A Wheeling Park High School teacher who separates masked and unmasked students in her classroom defended her actions in a letter to the Ohio County Board of Education Monday night.
Teacher Jackie Shriner’s classroom became the subject of photos, videos and debate last week when students took photos of how they were being seated in her classroom based on whether or not they wore a mask. Shriner was not able to attend Monday’s board of education meeting, but West Virginia Education Association representative Lisa Summers read a letter to board members on her behalf.
“I understand there have been many false accusations that I would like to address,” Shriner stated through Summers. “First, the video was taken secretly, and the students in the video had no idea they were being used in that manner.”
Shriner explained when she moved them across the room, she actually “moved them to be with each other as they sat and conversed with each other in other classes.” She asked the students if they were OK with their seating placement, and they told her they were, according to Shriner.
“Each week she (Shriner) moves the desks as far apart as possible, but each day the students move them closer,” Summers said. “She has explained and asked them not to, but it is an ongoing issue.”
Shriner seats the masked and unmasked students away from each other “per the directive” given teachers at the start of the school year, Summers continued.
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