"Template letter for teacher death": is this for real or just a big hoax ?

[steve2470]

Link to tweet

[BigmanPigman]

1. It is real...

https://heavy.com/news/2020/07/canyons-school-district-utah-template-letter-deaths/
"Parents and teachers discovered that one version of the reopening drafts for the Canyons School District in Utah included a recommendation that crisis communication employees have a “template letter” ready in case a student or teacher died. The reference went viral on social media, but it’s not unusual at all for an organization to have a crisis plan in place in case someone dies. A newer draft of the district’s plans does not have that reference, as the reopening drafts are still in the planning phases."

[steve2470]

2. thanks for the research nt

[BigmanPigman]

3. I already had it from last night when someone else questioned it

and I was curious.

[Hoyt]

4. Is heavy.com a trusted site?

[Alex4Martinez]

5. Such templates are good tools given the circumstance. Schools may be closed, but teaching goes on.

It's a true story, here is their planning document:

https://www.scribd.com/document/468813064/School-Opening-Planning-Requirements-Recommendations-for-K-12

It's realistic.

I'm have both teacher and admin credentials for the State of California.

[JHB]

6. Drafting something as a contingency is sensble

Eisenhower had a statement prepared in case the D-Day landings failed. Nixon had one in case the Apollo astronauts died on the moon. Fortunately they remained footnotes to history, but they were written up and already available in case they became necessary.

It's a matter of having something prepped while you're clear-headed about it so that you're not flailing about for something when under the immense pressure of something horrible happening.