How is there not a thread about that lunatic dad who screamed at the Loudon school board?

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Anonymous wrote:I have some kids who have grown 200 lexiles since the beginning of the year. Stop saying it doesn’t work for all kids when you mean it doesn’t work for YOURS. And yes I am going back in the building and sending my kids in too. But these absolutes are nonsense. And in person school NEVER WORKED for many students and none of you cared then and won’t once they’re back in. Your advocacy is fake as hell. Just admit you want your kids in because it’s hard for your kids and that’s fine. Leave everyone else’s kids out of it.

Any kids improving in reading this year is because parents are working on it at home, not because you are assigning MYoN or imagine reading.

[Anonymous]

Why are DC area schools and teachers *so special* that they can’t go back in person like the rest of the country? You guys just so much smarter than everyone else?

His frustration is real and understandable. No he’s not giving a long, academic speech. He’s just being real and saying what many, many parents are feeling.

Why aren’t the kids in school when everyone else has managed to figure it out in the same amount of time? I find it telling that in an area with such an abnormally intense and demanding grind is the last one to go back to (DC) normal. They got a taste of the good life and are now COMPLETELY taking advantage of the situation.

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Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that the focus is more on his delivery than on the substance of his message. Too bad, really, because he's right. I guess it's easier to ignore the truth when it's delivered in a way that you disagree with.

His frustration and anger were raw and I think a lot of people feel the way he does. Maybe it's time the SB hears and sees that.

They already had the votes to open on 3/3, before his tirade. What more do you want?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DC area schools and teachers *so special* that they can’t go back in person like the rest of the country? You guys just so much smarter than everyone else?

His frustration is real and understandable. No he’s not giving a long, academic speech. He’s just being real and saying what many, many parents are feeling.

Why aren’t the kids in school when everyone else has managed to figure it out in the same amount of time? I find it telling that in an area with such an abnormally intense and demanding grind is the last one to go back to (DC) normal. They got a taste of the good life and are now COMPLETELY taking advantage of the situation.

The rest of the country hasn’t gone back! And the ones that have are getting two days of concurrent.
And numbers in NOVA are higher than in most parts of the country.

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Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that the focus is more on his delivery than on the substance of his message. Too bad, really, because he's right. I guess it's easier to ignore the truth when it's delivered in a way that you disagree with.

His frustration and anger were raw and I think a lot of people feel the way he does. Maybe it's time the SB hears and sees that.

They already had the votes to open on 3/3, before his tirade. What more do you want?

They didn't vote on it. It's still not official.

Why not?

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Anonymous wrote:I have some kids who have grown 200 lexiles since the beginning of the year. Stop saying it doesn’t work for all kids when you mean it doesn’t work for YOURS. And yes I am going back in the building and sending my kids in too. But these absolutes are nonsense. And in person school NEVER WORKED for many students and none of you cared then and won’t once they’re back in. Your advocacy is fake as hell. Just admit you want your kids in because it’s hard for your kids and that’s fine. Leave everyone else’s kids out of it.

Any kids improving in reading this year is because parents are working on it at home, not because you are assigning MYoN or imagine reading.

I teach high school, fool. And most of my kids’ parents don’t speak English. So no, it’s because distance learning is working FOR THEM. You don’t get to yell over that.

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Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that the focus is more on his delivery than on the substance of his message. Too bad, really, because he's right. I guess it's easier to ignore the truth when it's delivered in a way that you disagree with.

His frustration and anger were raw and I think a lot of people feel the way he does. Maybe it's time the SB hears and sees that.

They already had the votes to open on 3/3, before his tirade. What more do you want?

They didn't vote on it. It's still not official.

Why not?

Procedure. The vote was not set to occur that night. I swear the PP is right. It’s just straight up imaginary conspiracies in here now.

[Anonymous]

How is there not a thread on the dad who was cut off when he tried to speak for his son with autism? Whoever did that and the rest of them who stood by -- vile, disgusting people who say they are here to lift everyone up yet when it comes time for accommodations, they only accommodate people who are for their agenda. And after how they treated the kids with autism locking them behind the bookshelf.

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Anonymous wrote:How is there not a thread on the dad who was cut off when he tried to speak for his son with autism? Whoever did that and the rest of them who stood by -- vile, disgusting people who say they are here to lift everyone up yet when it comes time for accommodations, they only accommodate people who are for their agenda. And after how they treated the kids with autism locking them behind the bookshelf.

Have you never watched a meeting before? Every public speaker gets a set time to speak. If you go beyond that, you get cut off. This place is full of idiots it really is.

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Anonymous wrote:He's what parents feel as teachers lazy it up and refuse to work and are not held accountable

As a teacher, F**ck you. You have no f****ing clue about what this job is like, and the 70 hour weeks I and other ROUTINELY put in.
How dare you put the words teacher and lazy in the same sentence.

Honestly teachers should not even read these boards. They have gone all the way down the rabbit hole of being basically no better than the conspiracy theory boards, the subreddits full of disgruntled middle aged people, etc. They aren't helpful or even actually talking about anything, just constant echos about "lazy teachers"...congrats DCUM, you are about 2 degrees of separation from Qanon and the like.

Teachers have made themselves out to be the biggest whinners so you reap it

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Anonymous wrote:I applaud him. And the reason why no one thinks so is because I truly believe most people in the DMV don’t want a return to school.

Well most families in NOVA are choosing to remain virtual, so this is probably true.

Actually not true. Perhaps for Loudoun - but the pendulum is swinging the other way and at least in Alexandria, Fairfax and Arlington the majority of parents are pushing for in person.

Uhhhh at the FCPS school I work at, over 100 parents have switched their kid to virtual when given the opportunity last month.

Good, so it’ll be even easier to get RTS off the ground and help set protocols.

I mean, sure? But it is not the "majority of parents." It is a minority of parents. A minority of majority affluent parents. All the people screaming about "oh what about the most vulnerable." The most vulnerable and at risk students that are not logging on to do anything are remaining virtual.

DP. Do you really think the parents of the most-vulnerable students have the time to lobby against DL? Do you really think it’s easy for parents who *have* to leave the house for work to help their kids with DL? Thank god for the affluent parents who are doing the lobbying and speaking for the most vulnerable populations.

Get child care. The volume table don’t want to go back. It’s the affluent who can afford but refuse to pay for care having the fits.

I have no problem affording childcare, and I suspect you don’t either. The low-income parents who have to leave every day for work aren’t so lucky. They have to leave their kids at home to figure out DL for themselves. No wonder so many kids are checking out.

The narrative that the affluent are the ones who want schools open is disgusting and perverse. The data show low income children are falling behind. We have to educate them. Closed schools are creating enormous race, income, and gender inequality from women dropping out of the labor force in record numbers. That is what the social science says. UMC are using lower class kids as an excuse to sleep in and bake in pajamas.

You do realize that lower-income families and PoC are choosing distance learning at much higher rates than UMC/MC communities, right? Look at the differences between north and south Arlington.

What they choose is irrelevant. The data show they are falling behind. Society has a responsibility to educate them.

Yes, angry white men know better than the rest of us. Of course, we all need to listen to them.

What are you going to do? Round up all of the poor, brown kids and force your education on them?

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Anonymous wrote:He's what parents feel as teachers lazy it up and refuse to work and are not held accountable

As a teacher, F**ck you. You have no f****ing clue about what this job is like, and the 70 hour weeks I and other ROUTINELY put in.
How dare you put the words teacher and lazy in the same sentence.

Honestly teachers should not even read these boards. They have gone all the way down the rabbit hole of being basically no better than the conspiracy theory boards, the subreddits full of disgruntled middle aged people, etc. They aren't helpful or even actually talking about anything, just constant echos about "lazy teachers"...congrats DCUM, you are about 2 degrees of separation from Qanon and the like.

Teachers have made themselves out to be the biggest whinners so you reap it

STFU, ignorant trash.

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Anonymous wrote:I applaud him. And the reason why no one thinks so is because I truly believe most people in the DMV don’t want a return to school.

Well most families in NOVA are choosing to remain virtual, so this is probably true.

Actually not true. Perhaps for Loudoun - but the pendulum is swinging the other way and at least in Alexandria, Fairfax and Arlington the majority of parents are pushing for in person.

Uhhhh at the FCPS school I work at, over 100 parents have switched their kid to virtual when given the opportunity last month.

Good, so it’ll be even easier to get RTS off the ground and help set protocols.

I mean, sure? But it is not the "majority of parents." It is a minority of parents. A minority of majority affluent parents. All the people screaming about "oh what about the most vulnerable." The most vulnerable and at risk students that are not logging on to do anything are remaining virtual.

DP. Do you really think the parents of the most-vulnerable students have the time to lobby against DL? Do you really think it’s easy for parents who *have* to leave the house for work to help their kids with DL? Thank god for the affluent parents who are doing the lobbying and speaking for the most vulnerable populations.

Get child care. The volume table don’t want to go back. It’s the affluent who can afford but refuse to pay for care having the fits.

I have no problem affording childcare, and I suspect you don’t either. The low-income parents who have to leave every day for work aren’t so lucky. They have to leave their kids at home to figure out DL for themselves. No wonder so many kids are checking out.

The narrative that the affluent are the ones who want schools open is disgusting and perverse. The data show low income children are falling behind. We have to educate them. Closed schools are creating enormous race, income, and gender inequality from women dropping out of the labor force in record numbers. That is what the social science says. UMC are using lower class kids as an excuse to sleep in and bake in pajamas.

You do realize that lower-income families and PoC are choosing distance learning at much higher rates than UMC/MC communities, right? Look at the differences between north and south Arlington.

What they choose is irrelevant. The data show they are falling behind. Society has a responsibility to educate them.

Yes, angry white men know better than the rest of us. Of course, we all need to listen to them.

What are you going to do? Round up all of the poor, brown kids and force your education on them?

Absolutely not. They don’t actually care. They just want to trumpet the “failure” of these kids to push boards to open for their privileged white kids. They never cared about marginalized students before, still don’t know, they’re just seen as useful, and will forget all about them again once their kids are in a building.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DC area schools and teachers *so special* that they can’t go back in person like the rest of the country? You guys just so much smarter than everyone else?

His frustration is real and understandable. No he’s not giving a long, academic speech. He’s just being real and saying what many, many parents are feeling.

Why aren’t the kids in school when everyone else has managed to figure it out in the same amount of time? I find it telling that in an area with such an abnormally intense and demanding grind is the last one to go back to (DC) normal. They got a taste of the good life and are now COMPLETELY taking advantage of the situation.

The rest of the country hasn’t gone back! And the ones that have are getting two days of concurrent.
And numbers in NOVA are higher than in most parts of the country.

Nope, there are many kids in school 2,3,4,5 days a week. All across the country.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are DC area schools and teachers *so special* that they can’t go back in person like the rest of the country? You guys just so much smarter than everyone else?

His frustration is real and understandable. No he’s not giving a long, academic speech. He’s just being real and saying what many, many parents are feeling.

Why aren’t the kids in school when everyone else has managed to figure it out in the same amount of time? I find it telling that in an area with such an abnormally intense and demanding grind is the last one to go back to (DC) normal. They got a taste of the good life and are now COMPLETELY taking advantage of the situation.

The rest of the country hasn’t gone back! And the ones that have are getting two days of concurrent.
And numbers in NOVA are higher than in most parts of the country.

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