Throughout the world, the return to face-to-face schools is a priority, however, the rise of the omicron variant and the rise in infections have delayed the process. Such are the efforts to get the students to return to the classrooms, that this Wednesday a governor offered to be a teacher due to the lack of personnel due to contagion.
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Governor of New Mexico volunteered to teach as a substitute teacher amid staff shortages facing schools in the United States.
Michelle Lujan Grisham, originally trained in law and from the Democratic Party, began her volunteer service Wednesday by taking over a public school kindergarten class Wednesday.
“It was perhaps one of the best days of my career,” said Lujan Grisham in a virtual press conference after finishing his class.
The action is part of the “Supporting Teachers and Families” initiative launched by Lujan Grisham last week to address the lack of staff in schools and day care in New Mexico, amid the resurgence of the pandemic.
“Knowing these children shows you how crucial these relationships (between teachers and students) are”Lujan Grisham said on Wednesday.
With the arrival of the omicron variant, the United States is facing a spike in cases that is impacting the country’s workforce. Almost 5 million positives were confirmed in the last seven days according to health authorities, New Mexico being one of the states with the highest number of new infections proportionally.
Nearly half of the state’s school districts have been forced to return to virtual instruction in recent weeks, with teachers and academic staff forced to self-isolate once infected or in contact with a COVID-positive person.
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With widespread access to vaccines, American society is divided on whether or not to keep schools open with the resurgence of the pandemic, as well as on vaccinations and taking protective measures against the virus.
