School closures on Monday, Feb 3 for day without immigrants?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think it’s really weird for LAMB to close and the non immigrant teachers to take the day off. It’s sort of the opposite of the point of the protest. I absolutely think principals should excuse immigrant teachers who don’t show up to teach on Monday, but close the school entirely essentially given random non immigrant teachers the day off? Absolutely not.

I have two kids at LAMB. Out of the 8 teachers and 10+ aftercare teachers, I can’t think of a single teacher who isn’t an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. I think there might be a handful in upper EL.

That’s the problem.

Yeah, I get that parents are annoyed about this, but my understanding from talking to teachers is this is not a case of the school closing so that white teachers can have solidarity with immigrants. This is literally an overwhelming number of immigrant teachers saying that they are taking Monday off (which they are allowed to do) to the point where the school could not stay open.

Parents choose to send their kids to LAMB knowing very well that it is a school dependent on native Spanish-speaking speakers as teachers. What is the expectation here?

The vast, vast, vast majority of LAMB parents are incredibly invested in the community and show overwhelming kindness, and support to each other, the teachers, and the administration.

I hope that the parents who have so much anger to LAMB that they cannot support the teachers that make the school possible decide to leave.

Trump has been in office for 13 days. Is the school going to close every time he does something outrageous?

Just to be very clear here. The school is closing because they do not have enough non-immigrant staff to stay open on Monday. They had too many people decide to call in sick to safely open the school on Monday. It is not like the school is closing because they have a choice.

I suppose this could happen over and over again throughout the next four years, in which case I think parents and the administration will need to make choices about things like tolerance for teacher strikes and how to best support their immigrant teachers. But again, no one is forcing people to attend LAMB. People have choices.

So, let’s see.

Honestly, as a LAMB parent and federal employee who has been feeling so overwhelmed over the past few weeks, I am grateful for the LAMB community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually think it’s really weird for LAMB to close and the non immigrant teachers to take the day off. It’s sort of the opposite of the point of the protest. I absolutely think principals should excuse immigrant teachers who don’t show up to teach on Monday, but close the school entirely essentially given random non immigrant teachers the day off? Absolutely not.

I have two kids at LAMB. Out of the 8 teachers and 10+ aftercare teachers, I can’t think of a single teacher who isn’t an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. I think there might be a handful in upper EL.

That’s the problem.

Yeah, I get that parents are annoyed about this, but my understanding from talking to teachers is this is not a case of the school closing so that white teachers can have solidarity with immigrants. This is literally an overwhelming number of immigrant teachers saying that they are taking Monday off (which they are allowed to do) to the point where the school could not stay open.

Parents choose to send their kids to LAMB knowing very well that it is a school dependent on native Spanish-speaking speakers as teachers. What is the expectation here?

The vast, vast, vast majority of LAMB parents are incredibly invested in the community and show overwhelming kindness, and support to each other, the teachers, and the administration.

I hope that the parents who have so much anger to LAMB that they cannot support the teachers that make the school possible decide to leave.

Trump has been in office for 13 days. Is the school going to close every time he does something outrageous?

Just to be very clear here. The school is closing because they do not have enough non-immigrant staff to stay open on Monday. They had too many people decide to call in sick to safely open the school on Monday. It is not like the school is closing because they have a choice.

I suppose this could happen over and over again throughout the next four years, in which case I think parents and the administration will need to make choices about things like tolerance for teacher strikes and how to best support their immigrant teachers. But again, no one is forcing people to attend LAMB. People have choices.

So, let’s see.

Honestly, as a LAMB parent and federal employee who has been feeling so overwhelmed over the past few weeks, I am grateful for the LAMB community.

this seems unlikely. I think it’s a performative stunt approved by the administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually think it’s really weird for LAMB to close and the non immigrant teachers to take the day off. It’s sort of the opposite of the point of the protest. I absolutely think principals should excuse immigrant teachers who don’t show up to teach on Monday, but close the school entirely essentially given random non immigrant teachers the day off? Absolutely not.

I have two kids at LAMB. Out of the 8 teachers and 10+ aftercare teachers, I can’t think of a single teacher who isn’t an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. I think there might be a handful in upper EL.

That’s the problem.

Yeah, I get that parents are annoyed about this, but my understanding from talking to teachers is this is not a case of the school closing so that white teachers can have solidarity with immigrants. This is literally an overwhelming number of immigrant teachers saying that they are taking Monday off (which they are allowed to do) to the point where the school could not stay open.

Parents choose to send their kids to LAMB knowing very well that it is a school dependent on native Spanish-speaking speakers as teachers. What is the expectation here?

The vast, vast, vast majority of LAMB parents are incredibly invested in the community and show overwhelming kindness, and support to each other, the teachers, and the administration.

I hope that the parents who have so much anger to LAMB that they cannot support the teachers that make the school possible decide to leave.

Trump has been in office for 13 days. Is the school going to close every time he does something outrageous?

Just to be very clear here. The school is closing because they do not have enough non-immigrant staff to stay open on Monday. They had too many people decide to call in sick to safely open the school on Monday. It is not like the school is closing because they have a choice.

I suppose this could happen over and over again throughout the next four years, in which case I think parents and the administration will need to make choices about things like tolerance for teacher strikes and how to best support their immigrant teachers. But again, no one is forcing people to attend LAMB. People have choices.

So, let’s see.

Honestly, as a LAMB parent and federal employee who has been feeling so overwhelmed over the past few weeks, I am grateful for the LAMB community.

This is COVID all over again. The staff decides they don't want to go to work because X. The leadership says what can we do? The school closes and then parents are at each other's throats over whether the school should have closed. Meantime, kids don't get to go to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you would have most certainly been calling folks marching, boycotting buses, and occupying lunch counters, and staging sit-ins performative and pointless and it shows.

As a LAMB parent, my first concern were the families who can't take time off and can't find or afford childcare, but within hours, the parents where in the group chat for our classroom community making sure all the families had childcare. It's called showing up for your community- classroom and beyond.

lol so let me get this straight. LAMB is morally superior because it created a childcare emergency for poor parents or parents who have to RTO, which the LAMB “community” then rallied to supposedly fix, thereby showing the moral superiority of LAMB?

Morals or otherwise, LAMB did not have a choice about closing. A worse childcare emergency would have been parents showing up on Monday and being told to turn around because all the teachers didn’t show up.

I am a LAMB parent and yes- I do personally believe in the importance of supporting our immigrant teachers, rallying around our community, and teaching my kids the importance of social and civic engagement. I always thought that just made me moral, but if it makes me morally superior, I’m OK with that too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you would have most certainly been calling folks marching, boycotting buses, and occupying lunch counters, and staging sit-ins performative and pointless and it shows.

As a LAMB parent, my first concern were the families who can't take time off and can't find or afford childcare, but within hours, the parents where in the group chat for our classroom community making sure all the families had childcare. It's called showing up for your community- classroom and beyond.

lol so let me get this straight. LAMB is morally superior because it created a childcare emergency for poor parents or parents who have to RTO, which the LAMB “community” then rallied to supposedly fix, thereby showing the moral superiority of LAMB?

Morals or otherwise, LAMB did not have a choice about closing. A worse childcare emergency would have been parents showing up on Monday and being told to turn around because all the teachers didn’t show up.

I am a LAMB parent and yes- I do personally believe in the importance of supporting our immigrant teachers, rallying around our community, and teaching my kids the importance of social and civic engagement. I always thought that just made me moral, but if it makes me morally superior, I’m OK with that too.

A strong leader would have figured something out, and certainly before noon on Friday.

you’re not morally superior sweetheart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you would have most certainly been calling folks marching, boycotting buses, and occupying lunch counters, and staging sit-ins performative and pointless and it shows.

As a LAMB parent, my first concern were the families who can't take time off and can't find or afford childcare, but within hours, the parents where in the group chat for our classroom community making sure all the families had childcare. It's called showing up for your community- classroom and beyond.

lol so let me get this straight. LAMB is morally superior because it created a childcare emergency for poor parents or parents who have to RTO, which the LAMB “community” then rallied to supposedly fix, thereby showing the moral superiority of LAMB?

Morals or otherwise, LAMB did not have a choice about closing. A worse childcare emergency would have been parents showing up on Monday and being told to turn around because all the teachers didn’t show up.

I am a LAMB parent and yes- I do personally believe in the importance of supporting our immigrant teachers, rallying around our community, and teaching my kids the importance of social and civic engagement. I always thought that just made me moral, but if it makes me morally superior, I’m OK with that too.

A strong leader would have figured something out, and certainly before noon on Friday.

you’re not morally superior sweetheart.

Calling people sweetheart? Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually think it’s really weird for LAMB to close and the non immigrant teachers to take the day off. It’s sort of the opposite of the point of the protest. I absolutely think principals should excuse immigrant teachers who don’t show up to teach on Monday, but close the school entirely essentially given random non immigrant teachers the day off? Absolutely not.

I have two kids at LAMB. Out of the 8 teachers and 10+ aftercare teachers, I can’t think of a single teacher who isn’t an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. I think there might be a handful in upper EL.

That’s the problem.

Yeah, I get that parents are annoyed about this, but my understanding from talking to teachers is this is not a case of the school closing so that white teachers can have solidarity with immigrants. This is literally an overwhelming number of immigrant teachers saying that they are taking Monday off (which they are allowed to do) to the point where the school could not stay open.

Parents choose to send their kids to LAMB knowing very well that it is a school dependent on native Spanish-speaking speakers as teachers. What is the expectation here?

The vast, vast, vast majority of LAMB parents are incredibly invested in the community and show overwhelming kindness, and support to each other, the teachers, and the administration.

I hope that the parents who have so much anger to LAMB that they cannot support the teachers that make the school possible decide to leave.

Trump has been in office for 13 days. Is the school going to close every time he does something outrageous?

curious to see which trump outrages lamb deems worth closing over and which ones it does not.

[Anonymous]

Here is the thing. No one gives a crap. No one cares about immigrants that much. Even the Hispanics that are here legally, do not care. We can’t go over there unless we play by their rules, then the same applies here. America can barely take care of their own damn people, let alone others. Take care of home first!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually think it’s really weird for LAMB to close and the non immigrant teachers to take the day off. It’s sort of the opposite of the point of the protest. I absolutely think principals should excuse immigrant teachers who don’t show up to teach on Monday, but close the school entirely essentially given random non immigrant teachers the day off? Absolutely not.

I have two kids at LAMB. Out of the 8 teachers and 10+ aftercare teachers, I can’t think of a single teacher who isn’t an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. I think there might be a handful in upper EL.

That’s the problem.

Yeah, I get that parents are annoyed about this, but my understanding from talking to teachers is this is not a case of the school closing so that white teachers can have solidarity with immigrants. This is literally an overwhelming number of immigrant teachers saying that they are taking Monday off (which they are allowed to do) to the point where the school could not stay open.

Parents choose to send their kids to LAMB knowing very well that it is a school dependent on native Spanish-speaking speakers as teachers. What is the expectation here?

The vast, vast, vast majority of LAMB parents are incredibly invested in the community and show overwhelming kindness, and support to each other, the teachers, and the administration.

I hope that the parents who have so much anger to LAMB that they cannot support the teachers that make the school possible decide to leave.

Trump has been in office for 13 days. Is the school going to close every time he does something outrageous?

Just to be very clear here. The school is closing because they do not have enough non-immigrant staff to stay open on Monday. They had too many people decide to call in sick to safely open the school on Monday. It is not like the school is closing because they have a choice.

I suppose this could happen over and over again throughout the next four years, in which case I think parents and the administration will need to make choices about things like tolerance for teacher strikes and how to best support their immigrant teachers. But again, no one is forcing people to attend LAMB. People have choices.

So, let’s see.

Honestly, as a LAMB parent and federal employee who has been feeling so overwhelmed over the past few weeks, I am grateful for the LAMB community.

this seems unlikely. I think it’s a performative stunt approved by the administration.

I agree. Otherwise, you’d see other schools closing for the same reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually think it’s really weird for LAMB to close and the non immigrant teachers to take the day off. It’s sort of the opposite of the point of the protest. I absolutely think principals should excuse immigrant teachers who don’t show up to teach on Monday, but close the school entirely essentially given random non immigrant teachers the day off? Absolutely not.

I have two kids at LAMB. Out of the 8 teachers and 10+ aftercare teachers, I can’t think of a single teacher who isn’t an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. I think there might be a handful in upper EL.

That’s the problem.

The child of an immigrant is a ridiculous standard. Almost every school in the city would need to close for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our country is literally crumbling. I think there should be a nationwide labor strike. But by all means, don't inconvenience DC parents.

I FEEL THIS WITH MY WHOLE HEART. I also get that not all immigrants are a monolith and some don't care for this or support it but if THE staff at our school are taking this stance then we support them and can still hold that its inconvenient and frustrating. Can folks have empathy and understanding AND also be frustrated?

We are not amoebas, we can have more than one feeling at a time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually think it’s really weird for LAMB to close and the non immigrant teachers to take the day off. It’s sort of the opposite of the point of the protest. I absolutely think principals should excuse immigrant teachers who don’t show up to teach on Monday, but close the school entirely essentially given random non immigrant teachers the day off? Absolutely not.

I have two kids at LAMB. Out of the 8 teachers and 10+ aftercare teachers, I can’t think of a single teacher who isn’t an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. I think there might be a handful in upper EL.

That’s the problem.

The child of an immigrant is a ridiculous standard. Almost every school in the city would need to close for that.

I mean maybe that's the point...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our country is literally crumbling. I think there should be a nationwide labor strike. But by all means, don't inconvenience DC parents.

I FEEL THIS WITH MY WHOLE HEART. I also get that not all immigrants are a monolith and some don't care for this or support it but if THE staff at our school are taking this stance then we support them and can still hold that its inconvenient and frustrating. Can folks have empathy and understanding AND also be frustrated?

We are not amoebas, we can have more than one feeling at a time.

I don’t have empathy with teachers unilaterally decide to close school. No I do not. That ship sailed in 2020.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually think it’s really weird for LAMB to close and the non immigrant teachers to take the day off. It’s sort of the opposite of the point of the protest. I absolutely think principals should excuse immigrant teachers who don’t show up to teach on Monday, but close the school entirely essentially given random non immigrant teachers the day off? Absolutely not.

I have two kids at LAMB. Out of the 8 teachers and 10+ aftercare teachers, I can’t think of a single teacher who isn’t an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. I think there might be a handful in upper EL.

That’s the problem.

Yeah, I get that parents are annoyed about this, but my understanding from talking to teachers is this is not a case of the school closing so that white teachers can have solidarity with immigrants. This is literally an overwhelming number of immigrant teachers saying that they are taking Monday off (which they are allowed to do) to the point where the school could not stay open.

Parents choose to send their kids to LAMB knowing very well that it is a school dependent on native Spanish-speaking speakers as teachers. What is the expectation here?

The vast, vast, vast majority of LAMB parents are incredibly invested in the community and show overwhelming kindness, and support to each other, the teachers, and the administration.

I hope that the parents who have so much anger to LAMB that they cannot support the teachers that make the school possible decide to leave.

Trump has been in office for 13 days. Is the school going to close every time he does something outrageous?

Just to be very clear here. The school is closing because they do not have enough non-immigrant staff to stay open on Monday. They had too many people decide to call in sick to safely open the school on Monday. It is not like the school is closing because they have a choice.

I suppose this could happen over and over again throughout the next four years, in which case I think parents and the administration will need to make choices about things like tolerance for teacher strikes and how to best support their immigrant teachers. But again, no one is forcing people to attend LAMB. People have choices.

So, let’s see.

Honestly, as a LAMB parent and federal employee who has been feeling so overwhelmed over the past few weeks, I am grateful for the LAMB community.

This is COVID all over again. The staff decides they don't want to go to work because X. The leadership says what can we do? The school closes and then parents are at each other's throats over whether the school should have closed. Meantime, kids don't get to go to school.

Has anyone heard of being in solidarity with others? Even if just one teacher is using the excuse to play hooky (which I very much doubt), it doesn't mean that the rest of teachers' or staff don't feel supported by the school's decision to stand with them.

I cannot believe parents who feel this way send their kids to a school like LAMB. Send your kids to a private school where you have more control with your purse if you can't see LAMB staff's humanity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our country is literally crumbling. I think there should be a nationwide labor strike. But by all means, don't inconvenience DC parents.

I FEEL THIS WITH MY WHOLE HEART. I also get that not all immigrants are a monolith and some don't care for this or support it but if THE staff at our school are taking this stance then we support them and can still hold that its inconvenient and frustrating. Can folks have empathy and understanding AND also be frustrated?

We are not amoebas, we can have more than one feeling at a time.

I don’t have empathy with teachers unilaterally decide to close school. No I do not. That ship sailed in 2020.

LOL so if they all got deported your life would not be affected? Because that is what they are fighting back against...