Colleagues, The RTA Representative Assembly, at a special meeting yesterday, voted overwhelmingly (88%) to adopt the following resolution of no confidence in the District’s current reopening plan: WHEREAS, teachers recognize that in-person instruction best serves our students when it can be done safely and is instructionally sound, and WHEREAS, the vast majority of parents of our students (70%) and the overwhelming majority of teachers (89%) do not trust the District’s current plan for resuming at-school and in-person instruction for our students, and WHEREAS, vaccination for educators is on the horizon and it is uncertain when it may be realized for the majority, and WHEREAS, the District does not have a coherent instructional plan and provision of specialized services to address the needs of our students and their educators for simultaneous in-person and remote instruction that would promote effective teaching and learning, and  WHEREAS, the District...