Be careful: The same people who are weaponizing school opening are also blocking safe opening

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents who want meaningful education for children are clearly republican propagandists! Everyone knows that access to public education is a republican talking point!

Yes, let's get all overly dramatic about every.single.point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents who want meaningful education for children are clearly republican propagandists! Everyone knows that access to public education is a republican talking point!

Yes, let's get all overly dramatic about every.single.point.

As opposed to the OP, which was a lengthier way of saying the same thing. Only apparently unironically.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The key is avoiding politicization.

What drives me a little crazy is that when I talk to parents in DCPS, they mostly want similar things. They're mostly reasonable. Most parents are keeping their kids home, and those who are sending them into school have a higher risk tolerance and support older or at-risk teachers staying home.

And both groups are very very happy teachers are being vaccinated. The people who are most pushing back against the WTU are, in my world, the media and in-person, hardcore political partisans.

We don't want that! We want this de-politicized. But if you want to depoliticize it, we have to understand first who is politicizing it, and why. Once I read these articles a lot more about school reopenings became clear to me.

it is politicized because of the blue states and their absolute disregard for children.



there is absolutely no reason schools should still be closed in blue states when its going fine in red ones. its insanity.

apparently pointing that out is a republican talking point, so we have to pretend kids everywhere aren't in school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don’t think the debate we are seeing here is from the local Republicans taking over the date. There are like 10 of them here.

Maybe this framing is useful for the debate in like Wisconsin or somewhere with a real political divide, but I am not convinced at all that this article accounts for what we are seeing in DC

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents who want meaningful education for children are clearly republican propagandists! Everyone knows that access to public education is a republican talking point!

Yes, let's get all overly dramatic about every.single.point.

As opposed to the OP, which was a lengthier way of saying the same thing. Only apparently unironically.

Not really. The OP provided citations that Republicans were (1) trying to block funding that would helps schools safely reopen while (2) simultaneously blame Democrats & teachers unions for not reopening schools fast enough.

And what do you think Republicans will do if there’s a big COVID outbreak associated with schools?

It’s a craven political strategy that uses your kids’ health and their teachers’ lives as collateral warfare. Gross.

[Anonymous]

I'm in agreement that this is likely true in many areas of the country or parts of the wider DMV (MD or VA), but not true in DC itself. It's not Republicans. There are no Republicans.

[Anonymous]

Like, some of us are actually paying attention to what our very local leaders are doing and saying. We are watching the actions of the Mayor and the WTU and Ferebee. We can form opinions based on that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents who want meaningful education for children are clearly republican propagandists! Everyone knows that access to public education is a republican talking point!

Yes, let's get all overly dramatic about every.single.point.

As opposed to the OP, which was a lengthier way of saying the same thing. Only apparently unironically.

Not really. The OP provided citations that Republicans were (1) trying to block funding that would helps schools safely reopen while (2) simultaneously blame Democrats & teachers unions for not reopening schools fast enough.

And what do you think Republicans will do if there’s a big COVID outbreak associated with schools?

It’s a craven political strategy that uses your kids’ health and their teachers’ lives as collateral warfare. Gross.

Plenty of schools are open without the funding. Pretending that funding is the only thing between kids and actual school is flat out disingenuous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in agreement that this is likely true in many areas of the country or parts of the wider DMV (MD or VA), but not true in DC itself. It's not Republicans. There are no Republicans.

The issue in DC is that we have two income households that need to put their kid somewhere during the day (school or daycare). We are doing a lousy job of trying to educate our kids while simultaneously trying to maintain our profession. I know my work qualify has suffered since my baby’s daycare was shuttered. It sucks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:there aren’t a meaningful number of Rs here.

There are many conservatives who post here.

+1

Easily 80% of the people I know in my local community/school district who are pushing for "open schools now!" are Republicans. A handful are full-fledge, flag-flying MAGAs.

They push for opening and push back against ANY and ALL safety measures.

Eat outside? No.
Put in air filters? Nope.
Maintain 6'? No way.
etc.

Every single safety measure is the enemy.

In DC? Are you 22 and living in Navy Yard? Otherwise, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, politicizing reopening schools does not help children. You are not helping.

Yes, the children are suffering because everyone is suffering. If children need school *that* much to be socially and emotionally stable, then that reveals a serious deficiency in parental skills, a responsibility which now appears to be laid at the feet of teachers. Schools are there to provide a free education to all American citizens. That we have become a safety net to offset bad parenting and economic hardship, is testament to the need for a stronger social support network in the USA. It used to be that everyone blamed their parents for their problems... but the parents have figured out a way to fob off that responsibility onto teachers. It is extremely sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, politicizing reopening schools does not help children. You are not helping.

Yes, the children are suffering because everyone is suffering. If children need school *that* much to be socially and emotionally stable, then that reveals a serious deficiency in parental skills, a responsibility which now appears to be laid at the feet of teachers. Schools are there to provide a free education to all American citizens. That we have become a safety net to offset bad parenting and economic hardship, is testament to the need for a stronger social support network in the USA. It used to be that everyone blamed their parents for their problems... but the parents have figured out a way to fob off that responsibility onto teachers. It is extremely sad.

Are you really a teacher? How did you skip the class which described the multiple roles of public schooling in the US?

[Anonymous]

I'm capable of thinking for myself and drawing my own conclusions, OP. I'm a liberal. That doesn't mean I can't think that these ongoing closures are not appalling and supremely destructive. It doesn't mean I can't look at the evidence at hand and rethink vouchers. It doesn't mean I can't question my prior unquestioning support for Democrat educational policies. I am tired of Democrat politicans assuming my vote is owed them, and therefore they are free to destroy the educational progress of millions of children who will never recover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:there aren’t a meaningful number of Rs here.

There are many conservatives who post here.

+1

Easily 80% of the people I know in my local community/school district who are pushing for "open schools now!" are Republicans. A handful are full-fledge, flag-flying MAGAs.

They push for opening and push back against ANY and ALL safety measures.

Eat outside? No.
Put in air filters? Nope.
Maintain 6'? No way.
etc.

Every single safety measure is the enemy.

I’m a Democrat and most of my fellow democratic friends want schools to resume. It is most definitely NOT just Republicans who want kids to return. Everyone, regardless of political orientation, wants their kids back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The key is avoiding politicization.

What drives me a little crazy is that when I talk to parents in DCPS, they mostly want similar things. They're mostly reasonable. Most parents are keeping their kids home, and those who are sending them into school have a higher risk tolerance and support older or at-risk teachers staying home.

And both groups are very very happy teachers are being vaccinated. The people who are most pushing back against the WTU are, in my world, the media and in-person, hardcore political partisans.

We don't want that! We want this de-politicized. But if you want to depoliticize it, we have to understand first who is politicizing it, and why. Once I read these articles a lot more about school reopenings became clear to me.

it is politicized because of the blue states and their absolute disregard for children.



there is absolutely no reason schools should still be closed in blue states when its going fine in red ones. its insanity.

Wow, I knew that other states had opened schools but I didn’t realize how low the numbers are for all-virtual.