Chicago public school teacher Dwayne Reed, who's wife is eight months pregnant with their first child, requested to work from home to minimize his COVID risk. His school district said no. So Reed's teaching remotely - from right outside his school.

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image showing Chicago public school teacher Dwayne Reed, who's wife is eight months pregnant with their first child, requested to work from home to minimize his COVID risk. His school district said no. So Reed's teaching remotely - from right outside his school.

TooShiftyForYou on February 2nd, 2021 at 22:52 UTC »

Some situations are especially delicate. Dwayne Reed, for example, has been working outside his South Side school for the last week. His wife is eight months pregnant with their first child.

“A baby boy,” Reed said excitedly. Pregnancy has been known to increase the risk of severe COVID-19 complications.

Reed said he asked for an accommodation to work from home for just another month until the baby is born. But his accommodation was denied. He said that the school district responded it would be a hardship for his school.

He said there’s no way he is going to put his wife or his baby in greater danger and return to teach in a class.

A hardship for the school, what a way for them to put it.

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xboxwidow on February 2nd, 2021 at 23:52 UTC »

His insta says that the school district has promised to lock him out tomorrow if he won’t enter the building. That’s what the school district has decided is the best use of their time in the middle of this disaster.

Zagrunty on February 3rd, 2021 at 01:32 UTC »

If his hospital is anything like ours, he has to get a covid test and is supposed to isolate 3 weeks prior to the birth date. That district is being a bag of dicks. There's no reason he can't work from home.