Mark Seagraves confirms the Nov 2nd Sick Out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good news!

I’m a parent, and I stand with the teachers.

DCPS Central Office and the Chancellor need to get their house in order, take a pause, ENGAGE parents and teachers, and aim to reopen with a real, safe, plan in Feb.

+1

[Anonymous]

Note that racial division is also a common point that conservatives would like to inflame. That’s because the voting base of the right is relatively uniform: mostly white, mostly-lower-educated voters (Trump “I love the low-educated.”)

In contrast, the Democratic Party is a more typical coalition party, with many minorities as well as white voters who care about education. So it’s a useful gambit for the right to try to split Black and White DCPS parents apart. Maybe the above isn’t a troll, but if not please be conscious that this is something that conservatives love to pick at and amplify.

Let’s not let that happen — we are all in this together, parents of all stripes and all colors. It’s too bad this administration has so badly handled COVID (Kushner said cities would need to suffer and that’s too bad) or we WOULD be able to educate all kids in person . Let’s do what we can in the meantime, together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good news!

I’m a parent, and I stand with the teachers.

DCPS Central Office and the Chancellor need to get their house in order, take a pause, ENGAGE parents and teachers, and aim to reopen with a real, safe, plan in Feb.

+1

engage them how? nothing is going to convince them to come back into the classroom. we’re screwed. I can only hope that the wealthy PTAs will have the discretion not to try to scrounge money from local businesses this year. any school support needs to go directly towards helping remediate kids in 2023 or whenever the teachers deign to come back to work.

[Anonymous]

I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Note that racial division is also a common point that conservatives would like to inflame. That’s because the voting base of the right is relatively uniform: mostly white, mostly-lower-educated voters (Trump “I love the low-educated.”)

In contrast, the Democratic Party is a more typical coalition party, with many minorities as well as white voters who care about education. So it’s a useful gambit for the right to try to split Black and White DCPS parents apart. Maybe the above isn’t a troll, but if not please be conscious that this is something that conservatives love to pick at and amplify.

Let’s not let that happen — we are all in this together, parents of all stripes and all colors. It’s too bad this administration has so badly handled COVID (Kushner said cities would need to suffer and that’s too bad) or we WOULD be able to educate all kids in person . Let’s do what we can in the meantime, together.

spare me. there’s one side trying to inflame racial tension and that’s the WTU claiming that we’re trying to kill poor black kids by sending them back to school. as much as in your pollyannish mind you’d like to believe people are pissed at WTU because of some outside force that wants to divide us, that is not true. WTU is radically failing - they are the ones causing this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

Not fulfilling important administrative duties, sick out on a PD day, not performing standardized testing which gives the school important data, etc. There are ways to affect management without doing this dumb and illegal sickout. But they chose the option that is most harmful to students and has little or no effect on management.

[Anonymous]

1,000 parents, is that even one percent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good news!

I’m a parent, and I stand with the teachers.

DCPS Central Office and the Chancellor need to get their house in order, take a pause, ENGAGE parents and teachers, and aim to reopen with a real, safe, plan in Feb.

Thank you. You have no idea how much your support means. We support you and your family too! We are here for you and will be advocating for you and your families.

No you don't. Your stupid plan targets children and families instead of management. How do you people have no idea how to conduct a strike?

+1000. Refusing to serve your community, the students you said you love is not brave. It is selfish and disgusting.

How do you people have no idea how to conduct a strike?

Because if there is one thing I have learned in the past 7-8 months is that our educators are not the brightest of people. You cannot command respect with such low intelligence.

Then why are you still here? Please, please just move. Go to white village.

[Anonymous]

Screw the teachers.

You could have taken a sick out on Wednesday or Thursday or Friday and not impacted the kids. You could have refused to enter grades. You could have done a lot of things.

Instead you picked the one way that hurts kids. You didn’t even fight for safety, you fought for not having performance reviews.

I’m squarely against you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Screw the teachers.

You could have taken a sick out on Wednesday or Thursday or Friday and not impacted the kids. You could have refused to enter grades. You could have done a lot of things.

Instead you picked the one way that hurts kids. You didn’t even fight for safety, you fought for not having performance reviews.

I’m squarely against you.

Homeschool.

[Anonymous]

You know for as much as people on here hate distance learning, say it’s useless, their kid isn’t learning, etc does it really impact your kid at all if the teacher doesn’t teach tomorrow? If dl sucks that bad for your kid, how will tomorrow be any different?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Screw the teachers.

You could have taken a sick out on Wednesday or Thursday or Friday and not impacted the kids. You could have refused to enter grades. You could have done a lot of things.

Instead you picked the one way that hurts kids. You didn’t even fight for safety, you fought for not having performance reviews.

I’m squarely against you.

Homeschool.

Because of teacher refusal to go back to work, parents are essentially homeschooling while you STILL collect a paycheck and bank a pension. Shit or get off the pot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Screw the teachers.

You could have taken a sick out on Wednesday or Thursday or Friday and not impacted the kids. You could have refused to enter grades. You could have done a lot of things.

Instead you picked the one way that hurts kids. You didn’t even fight for safety, you fought for not having performance reviews.

I’m squarely against you.

Homeschool.

It's true that homeschool may be the only option for anyone who actually cares if their kids get an education.

[Anonymous]

So how are students going to learn about the sick out? Is the union going to make an announcement or are the kids just going to try to join a morning meeting and get nothing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Screw the teachers.

You could have taken a sick out on Wednesday or Thursday or Friday and not impacted the kids. You could have refused to enter grades. You could have done a lot of things.

Instead you picked the one way that hurts kids. You didn’t even fight for safety, you fought for not having performance reviews.

I’m squarely against you.

Homeschool.

We are. We have a private teacher now because it’s clear DCPS is a mess. We won’t be hurt. We will be fine. I’m not fighting for my kid, I’m fighting for the others. The thousands of truly at risk kids who are being insanely left behind. They are the ones who get hurt the most.

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-students-left-behind-by-remote-learning