> Gutting a school’s experienced staff when the students might have been returning to in-person classes fairly soon might not have been a good idea
Not suggesting gutting staff, but if you concur that there were better educational options that were not applied in consideration for staff, a better solution would have been to let teachers collect unemployment for a couple of months till summer and then later possibly join a quality online program with your staff. this is sort yom sheni boker quarterbacking, it is of course time of uncertainty. I specifically refer to my discussion with a local lawmaker – I gave him a very clear picture what needs to be done, it was pretty simple, he bought into that, and had to back up due to people who care about their money more than what the kids learn. There are often such illuminating cases in messy life, like greenees who cry wolf but would not accept nuclear energy in order to save Florida from sinking into the ocean.