NEW YORK—After two months of inaction, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) is making good on its threat to terminate unvaccinated teachers. In a Jan. 31 email, the department set a new termination date of Feb. 11. In fall 2021, the DOE offered unvaccinated teachers two packages. The first package gave them the option to quit, be paid for all remaining sick days, and have health insurance for a year, but would have prevented them from suing the DOE. The second package offered teachers unpaid leave and health insurance for a year, but still would have prevented them from suing the DOE. Thousands of teachers opted to not accept either offer and were put on unpaid leave in October 2021. They were told that if they didn’t comply, they would be fired on Dec. 1, 2021. Nadia Lyakhnovich, a special education teacher in East Harlem, is one of …
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