Do DC parents still blame teacher unions for everything?

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Anonymous wrote:So I am a WTU member in the union dropped the ball in many respects. If you look at the Chicago teachers union they’ve been able to do both sides of the issue. They fought to make sure their union members were brought back to school in a safe manner. They’ve also been incredibly engage in the community making sure that community members and parents of their students get vaccines. The only thing a WTU did was say we’re not opening. I don’t disagree with it. But they could’ve done a lot more to support the community which would’ve gone along way.

Chicago's coronavirus rates were far, far higher than DC's and Chicago's schools are in much, much worse shape than ours. And yet they opened, and we didn't. Inexcusable.

I’ve been teaching in a dcps school since February

A small fraction of kids going to school twice a week doesnt count as open. DC is dead last in the country by a lot when it comes to getting kids back in school.

Our whole staff is teaching full classrooms every day except Weds AMA. Actually don’t bc y’all are bad people so I don’t really want to talk to you and just enjoy reading this to laugh.

Laughing because kids aren’t in school. What a strange thing for a teacher to say.

Well if you read my post you’d see I teach my students every day. Laughing bc I know how other parents feel about the people on this site.

[Anonymous]

Yes I blame the union.

DC has a very small % of students back. The primary reason for that, even at this very late stage, is the Union argued for things completely unrelated to safety, but rather related to job security and protecting underperformers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes I blame the union.

DC has a very small % of students back. The primary reason for that, even at this very late stage, is the Union argued for things completely unrelated to safety, but rather related to job security and protecting underperformers.

What did they argue for that was unrelated to safety? Thought the big bucket items were: vaccinations/testing/hvac/general cdc guidelines. Can you help us provide more

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So I am a WTU member in the union dropped the ball in many respects. If you look at the Chicago teachers union they’ve been able to do both sides of the issue. They fought to make sure their union members were brought back to school in a safe manner. They’ve also been incredibly engage in the community making sure that community members and parents of their students get vaccines. The only thing a WTU did was say we’re not opening. I don’t disagree with it. But they could’ve done a lot more to support the community which would’ve gone along way.

Chicago's coronavirus rates were far, far higher than DC's and Chicago's schools are in much, much worse shape than ours. And yet they opened, and we didn't. Inexcusable.

I’ve been teaching in a dcps school since February

A small fraction of kids going to school twice a week doesnt count as open. DC is dead last in the country by a lot when it comes to getting kids back in school.

Our whole staff is teaching full classrooms every day except Weds AMA. Actually don’t bc y’all are bad people so I don’t really want to talk to you and just enjoy reading this to laugh.

Laughing because kids aren’t in school. What a strange thing for a teacher to say.

Of course it isn't. The teacher unions are made up of teachers. There's an example. Laughing at parents who are unhappy that their kids are virtual. Still.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I blame:
- the union
- the mayor
- that worthless Ferebee
- the teachers themselves

don't forget our worthless city council.

[Anonymous]

I think no one does IRL, just anonymous trolls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think no one does IRL, just anonymous trolls.

you're that teacher and WTU union rep with "learning loss isn't real" in his twitter handle, aren't you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers unions have permanently alienated a good share of parents in DC. A lot of them will never forgive WTU for what it did to their families during the pandemic.

But no one really cares about white parents.

[Anonymous]

There are some very vocal people posting here. Not sure they actually attend DCPS judging by some details in their posts. People I know IRL do not hold opinions like these crazy people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers unions have permanently alienated a good share of parents in DC. A lot of them will never forgive WTU for what it did to their families during the pandemic.

But no one really cares about white parents.

Who are you?! I’m firmly convinced you’re a troll. White parents are not excluded at all in DCPS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I blame:
- the union
- the mayor
- that worthless Ferebee
- the teachers themselves

don't forget our worthless city council.

I feel truly blessed to not have parents like this. I'm on maternity leave so my kids had to to virtual for these last 4 weeks but even when we were virtual last year I cannot imagine them blaming me like this.

As if I have the power to change the districts mind. The WTU contract has been expired for years, IMPACT is still very much intact, and DCPS still doesn't support it's teachers. Those are things 99% of teachers really care about. If we are so powerful even after 10 years why hasn't it changed?

What makes the pandemic so special that you all really think the WTU has that much power? We lost our president a while ago, if we were 'strong' DCPS could have easily said, 'Ok last 6 weeks IPL for everyone.'

But we all must blame someone. A public school teacher seems like an easy target. Women love to tear each other down after all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers unions have permanently alienated a good share of parents in DC. A lot of them will never forgive WTU for what it did to their families during the pandemic.

But no one really cares about white parents.

Who are you?! I’m firmly convinced you’re a troll. White parents are not excluded at all in DCPS.

No one cares though, you're really just a money bag. Only my opinion. I don't think they care about POC in particular either.

[Anonymous]

It doesn't matter. What does matter is how people behave. We're leaving DCPS because of this year. If other people follow suit, teachers will have a lot more to worry about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I blame:
- the union
- the mayor
- that worthless Ferebee
- the teachers themselves

don't forget our worthless city council.

I feel truly blessed to not have parents like this. I'm on maternity leave so my kids had to to virtual for these last 4 weeks but even when we were virtual last year I cannot imagine them blaming me like this.

As if I have the power to change the districts mind. The WTU contract has been expired for years, IMPACT is still very much intact, and DCPS still doesn't support it's teachers. Those are things 99% of teachers really care about. If we are so powerful even after 10 years why hasn't it changed?

What makes the pandemic so special that you all really think the WTU has that much power? We lost our president a while ago, if we were 'strong' DCPS could have easily said, 'Ok last 6 weeks IPL for everyone.'

But we all must blame someone. A public school teacher seems like an easy target. Women love to tear each other down after all.

Teachers refused to show up for work. They effectively went on an illegal strike. Even as daycares, private schools and public schools almost everywhere else were open. This isn't that complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I blame:
- the union
- the mayor
- that worthless Ferebee
- the teachers themselves

don't forget our worthless city council.

I feel truly blessed to not have parents like this. I'm on maternity leave so my kids had to to virtual for these last 4 weeks but even when we were virtual last year I cannot imagine them blaming me like this.

As if I have the power to change the districts mind. The WTU contract has been expired for years, IMPACT is still very much intact, and DCPS still doesn't support it's teachers. Those are things 99% of teachers really care about. If we are so powerful even after 10 years why hasn't it changed?

What makes the pandemic so special that you all really think the WTU has that much power? We lost our president a while ago, if we were 'strong' DCPS could have easily said, 'Ok last 6 weeks IPL for everyone.'

But we all must blame someone. A public school teacher seems like an easy target. Women love to tear each other down after all.

Teachers refused to show up for work. They effectively went on an illegal strike. Even as daycares, private schools and public schools almost everywhere else were open. This isn't that complicated.

I’m continuously amazed that parents on this board continue to bring up that single day work stoppage like it was some big, terrible event. It was basically just like another Wednesday! If DL is so bad and you and your kids hate it so much, who cares if teachers skipped one day of online instruction this year?