profe Zorko guide them). In lieu of the districtโs obstinance to treat this situation humanely, they put the financial and emotional toll of accommodating Profe Zorkoโs needs on West administration and staff to make this work.
We appreciate the compassionate collaboration with Westโs principal, Karen Boran on this personnel matter. We will continue to support our Union sibling throughout this trying time and hope that the District doesnโt just do the bare minimum when it comes to supporting a medically vulnerable human teaching our communityโs scholars.
We also encourage the community to sign the student-generated petition: https://tinyurl.com/studentpetitionZorko