WTU meeting updates?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:aaand WTU is now tweeting that it is still unsafe to return *even after vaccination.* Ok Mayor Bowser - it is now go time to crush the union.

They haven’t tweeted that.

yes, they did. they just retweeted something saying exactly that.

They just retweeted Perry Stein’s article about racial disparities in the reopening plans. I know you need to feel angry and blame someone for the fact that you can’t handle your kids being at home, but it’s stupid to lie about things that we can all easily see are false.

this is what they retweeted:

https://twitter.com/ChristopherPaix/status/1355588198945222663?s=20

Jeez you are grasping. Glad you don’t care about getting teachers vaccinated + 2 weeks for full immunity before sending them back into the classroom!

I’m not the one running WTU’s social media. Maybe they need to explain what they meant, because to me the clear meaning of that retweet is “schools are not safe even with teacher vaccination.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:aaand WTU is now tweeting that it is still unsafe to return *even after vaccination.* Ok Mayor Bowser - it is now go time to crush the union.

They haven’t tweeted that.

yes, they did. they just retweeted something saying exactly that.

This has turned twighlight zone crazy. School should open 5 days after teachers fully vaccinated.

With no evidence the vaccine will cover the new mutations. Gtfoh I’m not sending my kid back and I’ll fight against anything that creates an unequal system for parents who chose distance learning. No way should dcps open five days a week with community spread this high. Kids are carriers. ’m not gonna be vaccinated
Any time soon because I’m young and healthy. Please just stop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:aaand WTU is now tweeting that it is still unsafe to return *even after vaccination.* Ok Mayor Bowser - it is now go time to crush the union.

They haven’t tweeted that.

yes, they did. they just retweeted something saying exactly that.

They just retweeted Perry Stein’s article about racial disparities in the reopening plans. I know you need to feel angry and blame someone for the fact that you can’t handle your kids being at home, but it’s stupid to lie about things that we can all easily see are false.

this is what they retweeted:

https://twitter.com/ChristopherPaix/status/1355588198945222663?s=20

Jeez you are grasping. Glad you don’t care about getting teachers vaccinated + 2 weeks for full immunity before sending them back into the classroom!

I’m not the one running WTU’s social media. Maybe they need to explain what they meant, because to me the clear meaning of that retweet is “schools are not safe even with teacher vaccination.”

But you seem perfectly happy to infer when it serves your needs! I’m sorry William and Caroline didn’t get the seats you believe they deserve at their Ward 3 elem for Term 3. Better luck with hybrid next year!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a bad play for WTU. I'm pro union in general, but you have to play your cards better than this. You're going to lose what little parental support you have left.

It’s odd that parents on this forum think this. They have tons of parent support, just less from white ones or the more wealthy ones.

Actually true. 6 parents forwarded their emails to me about my kids’ school reopening plan. They felt that the plan was not safe and cited sealed windows, broken hvac, the neighborhood being a major hotspot with many kids invited to come back that actually have parents with covid right now (coughing in the background). One parent forwarded her email which was in Spanish asking why she has to send her son back because she felt it wasn’t safe -she is clearly confused but has not even heard back yet!!!

This forum is such a departure from the reality for the majority of parents in DCPS. However it is true the loud wealthy white parents with extra time complain the most and tend to be the only voice heard. I’m tired of white folks speaking for our black families and don’t even listen to the black parents in their class. They dominate conversations and complain.

Our families have been impacted by covid and yours haven’t in the same way.

I strongly am against a plan that cries virtual learning for 75% of DCPS and accommodates whinny white parents.

Sorry not for a plan the cripples distance learning for 75%

how does this plan “cripple distance learning”? In my child’s grade, DL class sizes are going from 20 to 25. Maybe this will force teachers to become better at DL (which they should have been all along.) No more rambling “morning meetings.”

For your kid!!! Your kid isn’t every kid.

I’ve got three. My youngest class will be shuffled and over 35 as per the parent meeting.

My middle the teacher will be teaching on the computer live from school with a mask on to other students, my middle already struggles with engagement with the teacher constantly checking in to make sure she’s attending. No way she can do that now.

I have no idea what happens to my oldest. His teacher was forced to take leave because she had chemo and radiation earlier in the year and was called back in person. She was clear about wanting to remain virtual and honestly my oldests teacher was probably the best out of all of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:aaand WTU is now tweeting that it is still unsafe to return *even after vaccination.* Ok Mayor Bowser - it is now go time to crush the union.

They haven’t tweeted that.

yes, they did. they just retweeted something saying exactly that.

They just retweeted Perry Stein’s article about racial disparities in the reopening plans. I know you need to feel angry and blame someone for the fact that you can’t handle your kids being at home, but it’s stupid to lie about things that we can all easily see are false.

this is what they retweeted:

https://twitter.com/ChristopherPaix/status/1355588198945222663?s=20

Jeez you are grasping. Glad you don’t care about getting teachers vaccinated + 2 weeks for full immunity before sending them back into the classroom!

I’m not the one running WTU’s social media. Maybe they need to explain what they meant, because to me the clear meaning of that retweet is “schools are not safe even with teacher vaccination.”

But you seem perfectly happy to infer when it serves your needs! I’m sorry William and Caroline didn’t get the seats you believe they deserve at their Ward 3 elem for Term 3. Better luck with hybrid next year!

lol is WTU really this stupid about messaging?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:aaand WTU is now tweeting that it is still unsafe to return *even after vaccination.* Ok Mayor Bowser - it is now go time to crush the union.

They haven’t tweeted that.

yes, they did. they just retweeted something saying exactly that.

They just retweeted Perry Stein’s article about racial disparities in the reopening plans. I know you need to feel angry and blame someone for the fact that you can’t handle your kids being at home, but it’s stupid to lie about things that we can all easily see are false.

this is what they retweeted:

https://twitter.com/ChristopherPaix/status/1355588198945222663?s=20

Jeez you are grasping. Glad you don’t care about getting teachers vaccinated + 2 weeks for full immunity before sending them back into the classroom!

I’m not the one running WTU’s social media. Maybe they need to explain what they meant, because to me the clear meaning of that retweet is “schools are not safe even with teacher vaccination.”

But you seem perfectly happy to infer when it serves your needs! I’m sorry William and Caroline didn’t get the seats you believe they deserve at their Ward 3 elem for Term 3. Better luck with hybrid next year!

lol is WTU really this stupid about messaging?

Yes. Throughout this entire sh*tshow the thing I’ve found most fascinating is how truly awful the WTU talking points and messaging are. If they had even one competent PR person this would be going very differently for them. At least they’ve stopped telling their trolls to accuse parents of wanting in person school because they don’t like their kids or want to be around them. That was grade A bizarre when attempting to drum up support.

[Anonymous]

The anti-parent rhetoric is not something I’ve heard from ANY teachers IRL. This is an anonymous board, so we don’t know the posters are. Some people just love drama and upsetting others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:aaand WTU is now tweeting that it is still unsafe to return *even after vaccination.* Ok Mayor Bowser - it is now go time to crush the union.

They haven’t tweeted that.

yes, they did. they just retweeted something saying exactly that.

They just retweeted Perry Stein’s article about racial disparities in the reopening plans. I know you need to feel angry and blame someone for the fact that you can’t handle your kids being at home, but it’s stupid to lie about things that we can all easily see are false.

this is what they retweeted:

https://twitter.com/ChristopherPaix/status/1355588198945222663?s=20

Jeez you are grasping. Glad you don’t care about getting teachers vaccinated + 2 weeks for full immunity before sending them back into the classroom!

I’m not the one running WTU’s social media. Maybe they need to explain what they meant, because to me the clear meaning of that retweet is “schools are not safe even with teacher vaccination.”

But you seem perfectly happy to infer when it serves your needs! I’m sorry William and Caroline didn’t get the seats you believe they deserve at their Ward 3 elem for Term 3. Better luck with hybrid next year!

lol is WTU really this stupid about messaging?

Yes. Throughout this entire sh*tshow the thing I’ve found most fascinating is how truly awful the WTU talking points and messaging are. If they had even one competent PR person this would be going very differently for them. At least they’ve stopped telling their trolls to accuse parents of wanting in person school because they don’t like their kids or want to be around them. That was grade A bizarre when attempting to drum up support.

100%. Why sign the MOU in the first place. So much wasted time went into this plan.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, in trying to skip all the bickering, I couldn’t see if someone had actually posted that the arbitration ruling came out against the union. https://dcist.com/story/21/01/31/dc-public-schools-cleared-to-welcome-students-back/?fbclid=IwAR2UPQ3fzAPsiKazNK0DKyRAyfPn57-a9Oj6U7PL337cS1xhCIKx8BM22a4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, in trying to skip all the bickering, I couldn’t see if someone had actually posted that the arbitration ruling came out against the union. https://dcist.com/story/21/01/31/dc-public-schools-cleared-to-welcome-students-back/?fbclid=IwAR2UPQ3fzAPsiKazNK0DKyRAyfPn57-a9Oj6U7PL337cS1xhCIKx8BM22a4

What’s the real time impact of this in terms of reopening and the unions refusal to do so

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, in trying to skip all the bickering, I couldn’t see if someone had actually posted that the arbitration ruling came out against the union. https://dcist.com/story/21/01/31/dc-public-schools-cleared-to-welcome-students-back/?fbclid=IwAR2UPQ3fzAPsiKazNK0DKyRAyfPn57-a9Oj6U7PL337cS1xhCIKx8BM22a4

Wow! Thanks for posting! This is the first I've heard. Crickets from the union so far today after we were assured we would be informed by email within 3 hours. Liz must have know last night when she sent out the email with the approved action and the call for the meeting today.

I hope this comes up today; she gets so many passes for epic mistakes she has made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, in trying to skip all the bickering, I couldn’t see if someone had actually posted that the arbitration ruling came out against the union. https://dcist.com/story/21/01/31/dc-public-schools-cleared-to-welcome-students-back/?fbclid=IwAR2UPQ3fzAPsiKazNK0DKyRAyfPn57-a9Oj6U7PL337cS1xhCIKx8BM22a4

Wow! Thanks for posting! This is the first I've heard. Crickets from the union so far today after we were assured we would be informed by email within 3 hours. Liz must have know last night when she sent out the email with the approved action and the call for the meeting today.

I hope this comes up today; she gets so many passes for epic mistakes she has made.

Washington Post is reporting this too, https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-schools-dispute/2021/01/31/3e90d7ea-63c8-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html

[Anonymous]

Watkins and Coolidge not allowed to reopen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watkins and Coolidge not allowed to reopen

Okay but the union is saying all teachers remain remote? Still not sure what to expect tomorrow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watkins and Coolidge not allowed to reopen

Coolidge? I’m surprised. They just renovated it! It’s should 100% be up to code in terms of air filtration, HVAC, windows opening, etc. I wish we could find out where the issue is (or if it really was just too brief of a walkthrough) because the council should investigate the construction company who did the renovation then.