hilariously tone deaf tweet by CM Robert White

[Anonymous]

So if DC prioritizes all teachers for vaccination can they at least get all students back in hybrid?

If you wait to get all students back 5 days per week that will be 2022 at this rate.

If you start hybrid now in spring by fall could do everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean...if you think DCPS was serving these kids well before the pandemic you are mistaken. This has not helped in the slightest, but DCPS has NEVER served kids with disabilities well at all. So I don’t think this particularly tone-deaf. DCPS has lots of problems and returning to inperson learning is not going to solve them all. Something has got to be done and things have got to change so that all kids can receive a good education.

OP. I have a kid with an IEP. The tweet is really shameless. You can’t be keeping kids out of school and claiming that you care.

+1. Robert White supported WTU's efforts to not reopen for these vulnerable students in November. This was a last ditch effort my DCPS to get only 11 vulnerable students per grade back in school after WTU thwarted plans to reopen for more students. He was instrumental in getting the November reopening canceled for my SPED kids who were falling further behind their neurotypical peers with distance learning. Never forget that that Robert White has NEVER been a friend of SPED, ELL, and homeless children (many of whom are children of color).

What's truly disgusting now is how Robert White and Janeese Lewis George are feigning concern about equity when in fact their proposed legislation (below) would give more power to WTU by 1) moving schools under the SBOE whose membership is very pro-WTU and 2) changing the laws to allow WTU members to serve on the SBOE which is a conflict of interest.

They claim that teachers "care deeply about children" so they should be able to govern the school system. WTU has already demonstrated to the world that they don't care about the children. Schools would be LESS likely to fully reopen and further harm vulnerable students if this legislation passes. All Robert White and Janeese Lewis George care about is their WTU endorsements. They're truly garbage people.

https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/46557/Introduction/B24-0080-Introduction.pdf?link_id=1&can_id=bbc811007deb13d59a24d144d29111ef&source=email-ward-4-dispatch-vaccine-news-tech-equity-and-how-to-make-a-difference&email_referrer=email_1091008&email_subject=ward-4-dispatch-three-new-bills-vaccines-and-the-dc-budget

I should add that Robert White also opposed reopening in February and again supported WTU's efforts to thwart reopening in February. Anyone who thinks their legislation would do anything other than hamper reopening is a damn fool.

Well, you clearly have an axe to grind with WTU. At the end of the day, it’s the mayor and chancellor’s fault that schools are not open. Millions of kids with strong teachers unions are attending school in person right now. I’ll be happy to see OSSE and the SBOE have more autonomy from the mayor’s office, personally.
I don’t think it really matters if DCPS teachers serve on the SBOE one way or the other, but I’ll be damned if charter school teachers can while DCPS teachers cannot. I’m sick and tired of the mayor prioritizing charter lobbyists while traditional public school advocates get crumbs.

Okay, that's just not true. Strong teacher union basically equals very few in person schoolkids countrywide (maybe a few now, but many fewer than in other places). NYC is the only exception - and look at the mayor's role there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I mean...if you think DCPS was serving these kids well before the pandemic you are mistaken. This has not helped in the slightest, but DCPS has NEVER served kids with disabilities well at all. So I don’t think this particularly tone-deaf. DCPS has lots of problems and returning to inperson learning is not going to solve them all. Something has got to be done and things have got to change so that all kids can receive a good education.

OP. I have a kid with an IEP. The tweet is really shameless. You can’t be keeping kids out of school and claiming that you care.

+1. Robert White supported WTU's efforts to not reopen for these vulnerable students in November. This was a last ditch effort my DCPS to get only 11 vulnerable students per grade back in school after WTU thwarted plans to reopen for more students. He was instrumental in getting the November reopening canceled for my SPED kids who were falling further behind their neurotypical peers with distance learning. Never forget that that Robert White has NEVER been a friend of SPED, ELL, and homeless children (many of whom are children of color).

What's truly disgusting now is how Robert White and Janeese Lewis George are feigning concern about equity when in fact their proposed legislation (below) would give more power to WTU by 1) moving schools under the SBOE whose membership is very pro-WTU and 2) changing the laws to allow WTU members to serve on the SBOE which is a conflict of interest.

They claim that teachers "care deeply about children" so they should be able to govern the school system. WTU has already demonstrated to the world that they don't care about the children. Schools would be LESS likely to fully reopen and further harm vulnerable students if this legislation passes. All Robert White and Janeese Lewis George care about is their WTU endorsements. They're truly garbage people.

https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/46557/Introduction/B24-0080-Introduction.pdf?link_id=1&can_id=bbc811007deb13d59a24d144d29111ef&source=email-ward-4-dispatch-vaccine-news-tech-equity-and-how-to-make-a-difference&email_referrer=email_1091008&email_subject=ward-4-dispatch-three-new-bills-vaccines-and-the-dc-budget

agreed. if we’ve learned no other lesson, it’s that teachers unions need to be kept as far away as possible from power over the school system. I think it’s fine for them to negotiate for pay and benefits, but they’ve made *extremely* clear that they will distort anything to gain bargaining power, and that “caring deeply about children” has nothing to do with it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean...if you think DCPS was serving these kids well before the pandemic you are mistaken. This has not helped in the slightest, but DCPS has NEVER served kids with disabilities well at all. So I don’t think this particularly tone-deaf. DCPS has lots of problems and returning to inperson learning is not going to solve them all. Something has got to be done and things have got to change so that all kids can receive a good education.

OP. I have a kid with an IEP. The tweet is really shameless. You can’t be keeping kids out of school and claiming that you care.

+1. Robert White supported WTU's efforts to not reopen for these vulnerable students in November. This was a last ditch effort my DCPS to get only 11 vulnerable students per grade back in school after WTU thwarted plans to reopen for more students. He was instrumental in getting the November reopening canceled for my SPED kids who were falling further behind their neurotypical peers with distance learning. Never forget that that Robert White has NEVER been a friend of SPED, ELL, and homeless children (many of whom are children of color).

What's truly disgusting now is how Robert White and Janeese Lewis George are feigning concern about equity when in fact their proposed legislation (below) would give more power to WTU by 1) moving schools under the SBOE whose membership is very pro-WTU and 2) changing the laws to allow WTU members to serve on the SBOE which is a conflict of interest.

They claim that teachers "care deeply about children" so they should be able to govern the school system. WTU has already demonstrated to the world that they don't care about the children. Schools would be LESS likely to fully reopen and further harm vulnerable students if this legislation passes. All Robert White and Janeese Lewis George care about is their WTU endorsements. They're truly garbage people.

https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/46557/Introduction/B24-0080-Introduction.pdf?link_id=1&can_id=bbc811007deb13d59a24d144d29111ef&source=email-ward-4-dispatch-vaccine-news-tech-equity-and-how-to-make-a-difference&email_referrer=email_1091008&email_subject=ward-4-dispatch-three-new-bills-vaccines-and-the-dc-budget

I should add that Robert White also opposed reopening in February and again supported WTU's efforts to thwart reopening in February. Anyone who thinks their legislation would do anything other than hamper reopening is a damn fool.

Well, you clearly have an axe to grind with WTU. At the end of the day, it’s the mayor and chancellor’s fault that schools are not open. Millions of kids with strong teachers unions are attending school in person right now. I’ll be happy to see OSSE and the SBOE have more autonomy from the mayor’s office, personally.
I don’t think it really matters if DCPS teachers serve on the SBOE one way or the other, but I’ll be damned if charter school teachers can while DCPS teachers cannot. I’m sick and tired of the mayor prioritizing charter lobbyists while traditional public school advocates get crumbs.

you’re delusional if you think an independent school board would have done better than the mayor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean...if you think DCPS was serving these kids well before the pandemic you are mistaken. This has not helped in the slightest, but DCPS has NEVER served kids with disabilities well at all. So I don’t think this particularly tone-deaf. DCPS has lots of problems and returning to inperson learning is not going to solve them all. Something has got to be done and things have got to change so that all kids can receive a good education.

OP. I have a kid with an IEP. The tweet is really shameless. You can’t be keeping kids out of school and claiming that you care.

+1. Robert White supported WTU's efforts to not reopen for these vulnerable students in November. This was a last ditch effort my DCPS to get only 11 vulnerable students per grade back in school after WTU thwarted plans to reopen for more students. He was instrumental in getting the November reopening canceled for my SPED kids who were falling further behind their neurotypical peers with distance learning. Never forget that that Robert White has NEVER been a friend of SPED, ELL, and homeless children (many of whom are children of color).

What's truly disgusting now is how Robert White and Janeese Lewis George are feigning concern about equity when in fact their proposed legislation (below) would give more power to WTU by 1) moving schools under the SBOE whose membership is very pro-WTU and 2) changing the laws to allow WTU members to serve on the SBOE which is a conflict of interest.

They claim that teachers "care deeply about children" so they should be able to govern the school system. WTU has already demonstrated to the world that they don't care about the children. Schools would be LESS likely to fully reopen and further harm vulnerable students if this legislation passes. All Robert White and Janeese Lewis George care about is their WTU endorsements. They're truly garbage people.

https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/46557/Introduction/B24-0080-Introduction.pdf?link_id=1&can_id=bbc811007deb13d59a24d144d29111ef&source=email-ward-4-dispatch-vaccine-news-tech-equity-and-how-to-make-a-difference&email_referrer=email_1091008&email_subject=ward-4-dispatch-three-new-bills-vaccines-and-the-dc-budget

I should add that Robert White also opposed reopening in February and again supported WTU's efforts to thwart reopening in February. Anyone who thinks their legislation would do anything other than hamper reopening is a damn fool.

Well, you clearly have an axe to grind with WTU. At the end of the day, it’s the mayor and chancellor’s fault that schools are not open. Millions of kids with strong teachers unions are attending school in person right now. I’ll be happy to see OSSE and the SBOE have more autonomy from the mayor’s office, personally.
I don’t think it really matters if DCPS teachers serve on the SBOE one way or the other, but I’ll be damned if charter school teachers can while DCPS teachers cannot. I’m sick and tired of the mayor prioritizing charter lobbyists while traditional public school advocates get crumbs.

This. All y’all whining about the WTU and giving the mayor and Ferebee a pass really haven’t been paying attention.

what? of course I’ve been paying attention. That’s how I know that the mayor and chancellor were the parties who actually supported reopening. I’m not sure what clever point you think you’re making.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean...if you think DCPS was serving these kids well before the pandemic you are mistaken. This has not helped in the slightest, but DCPS has NEVER served kids with disabilities well at all. So I don’t think this particularly tone-deaf. DCPS has lots of problems and returning to inperson learning is not going to solve them all. Something has got to be done and things have got to change so that all kids can receive a good education.

OP. I have a kid with an IEP. The tweet is really shameless. You can’t be keeping kids out of school and claiming that you care.

+1. Robert White supported WTU's efforts to not reopen for these vulnerable students in November. This was a last ditch effort my DCPS to get only 11 vulnerable students per grade back in school after WTU thwarted plans to reopen for more students. He was instrumental in getting the November reopening canceled for my SPED kids who were falling further behind their neurotypical peers with distance learning. Never forget that that Robert White has NEVER been a friend of SPED, ELL, and homeless children (many of whom are children of color).

What's truly disgusting now is how Robert White and Janeese Lewis George are feigning concern about equity when in fact their proposed legislation (below) would give more power to WTU by 1) moving schools under the SBOE whose membership is very pro-WTU and 2) changing the laws to allow WTU members to serve on the SBOE which is a conflict of interest.

They claim that teachers "care deeply about children" so they should be able to govern the school system. WTU has already demonstrated to the world that they don't care about the children. Schools would be LESS likely to fully reopen and further harm vulnerable students if this legislation passes. All Robert White and Janeese Lewis George care about is their WTU endorsements. They're truly garbage people.

https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/46557/Introduction/B24-0080-Introduction.pdf?link_id=1&can_id=bbc811007deb13d59a24d144d29111ef&source=email-ward-4-dispatch-vaccine-news-tech-equity-and-how-to-make-a-difference&email_referrer=email_1091008&email_subject=ward-4-dispatch-three-new-bills-vaccines-and-the-dc-budget

I should add that Robert White also opposed reopening in February and again supported WTU's efforts to thwart reopening in February. Anyone who thinks their legislation would do anything other than hamper reopening is a damn fool.

Well, you clearly have an axe to grind with WTU. At the end of the day, it’s the mayor and chancellor’s fault that schools are not open. Millions of kids with strong teachers unions are attending school in person right now. I’ll be happy to see OSSE and the SBOE have more autonomy from the mayor’s office, personally.
I don’t think it really matters if DCPS teachers serve on the SBOE one way or the other, but I’ll be damned if charter school teachers can while DCPS teachers cannot. I’m sick and tired of the mayor prioritizing charter lobbyists while traditional public school advocates get crumbs.

Okay, that's just not true. Strong teacher union basically equals very few in person schoolkids countrywide (maybe a few now, but many fewer than in other places). NYC is the only exception - and look at the mayor's role there.

+1. WTU is still trying to pull the wool over parents' eyes, and unfortunately it's working on many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean...if you think DCPS was serving these kids well before the pandemic you are mistaken. This has not helped in the slightest, but DCPS has NEVER served kids with disabilities well at all. So I don’t think this particularly tone-deaf. DCPS has lots of problems and returning to inperson learning is not going to solve them all. Something has got to be done and things have got to change so that all kids can receive a good education.

OP. I have a kid with an IEP. The tweet is really shameless. You can’t be keeping kids out of school and claiming that you care.

+1. Robert White supported WTU's efforts to not reopen for these vulnerable students in November. This was a last ditch effort my DCPS to get only 11 vulnerable students per grade back in school after WTU thwarted plans to reopen for more students. He was instrumental in getting the November reopening canceled for my SPED kids who were falling further behind their neurotypical peers with distance learning. Never forget that that Robert White has NEVER been a friend of SPED, ELL, and homeless children (many of whom are children of color).

What's truly disgusting now is how Robert White and Janeese Lewis George are feigning concern about equity when in fact their proposed legislation (below) would give more power to WTU by 1) moving schools under the SBOE whose membership is very pro-WTU and 2) changing the laws to allow WTU members to serve on the SBOE which is a conflict of interest.

They claim that teachers "care deeply about children" so they should be able to govern the school system. WTU has already demonstrated to the world that they don't care about the children. Schools would be LESS likely to fully reopen and further harm vulnerable students if this legislation passes. All Robert White and Janeese Lewis George care about is their WTU endorsements. They're truly garbage people.

https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/46557/Introduction/B24-0080-Introduction.pdf?link_id=1&can_id=bbc811007deb13d59a24d144d29111ef&source=email-ward-4-dispatch-vaccine-news-tech-equity-and-how-to-make-a-difference&email_referrer=email_1091008&email_subject=ward-4-dispatch-three-new-bills-vaccines-and-the-dc-budget

agreed. if we’ve learned no other lesson, it’s that teachers unions need to be kept as far away as possible from power over the school system. I think it’s fine for them to negotiate for pay and benefits, but they’ve made *extremely* clear that they will distort anything to gain bargaining power, and that “caring deeply about children” has nothing to do with it.

This. It's disingenuous for Robert White and Janeese Lewis George to pretend that we should give WTU even more power because they "care deeply about children" and that this legislation would benefit high needs children. All it would do is give their supporters even more power. Their attempt to deceive is deplorable.

[Anonymous]

I like Robert White, generally support WTU, and don't really understand the Tweet. I could understand it as a call to help make virtual learning work for students who need more, e.g., students with IEPs. I don't think enough effort has been made there by DCPS; it's probably hard to decide to make that effort if return to school is "just around the corner."

I'd like to see schools reopen, but I'd like to do it on a schedule the majority of parents who don't speak English and the majority of parents in Ward 7 and Ward 8 would choose.

I would like the State Board of Education to have power over DC education, not all, but not none. I would like it to have DCPS teachers and charter teachers on it. Partly for the same reason I would like to have more parents of DCPS students on the DC Council. Mayoral control is not responsive. It's not democratic. It's typical of the technocratic DC run either poorly by people like DGS or DCRA or highhandedly with business in mind like the Federal City Council.

A real elected board democratizes and devolves education to our elected choices.

I see here that not everyone shares these views or beliefs about our leaders' motivations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean...if you think DCPS was serving these kids well before the pandemic you are mistaken. This has not helped in the slightest, but DCPS has NEVER served kids with disabilities well at all. So I don’t think this particularly tone-deaf. DCPS has lots of problems and returning to inperson learning is not going to solve them all. Something has got to be done and things have got to change so that all kids can receive a good education.

OP. I have a kid with an IEP. The tweet is really shameless. You can’t be keeping kids out of school and claiming that you care.

+1. Robert White supported WTU's efforts to not reopen for these vulnerable students in November. This was a last ditch effort my DCPS to get only 11 vulnerable students per grade back in school after WTU thwarted plans to reopen for more students. He was instrumental in getting the November reopening canceled for my SPED kids who were falling further behind their neurotypical peers with distance learning. Never forget that that Robert White has NEVER been a friend of SPED, ELL, and homeless children (many of whom are children of color).

What's truly disgusting now is how Robert White and Janeese Lewis George are feigning concern about equity when in fact their proposed legislation (below) would give more power to WTU by 1) moving schools under the SBOE whose membership is very pro-WTU and 2) changing the laws to allow WTU members to serve on the SBOE which is a conflict of interest.

They claim that teachers "care deeply about children" so they should be able to govern the school system. WTU has already demonstrated to the world that they don't care about the children. Schools would be LESS likely to fully reopen and further harm vulnerable students if this legislation passes. All Robert White and Janeese Lewis George care about is their WTU endorsements. They're truly garbage people.

https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/46557/Introduction/B24-0080-Introduction.pdf?link_id=1&can_id=bbc811007deb13d59a24d144d29111ef&source=email-ward-4-dispatch-vaccine-news-tech-equity-and-how-to-make-a-difference&email_referrer=email_1091008&email_subject=ward-4-dispatch-three-new-bills-vaccines-and-the-dc-budget

I should add that Robert White also opposed reopening in February and again supported WTU's efforts to thwart reopening in February. Anyone who thinks their legislation would do anything other than hamper reopening is a damn fool.

Well, you clearly have an axe to grind with WTU. At the end of the day, it’s the mayor and chancellor’s fault that schools are not open. Millions of kids with strong teachers unions are attending school in person right now. I’ll be happy to see OSSE and the SBOE have more autonomy from the mayor’s office, personally.
I don’t think it really matters if DCPS teachers serve on the SBOE one way or the other, but I’ll be damned if charter school teachers can while DCPS teachers cannot. I’m sick and tired of the mayor prioritizing charter lobbyists while traditional public school advocates get crumbs.

you’re delusional if you think an independent school board would have done better than the mayor.

This!!! Giving the power to the SBOE, which is comprised of members like Frazier O'Leary who publicly stated that he was opposed to DCPS plans to reopen in February 2021 and thinks we shouldn't even be open at all, would surely have resulted in keeping schools closed longer. Allowing WTU members to sit on the SBOE would surely result in delaying reopening too.

It's also a conflict of interest for DCPS employees to sit on a board that governs the school system they work for. I think charter school teachers should be disqualified as well, but the conflict of interest for WTU members is much more strong and clear.

[Anonymous]

It's OK that we disagree, I just thought it was important to share here that yours isn't the only view. I like Frazier O'Leary's views generally. And I think he hears those who interact with him.

What was the last thing you heard the Mayor or Chancellor say that you liked? And do you think you can influence them with your opinions in any way?

[Anonymous]

RObert White and Janeese Lewis George are disasters, but I don't understand why the Mayor isn't taking a stronger stance on reopening. Robert White and Janeese Lewis George will never support her and will likely support Karl Racine if he makes a mayoral bid (JLG definitely would). WTU of course would never support Bowser and Racine would likely work out a deal for WTU support like Racine's girl JLG did. That resulted in JLG gaining victory over the Mayor's supporter, Brandon Todd. Now they're trying to reduce the Mayor's role.

By not truly reopening schools, the Mayor is just pissing off parents who are disgusted with the Mayor's enemies right now. I would never vote for Racine, but I would vote for a good candidate over Bowser if one appears. It seems like a great time to get our support instead of running scared from WTU and WTU supporters who would never support her anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean...if you think DCPS was serving these kids well before the pandemic you are mistaken. This has not helped in the slightest, but DCPS has NEVER served kids with disabilities well at all. So I don’t think this particularly tone-deaf. DCPS has lots of problems and returning to inperson learning is not going to solve them all. Something has got to be done and things have got to change so that all kids can receive a good education.

OP. I have a kid with an IEP. The tweet is really shameless. You can’t be keeping kids out of school and claiming that you care.

+1. Robert White supported WTU's efforts to not reopen for these vulnerable students in November. This was a last ditch effort my DCPS to get only 11 vulnerable students per grade back in school after WTU thwarted plans to reopen for more students. He was instrumental in getting the November reopening canceled for my SPED kids who were falling further behind their neurotypical peers with distance learning. Never forget that that Robert White has NEVER been a friend of SPED, ELL, and homeless children (many of whom are children of color).

What's truly disgusting now is how Robert White and Janeese Lewis George are feigning concern about equity when in fact their proposed legislation (below) would give more power to WTU by 1) moving schools under the SBOE whose membership is very pro-WTU and 2) changing the laws to allow WTU members to serve on the SBOE which is a conflict of interest.

They claim that teachers "care deeply about children" so they should be able to govern the school system. WTU has already demonstrated to the world that they don't care about the children. Schools would be LESS likely to fully reopen and further harm vulnerable students if this legislation passes. All Robert White and Janeese Lewis George care about is their WTU endorsements. They're truly garbage people.

https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/46557/Introduction/B24-0080-Introduction.pdf?link_id=1&can_id=bbc811007deb13d59a24d144d29111ef&source=email-ward-4-dispatch-vaccine-news-tech-equity-and-how-to-make-a-difference&email_referrer=email_1091008&email_subject=ward-4-dispatch-three-new-bills-vaccines-and-the-dc-budget

I should add that Robert White also opposed reopening in February and again supported WTU's efforts to thwart reopening in February. Anyone who thinks their legislation would do anything other than hamper reopening is a damn fool.

Well, you clearly have an axe to grind with WTU. At the end of the day, it’s the mayor and chancellor’s fault that schools are not open. Millions of kids with strong teachers unions are attending school in person right now. I’ll be happy to see OSSE and the SBOE have more autonomy from the mayor’s office, personally.
I don’t think it really matters if DCPS teachers serve on the SBOE one way or the other, but I’ll be damned if charter school teachers can while DCPS teachers cannot. I’m sick and tired of the mayor prioritizing charter lobbyists while traditional public school advocates get crumbs.

Okay, that's just not true. Strong teacher union basically equals very few in person schoolkids countrywide (maybe a few now, but many fewer than in other places). NYC is the only exception - and look at the mayor's role there.

CA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, ME...

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure if a publicly elected school board is the answer but it does seem like something is broken. The council does not seem to be able to provide any type of oversight. The past few chancellors have been really flawed. Not to mention the mayor is still way too in the weeds on some things to protect her interests and punish others.

Running DCPS is by no means an easy job. However I don't think anyone thinks we are getting good service from the current system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure if a publicly elected school board is the answer but it does seem like something is broken. The council does not seem to be able to provide any type of oversight. The past few chancellors have been really flawed. Not to mention the mayor is still way too in the weeds on some things to protect her interests and punish others.

Running DCPS is by no means an easy job. However I don't think anyone thinks we are getting good service from the current system.

We definitely are not, but the answer is definitely NOT to give more control to teachers unions who will further prioritize themselves at the expense of what’s good for kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure if a publicly elected school board is the answer but it does seem like something is broken. The council does not seem to be able to provide any type of oversight. The past few chancellors have been really flawed. Not to mention the mayor is still way too in the weeds on some things to protect her interests and punish others.

Running DCPS is by no means an easy job. However I don't think anyone thinks we are getting good service from the current system.

We definitely are not, but the answer is definitely NOT to give more control to teachers unions who will further prioritize themselves at the expense of what’s good for kids.

This. It's the lesser of two evils.