Why was my comment regarding prioritizing in-person K-3 & special needs classrooms deleted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here -- Disappointing. If we can't have difficult discussions about what went wrong and how it could have been handled better, I don't see how we can arrive at solutions or get back to a place of more trust in the institutions.

Maybe stop trying to have difficult conversations anonymously and put your name and face to things that are this important to you, rather than complaining on a privately run forum.

While I agree with this generally, I do think the reason this keeps coming up again and again on DCUM is that it is considered socially and politically unacceptable to openly criticize school closures in DC. I do actually discuss this subject with other people and it is always shrouded in hushed tones and "of course I support the teachers and the schools but".

Not saying it's right or wrong to lock the thread -- that's Jeff's prerogative. But the reason you see this conversation sticking around here and never getting resolved or tired out is because it's considered a taboo subject IRL and people are unsure of how to talk about it in a productive way. I do actually think it's a shame we are not allowed to have productive public discussions of how to handle that situation in the future, whether here anonymously or elsewhere with names attached. I really don't understand the animosity towards people who want to discuss it. It only happened a couple years ago and was a huge deal for a lot of people.

They want to shut down the discussion because it is increasingly hard to justify the actions of the past, or at least increasingly hard to avoid having to acknowledge the harm that was done.

I highly doubt the people saying we shouldn’t continue to talk about the closures would say the same thing about other mistakes of the past.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here -- Disappointing. If we can't have difficult discussions about what went wrong and how it could have been handled better, I don't see how we can arrive at solutions or get back to a place of more trust in the institutions.

Maybe stop trying to have difficult conversations anonymously and put your name and face to things that are this important to you, rather than complaining on a privately run forum.

While I agree with this generally, I do think the reason this keeps coming up again and again on DCUM is that it is considered socially and politically unacceptable to openly criticize school closures in DC. I do actually discuss this subject with other people and it is always shrouded in hushed tones and "of course I support the teachers and the schools but".

Not saying it's right or wrong to lock the thread -- that's Jeff's prerogative. But the reason you see this conversation sticking around here and never getting resolved or tired out is because it's considered a taboo subject IRL and people are unsure of how to talk about it in a productive way. I do actually think it's a shame we are not allowed to have productive public discussions of how to handle that situation in the future, whether here anonymously or elsewhere with names attached. I really don't understand the animosity towards people who want to discuss it. It only happened a couple years ago and was a huge deal for a lot of people.

They want to shut down the discussion because it is increasingly hard to justify the actions of the past, or at least increasingly hard to avoid having to acknowledge the harm that was done.

I highly doubt the people saying we shouldn’t continue to talk about the closures would say the same thing about other mistakes of the past.

Oh no, you discussed this topic that I find hard to justify so I am going shutdown the thread.