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Alabama loses two more educators to COVID-19

Nancy Hanover

Two more beloved educators in the Montgomery, Alabama school district have died of COVID-19. Morris Lewis Pitts, a devoted grandfather and custodian at Jefferson Davis High School, passed away November 25.
Dr. Ennis McCorvey, an assistant principal of Lee High School who inspired students and teachers alike, succumbed to the virus November 29, adding to the state’s grim death toll of at least 3,638 people. On November 21, two Hoover City educator deaths were reported.

“Every day, Mr. Pitts was at our school to pick up his granddaughter,” a Montgomery teacher recalled to the World Socialist Web Site. “He’d work a full day at the high school, then come and get his granddaughter.

The day following Dr. McCorvey’s death, the district belatedly announced that it would end face-to-face instruction districtwide beginning December 7 through January 11.

Even this half-measure quickly brought the ire of Republican Governor Kay Ivey. She has repeatedly vowed not to shut businesses, endorsing the Business Council of Alabama’s (BCA) “Keep Alabama Open” campaign. The BCA is made up of the top financial interests in the state, including the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association, US Steel, Honda, JP Morgan Chase, and other banks and large businesses.

Educators, parents and workers must take matters into our own hands to halt the homicidal policies of the ruling class. We urge all readers to sign up here to join the Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee and begin the fight to turn out to the entire working class, including Hyundai and Honda workers, Walmart workers, Amazon and other logistics workers, and healthcare workers in Alabama, across the US and internationally, in a common fight in defense of life and against the profit system which benefits only the ruling elites.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/alab-d07.html