Janney principal email about yesterday’s events

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. That it completely out of line.

What is your issue with the email specifically? Fwiw, we are Janney parents and are supportive of the way the school is handling it and how it was discussed in classes today.

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Janney parent here. What is the actual criticism of the email? I am grateful that our school faces these events head on and makes sure our kids know they can talk about it and ask questions.

It is not a topic that needed be discussed, particularly in this way, with my FOUR year old pre-K child.

This would be my objection too.

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[Anonymous]

Anyone planning on staying in DCPS for Deal or Wilson better buckle up if you find this offensive.

It gets MUCH more SJW (social justice warrior) focused. And at most of the privates (Sidwell, GDS) it's just as pronounced if not more.
This (the Janney letter and Janney in general) is NOTHING.

[Anonymous]

Sorry just reading the rest of thread, and I think one could call it a "race" issue because Trump used race to divide and conquer. If he'd used religion, or geography, or poverty, that would be different. But, he primarily relied on, preyed on, racial tension to fuel that rebellion. That's why I think we need to really examine how we have to be truthful in the telling.

[Anonymous]

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Anyone planning on staying in DCPS for Deal or Wilson better buckle up if you find this offensive.

It gets MUCH more SJW (social justice warrior) focused. And at most of the privates (Sidwell, GDS) it's just as pronounced if not more.
This (the Janney letter and Janney in general) is NOTHING.

Thanks, suddenly I feel much more interested in having my children go through Deal and Wilson!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only bad thing is that "teachers may need to step away" from teaching today. WTF? unless those teachers were at the capitol bldg, they have no excuse to not be teaching today.

+1 I’m a teacher and I didn’t even think about stepping away

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only bad thing is that "teachers may need to step away" from teaching today. WTF? unless those teachers were at the capitol bldg, they have no excuse to not be teaching today.

+1 I’m a teacher and I didn’t even think about stepping away

I am supportive of the letter and approach but the continued casual disregard for our kids’ academic time is stunning. My first grader had no academic subjects today- they watched a movie for half of their learning time (which is already only 20 min for each period that is supposed to be 40). My older ES kid didn’t have a class today bc the teacher was with her other class talking about the events and it went long...so he just didn’t have class and got out early. What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The only bad thing is that "teachers may need to step away" from teaching today. WTF? unless those teachers were at the capitol bldg, they have no excuse to not be teaching today.

+1 I’m a teacher and I didn’t even think about stepping away

I am supportive of the letter and approach but the continued casual disregard for our kids’ academic time is stunning. My first grader had no academic subjects today- they watched a movie for half of their learning time (which is already only 20 min for each period that is supposed to be 40). My older ES kid didn’t have a class today bc the teacher was with her other class talking about the events and it went long...so he just didn’t have class and got out early. What?

That is unacceptable. Teachers need to be more professional.

[Anonymous]

As a POC, I find this email very dangerous and completely out of grasp with how race issues develop and flame-up.

[Anonymous]

Janney parent. Found the letter totally appropriate and classroom discussion handled by the teacher was age appropriate and thoughtful.
All the children in DC, including AU Park, have been in a constant stream of trauma and honestly, I think it's important for them to share their feelings and thoughts, especially when they have limited opportunities to engage in open conversations with their peers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a POC, I find this email very dangerous and completely out of grasp with how race issues develop and flame-up.

Please say more- I don’t totally follow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:out of line.

nowhere does it say all protesters yesterday were white supremacists. nowhere.

yeah they were fine people, right ?

"Not all terrorists are white supremacists." Does that help OP?

Yes. That does help. I was trying to make the point that there are many reasons why someone would join the group from yesterday. Racism is one of them, but I don’t believe they are all racists.

Fwiw. I fully condemn everyone protesting yesterday. It was horrible and I support ousting Trump NOW.

[Anonymous]

So, the principal chose to further emphasize racial unrest by underscoring that these folks were white?

Let's combat racism by emphasizing - race?

I don't care if they were white, black, or any shade in between. What was done was disgraceful and an insult to democracy and to our country. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, the principal chose to further emphasize racial unrest by underscoring that these folks were white?

Let's combat racism by emphasizing - race?

I don't care if they were white, black, or any shade in between. What was done was disgraceful and an insult to democracy and to our country. Period.

+100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, the principal chose to further emphasize racial unrest by underscoring that these folks were white?

Let's combat racism by emphasizing - race?

I don't care if they were white, black, or any shade in between. What was done was disgraceful and an insult to democracy and to our country. Period.

Yes. Agree.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, the principal chose to further emphasize racial unrest by underscoring that these folks were white?

Let's combat racism by emphasizing - race?

I don't care if they were white, black, or any shade in between. What was done was disgraceful and an insult to democracy and to our country. Period.

Yes. Agree.

Actually race is a very significant part of this story, even if you don’t give a crap about Black protesters being treated differently or choose to disregard the confederate flags and antisemitic garb. The race is the protesters undoubtedly influenced the Capitol police to treat the protesters in a benign fashion and underestimate the damage they were going to do. (They had been planning this for weeks— do you think it they were Black Lives Matter protests, the preparation would have been the same? No.). As a result, the capitol police were overrun and the symbol of our democracy was desecrated and we were made to look like a laughingstock in the world.