SAN ANTONIO ā Nearly a quarter of all employees at San Antonioās largest school district who applied to work remotely this school year amid COVID-19 concerns were denied, according to district figures provided to the KSAT 12 Defenders.
Northside Independent School District officials defended the large number of denials, claiming they took āgreat careā in giving employees the chance to seek medical waivers for the 2020-2021 school year.
Out of 1,150 employees who submitted applications to work remotely, 278, or 24% of them, were denied, NISD records show.
Have a great weekend.āThe Harlan High School teacher said she was troubled by Principal Robert Harris' email.
Theyāre part of the community,ā said Cummins, who represents staff at multiple school districts including North East ISD, but not NISD.