This is the Form Letter That WTU Members Sent to Mayor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let’s be honest. It’s DRIZZLING outside and the Mayor is closing testing sites. This has never been about the Teachers or Administrative Union wanting distance learning. You guys are falling for it hook, line and sinker. She got you guys to believe the boogeyman instead of wondering what the hell DCPS and the DC government has been doing for 5 months. You aren’t as smart as you think you are.

Okay, I’ll bite. So what’s the conspiracy theory? Mayor bowser hates children?

There is no conspiracy. She doesn’t care. She closing testing sites at a drizzle, she leaves all the higher risk activities open. She has gotten everyone on this board to believe that the teachers are at fault for this. Very few people are calling out Bowser or DCPS. Suddenly they are blameless and were forced into this by the unions. This is dumb and not true. Everyone knows DCPS has no plan. The principals had no idea what was happening and received no guidance from central about how to implement hybrid. You guys are allowing Bowser to dictate the narrative and deflect.

[Anonymous]

From WashPost Editorial:

Some clear lessons emerge from Israel’s coronavirus roller coaster. Firm action and national leadership can suppress the virus, but rapid reopenings invite disaster. Sending students back to school can cause a spike in infections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to work as a Union negotiator. There’s a lot here you can unpack

- In general unions don’t care about what’s best for the members, they care about what’s best for re-election. Leadership can lose their position.
- The absolute best way to get re-elected is to appear hard on management (in this case DCPS) about whatever the topic is. The degree to which you are right or wrong, and even whether you get any concessions is nearly irrelevant
- WTU leadership likely stonewalled the teacher request because the message they wanted to echo to teachers was “We are tough on them for you! They don’t have good intentions! Vote for same leadership next time!”. Whether or not DCPS had good or shitty intentions to use the data, I can almost guarantee, wasn’t actually part of the decision process.
- Unions do better when they tug on heart strings - with their own members and with the public; the purpose of the sentence about deaths is absolutely to leave the reader with a final thought about what could be. That’s not to say they are wrong (they aren’t - people could die after all), but they easily could have ended with “people could get sick” or the positive version of “we want people to be healthy”. They didn’t because that doesn’t stir emotion and fear. Instead, by focusing on death, when they release the document their audience (who isn’t me, you or even DCPS - that letter is written for their members) they can again look tough.

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But what the DC WTU and DCPS teachers didn't count on when they published statements like " from our internal surveys we all see its just the Ward 3 parents that want the schools open... while " we" in Ward 7 & 8 where our family are dying,,... want the schools closed "

Is that " Ward 3 parent's " property tax largely funds ALL DCPS and if the TU and DCPS teachers want to deny their children their education in THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL then what those " ward 3 Parents" will do is:

1) defund DCPS by un-enrolling : https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/release_content/attachments/12463/OSSEhome_school_application0001.pdf

2) turn all Ward 3 DCPS schools into Charter schools that they themselves fund

3) END Out of Boundary education in Their Neighborhood schools ( after all, best way to ensure social distancing and small class sizes in Ward 3 schools )

4) H.M., Eaton, Janey, Murch, Lafayette , Deal and Wilson will be for Ward 3 residents only

And we will hire better teachers... young, healthy, well educated and motivated ones... and there will be no unions

WHY DO YOU KEEP POSTING THIS?

Everything you posted is ridiculous but you can’t just turn a school building into a charter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to work as a Union negotiator. There’s a lot here you can unpack

- In general unions don’t care about what’s best for the members, they care about what’s best for re-election. Leadership can lose their position.
- The absolute best way to get re-elected is to appear hard on management (in this case DCPS) about whatever the topic is. The degree to which you are right or wrong, and even whether you get any concessions is nearly irrelevant
- WTU leadership likely stonewalled the teacher request because the message they wanted to echo to teachers was “We are tough on them for you! They don’t have good intentions! Vote for same leadership next time!”. Whether or not DCPS had good or shitty intentions to use the data, I can almost guarantee, wasn’t actually part of the decision process.
- Unions do better when they tug on heart strings - with their own members and with the public; the purpose of the sentence about deaths is absolutely to leave the reader with a final thought about what could be. That’s not to say they are wrong (they aren’t - people could die after all), but they easily could have ended with “people could get sick” or the positive version of “we want people to be healthy”. They didn’t because that doesn’t stir emotion and fear. Instead, by focusing on death, when they release the document their audience (who isn’t me, you or even DCPS - that letter is written for their members) they can again look tough.

+ 1,000

But what the DC WTU and DCPS teachers didn't count on when they published statements like " from our internal surveys we all see its just the Ward 3 parents that want the schools open... while " we" in Ward 7 & 8 where our family are dying,,... want the schools closed "

Is that " Ward 3 parent's " property tax largely funds ALL DCPS and if the TU and DCPS teachers want to deny their children their education in THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL then what those " ward 3 Parents" will do is:

1) defund DCPS by un-enrolling : https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/release_content/attachments/12463/OSSEhome_school_application0001.pdf

2) turn all Ward 3 DCPS schools into Charter schools that they themselves fund

3) END Out of Boundary education in Their Neighborhood schools ( after all, best way to ensure social distancing and small class sizes in Ward 3 schools )

4) H.M., Eaton, Janey, Murch, Lafayette , Deal and Wilson will be for Ward 3 residents only

And we will hire better teachers... young, healthy, well educated and motivated ones... and there will be no unions

How long is the waiting list for those schools you mentioned? DCPS will fill them up faster than you can figure out where to find the application to start a charter school. Ward 3 parents pulling out of DCPS will only hurt Ward 3.

But, honest question, aren’t all charters district wide? Is there a way around that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to work as a Union negotiator. There’s a lot here you can unpack

- In general unions don’t care about what’s best for the members, they care about what’s best for re-election. Leadership can lose their position.
- The absolute best way to get re-elected is to appear hard on management (in this case DCPS) about whatever the topic is. The degree to which you are right or wrong, and even whether you get any concessions is nearly irrelevant
- WTU leadership likely stonewalled the teacher request because the message they wanted to echo to teachers was “We are tough on them for you! They don’t have good intentions! Vote for same leadership next time!”. Whether or not DCPS had good or shitty intentions to use the data, I can almost guarantee, wasn’t actually part of the decision process.
- Unions do better when they tug on heart strings - with their own members and with the public; the purpose of the sentence about deaths is absolutely to leave the reader with a final thought about what could be. That’s not to say they are wrong (they aren’t - people could die after all), but they easily could have ended with “people could get sick” or the positive version of “we want people to be healthy”. They didn’t because that doesn’t stir emotion and fear. Instead, by focusing on death, when they release the document their audience (who isn’t me, you or even DCPS - that letter is written for their members) they can again look tough.

+ 1,000

But what the DC WTU and DCPS teachers didn't count on when they published statements like " from our internal surveys we all see its just the Ward 3 parents that want the schools open... while " we" in Ward 7 & 8 where our family are dying,,... want the schools closed "

Is that " Ward 3 parent's " property tax largely funds ALL DCPS and if the TU and DCPS teachers want to deny their children their education in THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL then what those " ward 3 Parents" will do is:

1) defund DCPS by un-enrolling : https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/release_content/attachments/12463/OSSEhome_school_application0001.pdf

2) turn all Ward 3 DCPS schools into Charter schools that they themselves fund

3) END Out of Boundary education in Their Neighborhood schools ( after all, best way to ensure social distancing and small class sizes in Ward 3 schools )

4) H.M., Eaton, Janey, Murch, Lafayette , Deal and Wilson will be for Ward 3 residents only

And we will hire better teachers... young, healthy, well educated and motivated ones... and there will be no unions

How long is the waiting list for those schools you mentioned? DCPS will fill them up faster than you can figure out where to find the application to start a charter school. Ward 3 parents pulling out of DCPS will only hurt Ward 3.

But, honest question, aren’t all charters district wide? Is there a way around that?

Yes they are district wide. You can’t get around that. It’s the law. They are not allowed to pick who enrolls. This PP is legit crazy. She has posted this response at least 20 times. She obviously doesn’t even understand what she is talking about. I teach in Ward 3 and I hope she does in-enroll. We don’t need her type of crazy, race baiting around here.

[Anonymous]

I agree with PP. Just un-enroll, and go private or get out of DC. Just plain crazy town talk about turning ward 3 schools into charters.