Why are DC privates the most conservative when in comes to COVID precautions?

[Anonymous]

Because of informal teacher political activism amongst private school teachers following the teachers unions on Facebook and Twitter and trying to copy their tactics. It's election season! Who cares about education when there is an election going on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because of informal teacher political activism amongst private school teachers following the teachers unions on Facebook and Twitter and trying to copy their tactics. It's election season! Who cares about education when there is an election going on?

Say it louder for the hacks in the back!

[Anonymous]

It’s DC government. The ball was moved in August. Elementary schools can comply with 11 kid pods, but it’s harder for MS / HS. Hopefully Bowser’s announcement that she wants DCPS to open in Nov for hybrid will help privates get the green light to move ahead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of informal teacher political activism amongst private school teachers following the teachers unions on Facebook and Twitter and trying to copy their tactics. It's election season! Who cares about education when there is an election going on?

Say it louder for the hacks in the back!

You're a hack. Correct your work. It's loaded with errors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s DC government. The ball was moved in August. Elementary schools can comply with 11 kid pods, but it’s harder for MS / HS. Hopefully Bowser’s announcement that she wants DCPS to open in Nov for hybrid will help privates get the green light to move ahead.

She listens to her voters more than our HOS listen to the majority of their employees and families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of informal teacher political activism amongst private school teachers following the teachers unions on Facebook and Twitter and trying to copy their tactics. It's election season! Who cares about education when there is an election going on?

Say it louder for the hacks in the back!

You're a hack. Correct your work. It's loaded with errors.

It’s not my work, Pal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s DC government. The ball was moved in August. Elementary schools can comply with 11 kid pods, but it’s harder for MS / HS. Hopefully Bowser’s announcement that she wants DCPS to open in Nov for hybrid will help privates get the green light to move ahead.

Green light from whom? Privates can open whenever they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of informal teacher political activism amongst private school teachers following the teachers unions on Facebook and Twitter and trying to copy their tactics. It's election season! Who cares about education when there is an election going on?

Say it louder for the hacks in the back!

You're a hack. Correct your work. It's loaded with errors.

Extremely touchy. PP hit a nerve. Awww.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because of informal teacher political activism amongst private school teachers following the teachers unions on Facebook and Twitter and trying to copy their tactics. It's election season! Who cares about education when there is an election going on?

Anytime a private school person brings up Unions, you know you're dealing with a partisan hack who just wants to blame labor for not wanting to be cannon fodder. Suck it up, 1%.

[Anonymous]

It's not politics, it's the lack of creativity in this geographic area as well as the constant focus on liability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of informal teacher political activism amongst private school teachers following the teachers unions on Facebook and Twitter and trying to copy their tactics. It's election season! Who cares about education when there is an election going on?

Anytime a private school person brings up Unions, you know you're dealing with a partisan hack who just wants to blame labor for not wanting to be cannon fodder. Suck it up, 1%.

Your not in the union. You aren’t able to be. Jealous much?

[Anonymous]

Many factors at play;

- metrics by DC that are more difficult to obtain than other state metrics particularly in an environment of heavy testing and CT cycles that can cause false positives (NYT)
- less of a teaching population that maybe willing to teach in contrast to more teachers willing (but obviously not all) at schools in NOVA and Moco
- no Governor or state health department that over rides DC decisions. (Hogan) Or Governor that has some political balance / pressure to allow private schools to open (Northam)
- anecdotally have heard less parents At DC privates want to go back in contrast to VA and MD privates
- anecdotally have heard more parents at DC privates are very vocal about not opening
- no organized group of parents fighting for schools to open creating pressure
- for the big 3 schools, no fear of loss of applicants , tuition or donations in contrast to some of the MD / VA schools; large endowments at some of the schools. Large PPE payments at some schools. Will not hurt financially to stay close in contrast to some schools in MD : Va

[Anonymous]

One word: Lawyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many factors at play;

- metrics by DC that are more difficult to obtain than other state metrics particularly in an environment of heavy testing and CT cycles that can cause false positives (NYT)
- less of a teaching population that maybe willing to teach in contrast to more teachers willing (but obviously not all) at schools in NOVA and Moco
- no Governor or state health department that over rides DC decisions. (Hogan) Or Governor that has some political balance / pressure to allow private schools to open (Northam)
- anecdotally have heard less parents At DC privates want to go back in contrast to VA and MD privates
- anecdotally have heard more parents at DC privates are very vocal about not opening
- no organized group of parents fighting for schools to open creating pressure
- for the big 3 schools, no fear of loss of applicants , tuition or donations in contrast to some of the MD / VA schools; large endowments at some of the schools. Large PPE payments at some schools. Will not hurt financially to stay close in contrast to some schools in MD : Va


Someone write a song to this like the twelve days of Christmas so we can all sing it on zoom.

[Anonymous]

Many schools are planning to return in hybrid.