MEMORANDUM
Memo To: All Buffalo Teachers
From: Philip Rumore, President, BTF
Date: March 17, 2020
Subject: Update
- Teachers will not be reporting tomorrow, Wednesday, March 18, 2020
- Teachers are advised that if you are assigned to perform a duty/assignment that you believe will endanger your health or safety, you should advise your supervisor that you do not want to perform the duty/assignment because you believe it endangers your health and/or safety. If the administrator refuses to remove you from said assignment, you should advise him/her that you are respectfully refusing to perform the assignment as you believe it is detrimental to your health and/or safety and you have been advised that it is your legal right to refuse to perform work which poses an imminent threat to your safety and health.
- If your school is engaging in procedures you believe are endangering the health and safety of the staff, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The District is correcting them as they are relayed to them. Attached (Click Here) is one procedure that makes sense. Some are having materials taken to parents cars.
- As a result of the increased incidences of the coronavirus and to ensure the safety of our staff, the BTF office:
- Will be open tomorrow, March 18, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
- Will be closed beginning Thursday, March 19, 2020 until Tuesday, March 24, 2020.
- Will be open for one day from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.
- Will be closed Thursday, March 26, 2020, until further notice.
- As previously requested, we ask that there be no visits to the office unless you have an appointment.
- Staff will be available via email.
Jenna Burke – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Matt Kibler – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rob Mueller- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rebecca Pordum – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Joseph Montante – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phil Rumore – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Click Here to view the staff assignment listing by school.
We appreciate your support and understanding as we overcome this very serious danger.
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