VA Budget Salary Increases for Teachers

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Enjoy your petty misery bubble, folks.

Only half of the students at my school are coming back. Many are happy and thriving with DL.

I am one of the parents keeping my child in DL and it’s not because he is thriving. I mean we’ve formed a pod and hired some help so we’re making the best of it. But it’s not like I’m picking DL because we think it’s so great.

It’s because in-person learning is only 2 days per week and may very well still be over a computer while a monitor sits in class. I also don’t trust the school not to back pedal like has been done before or become over zealous about shutting down again. Not to mention, at the back to school meetings, we still haven’t been told many details about what an in-person day will look like.

Oh and the fact I can’t change my selection to continue with distance learning that I made MONTHS ago back before the vaccine rollout when metrics were going up during the holidays. So really your response should say half the families chose distance learning months ago and are now stuck with their choice and/or are completely underwhelmed by the in-person offering that is only 2 days and possibly still over a computer with other unknown factors.

Look, we like our son’s teacher and anyone who talked to us would assume we’re doing okay with virtual learning because we try to look on the bright side and make the most of things. And I realize individual teachers aren’t in control of things.

But STOP with this lie that virtual learning is so great that 50% of families are thriving.



No, half the families are stuck with this option amongst a buffet of crappy offerings.

I think it's safe to say you're both being a little dramatic and hyperbolic and that the reality is somewhere in between.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers and parents share far too much in common for all of this fighting.

Teachers are stuck in a bad spot in all of this. I genuinely believe this.

Kids are being used as leverage. Nothing new.

Teachers and parents need to focus on their SHARED concerns. The only ones who benefit from divided teachers and parents are those who profit off of controlling teachers’ availability as leverage against parents.

Focus on education. Both teachers and parents should be willing to hold out from participating in the system until the system provides teachers the resources and support that parents and teachers both expect. Stop fighting each other.

Nope. This isn't "fighting". There are no "both sides".

Teachers are busy teaching.

Administrators are busy trying to figure out how to open building for more kids.

A small group of entitled, ignorant parents are whining and trying to bully teachers because think they can get away with it.

-Parent who doesn't tolerate bullying

Is that really what you see?

Administrators haven't been working hard for six months (September until now) trying to figure out how to get students into buildings. Please.

Parents didn't go to Richmond (!) because they are entitled and ignorant. They went because they care about children and education. And were frustrated by the school boards' inability to do anything.

Yes, that's what I see. Many parents are throwing a temper tantrum because they feel they are entitled to something that just couldn't happen given our constraints. And they are misdirecting their rage towards a group of people that have very little power. They are bullies. It's been an eye-opening experience.

Real question, not trying to be snarky. How come so many other school jurisdictions were able to open in other states but not here. What “constraints” do we have here that make us different than all my friends across the country who have been posting photos of their kids masked up and headed to school since last August/September?

Overcrowded classrooms
Limited transportation options (buses/drivers)
Higher FRL
Fewer covid deniers
Overall size makes it more difficult to make district-wide changes

[Anonymous]

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Contrary to your narrative that schools couldn't be opened safely, Rhode Island pushed to open schools and kept them open with VERY low in-school transmission all year. And in fall our numbers were low. And they might have stayed somewhat lower if schools were open, since multiple studies have shown that kids are safer from COVID at school. Read up on some national news sources talking about COVID. This isn't hidden stuff.

This study was available back in July/August as schools were making plans?

Monday morning quarterback.

This was known by epidemiologists back in April or May of last year...

Link?

There's a little bit about the data in the article on Rhode Island's governor doing her best (to include offering to help parents sue school districts) to keep schools there open in-person:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/magazine/school-reopenings-rhode-island.html

The study was from January 2021.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2775875

From your article:
"Raimondo had none of that C.D.C. research at hand when she made her decision on school openings in June; to the contrary, the safer political move would have been to leave the call, as many governors did, to local districts, given the obvious risk of coming down on the wrong side of a decision with potential serious health implications. The state brought in a Boston-based education consulting group to help manage the logistics of school openings; those consultants strongly advised Rhode Island’s board of education that the best way to manage openings was not to have them — to offer mostly remote instruction, the choice that many large urban districts eventually announced.

Many public-health experts still believed, around the time that Raimondo was deciding, that children were likely to be worrisome vectors of the virus at school, with implications for community spread. Reports in Israel pointed toward spread in schools (though later investigation revealed that safety protocols were not being followed); Ashish Jha, now dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University, predicted that in areas of high rates of Covid prevalence, if infected students went to school, “they’d spread it to their teachers and staff,” with large outbreaks in schools inevitable. At the time, encouraging research in Sweden and China suggested the possibility of safety in schools, but it was hard to know whether those studies would be relevant to large American districts like Providence or Boston, with their aging infrastructure, their relatively crowded schools, their narrow stairwells and often-inoperable windows. It seemed intuitive, to many parents and teachers, that schools would be significant sites of transmission, as they have always been known to be for influenza."


Sounds like you are full of s.

Look at Asia. They reopened schools very quickly because unlike flu, children are not covid vectors. We've known that from very early on.

We've known that.

Still waiting on "multiple studies have shown that kids are safer from COVID at school" from "epidemiologists back in April or May of last year"

Put up or shut up.

I wasn't the one who said "epidemiologists back in April or May", but here from the head of Harvard-Chan School of Public Health:

That was before most northern VA districts made the call to go remote only.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Contrary to your narrative that schools couldn't be opened safely, Rhode Island pushed to open schools and kept them open with VERY low in-school transmission all year. And in fall our numbers were low. And they might have stayed somewhat lower if schools were open, since multiple studies have shown that kids are safer from COVID at school. Read up on some national news sources talking about COVID. This isn't hidden stuff.

This study was available back in July/August as schools were making plans?

Monday morning quarterback.

This was known by epidemiologists back in April or May of last year...

Link?

There's a little bit about the data in the article on Rhode Island's governor doing her best (to include offering to help parents sue school districts) to keep schools there open in-person:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/magazine/school-reopenings-rhode-island.html

The study was from January 2021.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2775875

From your article:
"Raimondo had none of that C.D.C. research at hand when she made her decision on school openings in June; to the contrary, the safer political move would have been to leave the call, as many governors did, to local districts, given the obvious risk of coming down on the wrong side of a decision with potential serious health implications. The state brought in a Boston-based education consulting group to help manage the logistics of school openings; those consultants strongly advised Rhode Island’s board of education that the best way to manage openings was not to have them — to offer mostly remote instruction, the choice that many large urban districts eventually announced.

Many public-health experts still believed, around the time that Raimondo was deciding, that children were likely to be worrisome vectors of the virus at school, with implications for community spread. Reports in Israel pointed toward spread in schools (though later investigation revealed that safety protocols were not being followed); Ashish Jha, now dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University, predicted that in areas of high rates of Covid prevalence, if infected students went to school, “they’d spread it to their teachers and staff,” with large outbreaks in schools inevitable. At the time, encouraging research in Sweden and China suggested the possibility of safety in schools, but it was hard to know whether those studies would be relevant to large American districts like Providence or Boston, with their aging infrastructure, their relatively crowded schools, their narrow stairwells and often-inoperable windows. It seemed intuitive, to many parents and teachers, that schools would be significant sites of transmission, as they have always been known to be for influenza."


Sounds like you are full of s.

Look at Asia. They reopened schools very quickly because unlike flu, children are not covid vectors. We've known that from very early on.

We've known that.

Still waiting on "multiple studies have shown that kids are safer from COVID at school" from "epidemiologists back in April or May of last year"

Put up or shut up.

I wasn't the one who said "epidemiologists back in April or May", but here from the head of Harvard-Chan School of Public Health:

That was before most northern VA districts made the call to go remote only.

He wrote an op-ed in June 2020 - that isn't "multiple studies have shown that kids are safer from COVID at school".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/24/yes-kids-should-be-going-back-school-fall/

And he said air cleaners were necessary - did we have those in place in August?

And a "culture of health, safety and shared responsibility". Tough to do with so many covid deniers/Open Schools Now types in our community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love getting my deserved raise as a hero. I love more seeing fuming parents raging on these boards.

The fact that this is taking place on a snow day is the cherry on top 🥰

Should I open a Cabernet Sauvignon or a Merlot today?

Go ahead and give the raise. A 3% raise doesn’t mean much when you are paid pennies to start with.

Let this loser enjoy her Aldi wine.

1) chill, I know we are slaves and peasants to you and my 75k isn’t much. So I supplement with another 35k coaching.
2) I have 3 months off every year, you have what like 10 days or some shit?
3) although it’d be nice to be a high-roller with a Maserati I’m ok having mental piece, clean spiritually-driven life and not worried about that rat race of yours
4) that aldi line was funny, I give it to you. It was actually a Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac. I’m not into the Illuminati shit but the wine is something - google it. I know you don’t go beyond the $30-40 at your local grocery store lol

Mental piece. You can’t make this stuff up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love getting my deserved raise as a hero. I love more seeing fuming parents raging on these boards.

The fact that this is taking place on a snow day is the cherry on top 🥰

Should I open a Cabernet Sauvignon or a Merlot today?

Go ahead and give the raise. A 3% raise doesn’t mean much when you are paid pennies to start with.

Let this loser enjoy her Aldi wine.

1) chill, I know we are slaves and peasants to you and my 75k isn’t much. So I supplement with another 35k coaching.
2) I have 3 months off every year, you have what like 10 days or some shit?
3) although it’d be nice to be a high-roller with a Maserati I’m ok having mental piece, clean spiritually-driven life and not worried about that rat race of yours
4) that aldi line was funny, I give it to you. It was actually a Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac. I’m not into the Illuminati shit but the wine is something - google it. I know you don’t go beyond the $30-40 at your local grocery store lol

Mental piece. You can’t make this stuff up.

Ever heard of a typo? Oh no, sorry. DCUM’s moral highness and grammar nazis for the win.

Have you asked your employer for a week off for spring break? lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love getting my deserved raise as a hero. I love more seeing fuming parents raging on these boards.

The fact that this is taking place on a snow day is the cherry on top 🥰

Should I open a Cabernet Sauvignon or a Merlot today?

Go ahead and give the raise. A 3% raise doesn’t mean much when you are paid pennies to start with.

Let this loser enjoy her Aldi wine.

1) chill, I know we are slaves and peasants to you and my 75k isn’t much. So I supplement with another 35k coaching.
2) I have 3 months off every year, you have what like 10 days or some shit?
3) although it’d be nice to be a high-roller with a Maserati I’m ok having mental piece, clean spiritually-driven life and not worried about that rat race of yours
4) that aldi line was funny, I give it to you. It was actually a Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac. I’m not into the Illuminati shit but the wine is something - google it. I know you don’t go beyond the $30-40 at your local grocery store lol

Mental piece. You can’t make this stuff up.

Ever heard of a typo? Oh no, sorry. DCUM’s moral highness and grammar nazis for the win.

Have you asked your employer for a week off for spring break? lol

Aww, apparently my response hurt your feelings. So, you can dish it out but not take it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be voting HELL NO.

You don’t get a vote lol
Schools do not ask the community to vote on how they spend their money.

And just like that, VA got an R Governor and wend purple in 2021. I will not forget teachers behavior when I vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love getting my deserved raise as a hero. I love more seeing fuming parents raging on these boards.

The fact that this is taking place on a snow day is the cherry on top 🥰

Should I open a Cabernet Sauvignon or a Merlot today?

Go ahead and give the raise. A 3% raise doesn’t mean much when you are paid pennies to start with.

Let this loser enjoy her Aldi wine.

1) chill, I know we are slaves and peasants to you and my 75k isn’t much. So I supplement with another 35k coaching.
2) I have 3 months off every year, you have what like 10 days or some shit?
3) although it’d be nice to be a high-roller with a Maserati I’m ok having mental piece, clean spiritually-driven life and not worried about that rat race of yours
4) that aldi line was funny, I give it to you. It was actually a Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac. I’m not into the Illuminati shit but the wine is something - google it. I know you don’t go beyond the $30-40 at your local grocery store lol

Mental piece. You can’t make this stuff up.

Ever heard of a typo? Oh no, sorry. DCUM’s moral highness and grammar nazis for the win.

Have you asked your employer for a week off for spring break? lol

Aww, apparently my response hurt your feelings. So, you can dish it out but not take it?

My feelings have been chilling since March 2020. Yours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be voting HELL NO.

You don’t get a vote lol
Schools do not ask the community to vote on how they spend their money.

And just like that, VA got an R Governor and wend purple in 2021. I will not forget teachers behavior when I vote.

Of course you’ll vote GOP just like the rest of the ignorant scum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be voting HELL NO.

You don’t get a vote lol
Schools do not ask the community to vote on how they spend their money.

And just like that, VA got an R Governor and wend purple in 2021. I will not forget teachers behavior when I vote.

Of course you’ll vote GOP just like the rest of the ignorant scum.

I have never voted for an R in my life. I will absolutely vote R for governor. We need someone in office who is committed to keeping kids in school. The Biden walk balk is knife in the back and shows the Ds absolutely are in the pocket of the unions. They cannot be at the helm during the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love getting my deserved raise as a hero. I love more seeing fuming parents raging on these boards.

The fact that this is taking place on a snow day is the cherry on top 🥰

Should I open a Cabernet Sauvignon or a Merlot today?

Go ahead and give the raise. A 3% raise doesn’t mean much when you are paid pennies to start with.

Let this loser enjoy her Aldi wine.

1) chill, I know we are slaves and peasants to you and my 75k isn’t much. So I supplement with another 35k coaching.
2) I have 3 months off every year, you have what like 10 days or some shit?
3) although it’d be nice to be a high-roller with a Maserati I’m ok having mental piece, clean spiritually-driven life and not worried about that rat race of yours
4) that aldi line was funny, I give it to you. It was actually a Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac. I’m not into the Illuminati shit but the wine is something - google it. I know you don’t go beyond the $30-40 at your local grocery store lol

Mental piece. You can’t make this stuff up.

Ever heard of a typo? Oh no, sorry. DCUM’s moral highness and grammar nazis for the win.

Have you asked your employer for a week off for spring break? lol

Aww, apparently my response hurt your feelings. So, you can dish it out but not take it?

My feelings have been chilling since March 2020. Yours?

Chilling... while reporting comments because you feel bullied. Poor thing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be voting HELL NO.

You don’t get a vote lol
Schools do not ask the community to vote on how they spend their money.

And just like that, VA got an R Governor and wend purple in 2021. I will not forget teachers behavior when I vote.

Of course you’ll vote GOP just like the rest of the ignorant scum.

I have never voted for an R in my life. I will absolutely vote R for governor. We need someone in office who is committed to keeping kids in school. The Biden walk balk is knife in the back and shows the Ds absolutely are in the pocket of the unions. They cannot be at the helm during the pandemic.

Another Democrat here who will definitely be voting Republican in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be voting HELL NO.

You don’t get a vote lol
Schools do not ask the community to vote on how they spend their money.

And just like that, VA got an R Governor and wend purple in 2021. I will not forget teachers behavior when I vote.

Of course you’ll vote GOP just like the rest of the ignorant scum.

I have never voted for an R in my life. I will absolutely vote R for governor. We need someone in office who is committed to keeping kids in school. The Biden walk balk is knife in the back and shows the Ds absolutely are in the pocket of the unions. They cannot be at the helm during the pandemic.

Another Democrat here who will definitely be voting Republican in the future.

Great, let’s legitimize Trump and QAnon because heaven forbid my daughter’s teacher get the deserved raise from 55k to 57k a year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love getting my deserved raise as a hero. I love more seeing fuming parents raging on these boards.

The fact that this is taking place on a snow day is the cherry on top 🥰

Should I open a Cabernet Sauvignon or a Merlot today?

Go ahead and give the raise. A 3% raise doesn’t mean much when you are paid pennies to start with.

Let this loser enjoy her Aldi wine.

1) chill, I know we are slaves and peasants to you and my 75k isn’t much. So I supplement with another 35k coaching.
2) I have 3 months off every year, you have what like 10 days or some shit?
3) although it’d be nice to be a high-roller with a Maserati I’m ok having mental piece, clean spiritually-driven life and not worried about that rat race of yours
4) that aldi line was funny, I give it to you. It was actually a Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac. I’m not into the Illuminati shit but the wine is something - google it. I know you don’t go beyond the $30-40 at your local grocery store lol

Mental piece. You can’t make this stuff up.

Ever heard of a typo? Oh no, sorry. DCUM’s moral highness and grammar nazis for the win.

Have you asked your employer for a week off for spring break? lol

Aww, apparently my response hurt your feelings. So, you can dish it out but not take it?

My feelings have been chilling since March 2020. Yours?

Chilling... while reporting comments because you feel bullied. Poor thing!

I have never reported any comments because unlike you and your weakling kind I don’t get hurt by brain dead automatons. Straight chillin indeed. Get back to work ho!