Reformatted: Advocate for five days a week by fall

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

It's disgusting that you're withholding educating children as a bargaining chip to get better employment terms for yourself. After all WTU's actions that have profoundly harmed my children, I wouldn't join forces with WTU for ANYTHING.

This. WTU used the pandemic and kids to settle a longstanding score with the the Mayor and mayoral control. I an the daughter of a teacher and former supporter of teacher unions, but no more. WTU is more corruprt that than the mayor. We are hanging on for probably one more year but I will never give a another dime to our title 1 school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am confident kids are back full time in the Fall. Fairfax just announced. Every other school system in the area will follow suit. Relax OP.

DP here, but I'm not confident that kids will be back full time in the Fall. My MS student hasn't been in the school building in over a year. WTU doesn't want to send teachers back and they're still keeping up the narrative that it's not safe, equitable, etc. DCPS still has no plan to provide full-time in-person school in the Fall for those who want it. DC isn't Fairfax, and we have one of the worst public school systems in the area with a lot of very poor people who are terrified of the virus and vaccines.

If you're actually a parent (and not a WTU troll trying to silence parents), then you're a fool if you don't start advocating now for full-time school in the Fall.

Why do you think people claiming that the vitriol and anti-union sentiment on this site is bordering unreasonable. I'm not a WTU troll. I reside in DC and am a DCPS parent. I disagree with "everything" you say. You are anti-union and anti-teacher. That is not what I support at all regardless of what policy you are pushing!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How can WTU argue against IPL after getting vaccine priority? I don't understand. Are we just going to forget that happened? Every other work-based priority group was already in-person when they were vaccinated (medical personnel, first responders, essential government, daycare workers -- all have been IPL either this whole time or since at least last summer/fall).

In DC it's especially troubling because many of those vaccinated were MD and VA residents who work in DC. Well I'm a huge proponent of vaccinating essential workers who work in the District regardless of where they live. But why should other high needs groups (grocery store and food service workers and residents of our hardest hit neighborhoods) have to wait so that MD/VA-based teachers who are not and have no plans to teach in person get vaccinated?

Anyway, I agree with OP and have absolutely let Bowser, Ferebee, and my Council reps know. But I think it's important to knit all these Covid-related policies together. School opening, vaccines, and city policies with regards to permissible business activity and masking are all related. Right now, this combination of policies is telling me that the city only cares about you if you belong to a group with a strong lobbying presence (restaurant owners, WTU). I'm ready to vote most of these people out of office if they don't start serving ALL the people of the city.

Of course, I've been saying that since the Council and the mayor decided to overrule Prop 77 at the behest of the business lobby even thought the majority of voters wanted it. These folks have NEVER cared what the people actually want.

I feel the same way. It's also important to acknowledge the role that WTU is playing with obstructing reopening, council members' role in their quid pro quo with WTU endorsing them and the members helping to keep schools closed, and Bowser's weakness in kowtowing to the union and WTU-endorsed council members.

Meanwhile, students have no representation. As much as I appreciate the Open DC Schools organizers trying to advocate, they created this organization designed for failure by insisting that the group has to include WTU members and keep a pro-WTU member stance. We're not allowed to discuss the elephant in the room much less plan how to resolve it. It's like trying to figure out how to resolve a string of house fires while insisting that we can't do anything about the arsonists.

I think the idea was that the group needed to be inclusive of teachers, not the WTU, but the line there is blurry and there was so much pushback around being "racist" (see every other thread on here) there wasn't much choice. It seems that even in doing so the group has received nothing but animosity anyway by those who represent a WTU perspective, or basically anyone and everyone who doesn't want schools open or has some other bone to pick with white women.

You mean students have no representation the way YOU want them to.

There are a lot of groups in DC advocating for kids. Do you know who they are? Do you agree with their agenda?

I got three emails today about kids advocacy today for DC kids - did you not get them?

This is such a stupid response. Parents are the advocates for children, so yes, no one is advocating the way we - as parents - want to advocate.

This is a stupid response. Not all parents are good advocates for children or work for their best interests.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

It's disgusting that you're withholding educating children as a bargaining chip to get better employment terms for yourself. After all WTU's actions that have profoundly harmed my children, I wouldn't join forces with WTU for ANYTHING.

This. WTU used the pandemic and kids to settle a longstanding score with the the Mayor and mayoral control. I an the daughter of a teacher and former supporter of teacher unions, but no more. WTU is more corruprt that than the mayor. We are hanging on for probably one more year but I will never give a another dime to our title 1 school.

The WTU does not have this much power people. Its like your George Soros figure that you continually kick down the road because its easier to understand the issues if you have an enemy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

Thanks for bringing this up. This is a huge problem for reopening in the fall. We are losing so much funding for support services for students that will need it most. We even have to cut classroom teachers. DCPS wonders why some schools are underperforming. We need to be funded at pre-pandemic levels in order to be able to support students in the fall. Please help advocate with this!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

While I am supportive of the things in your post, I’m lost as to why you think parents have any power. We are ridiculed here daily for wanting change, and for trying to create that change. We are told that parents have no power, by people who are saying they are teachers. Do we have a voice or not, in your opinion?

This is not where you exercise your power and privilege.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

It's disgusting that you're withholding educating children as a bargaining chip to get better employment terms for yourself. After all WTU's actions that have profoundly harmed my children, I wouldn't join forces with WTU for ANYTHING.

This. WTU used the pandemic and kids to settle a longstanding score with the the Mayor and mayoral control. I an the daughter of a teacher and former supporter of teacher unions, but no more. WTU is more corruprt that than the mayor. We are hanging on for probably one more year but I will never give a another dime to our title 1 school.

Now I think you are a troll from the Mayor's office blaming everything on the union. Do you work for the DME? Settling a score because of Mayoral control? This is getting out of control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

It's disgusting that you're withholding educating children as a bargaining chip to get better employment terms for yourself. After all WTU's actions that have profoundly harmed my children, I wouldn't join forces with WTU for ANYTHING.

This. WTU used the pandemic and kids to settle a longstanding score with the the Mayor and mayoral control. I an the daughter of a teacher and former supporter of teacher unions, but no more. WTU is more corruprt that than the mayor. We are hanging on for probably one more year but I will never give a another dime to our title 1 school.

Now I think you are a troll from the Mayor's office blaming everything on the union. Do you work for the DME? Settling a score because of Mayoral control? This is getting out of control.

Yes, it is getting out of control. I"m a different poster. And it sure looks like the WTU is now and has been advocating against schools opening. If I'm wrong on that, point me to the real facts. Parents want their kids in school. Period. Not all, but most. Anyone who opposes that is on the road to losing power in our city. Be that the Mayor, the WTU, other officials. It's important that you see that we want our kids in school. That's the only important issue to us right now. And it should be to you too, if you care about kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

It's disgusting that you're withholding educating children as a bargaining chip to get better employment terms for yourself. After all WTU's actions that have profoundly harmed my children, I wouldn't join forces with WTU for ANYTHING.

This. WTU used the pandemic and kids to settle a longstanding score with the the Mayor and mayoral control. I an the daughter of a teacher and former supporter of teacher unions, but no more. WTU is more corruprt that than the mayor. We are hanging on for probably one more year but I will never give a another dime to our title 1 school.

Now I think you are a troll from the Mayor's office blaming everything on the union. Do you work for the DME? Settling a score because of Mayoral control? This is getting out of control.

Yes, it is getting out of control. I"m a different poster. And it sure looks like the WTU is now and has been advocating against schools opening. If I'm wrong on that, point me to the real facts. Parents want their kids in school. Period. Not all, but most. Anyone who opposes that is on the road to losing power in our city. Be that the Mayor, the WTU, other officials. It's important that you see that we want our kids in school. That's the only important issue to us right now. And it should be to you too, if you care about kids.

WTU has a whole conference planned for Saturday addressing needs of kids when school reopens, how to deal with the issues of this past year, how to work with parents (a parent is speaking); etc. But yeah WTU doesn't want to open.

Now I shall wait to be called a troll and for you to go and use google and find out what they are doing and then say no they have other union people speaking, they have teachers speaking and ONLY ONE parent so it negates everything. Because anyone who spends a career about education outweighs the nine years of your parenting and knowing whats best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

While I am supportive of the things in your post, I’m lost as to why you think parents have any power. We are ridiculed here daily for wanting change, and for trying to create that change. We are told that parents have no power, by people who are saying they are teachers. Do we have a voice or not, in your opinion?

This is not where you exercise your power and privilege.

Uh, of course not. The PP suggested calling the mayor. I do that. But I am told by teachers here my voice is useless when I do so. So....why would the PP suggest parents do so?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

It's disgusting that you're withholding educating children as a bargaining chip to get better employment terms for yourself. After all WTU's actions that have profoundly harmed my children, I wouldn't join forces with WTU for ANYTHING.

This. WTU used the pandemic and kids to settle a longstanding score with the the Mayor and mayoral control. I an the daughter of a teacher and former supporter of teacher unions, but no more. WTU is more corruprt that than the mayor. We are hanging on for probably one more year but I will never give a another dime to our title 1 school.

The WTU does not have this much power people. Its like your George Soros figure that you continually kick down the road because its easier to understand the issues if you have an enemy.

I don’t think this is accurste. They were able to keep schools closed against the Mayor’s push. That seems like power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

It's disgusting that you're withholding educating children as a bargaining chip to get better employment terms for yourself. After all WTU's actions that have profoundly harmed my children, I wouldn't join forces with WTU for ANYTHING.

This. WTU used the pandemic and kids to settle a longstanding score with the the Mayor and mayoral control. I an the daughter of a teacher and former supporter of teacher unions, but no more. WTU is more corruprt that than the mayor. We are hanging on for probably one more year but I will never give a another dime to our title 1 school.

Now I think you are a troll from the Mayor's office blaming everything on the union. Do you work for the DME? Settling a score because of Mayoral control? This is getting out of control.

Yes, it is getting out of control. I"m a different poster. And it sure looks like the WTU is now and has been advocating against schools opening. If I'm wrong on that, point me to the real facts. Parents want their kids in school. Period. Not all, but most. Anyone who opposes that is on the road to losing power in our city. Be that the Mayor, the WTU, other officials. It's important that you see that we want our kids in school. That's the only important issue to us right now. And it should be to you too, if you care about kids.

WTU has a whole conference planned for Saturday addressing needs of kids when school reopens, how to deal with the issues of this past year, how to work with parents (a parent is speaking); etc. But yeah WTU doesn't want to open.

Now I shall wait to be called a troll and for you to go and use google and find out what they are doing and then say no they have other union people speaking, they have teachers speaking and ONLY ONE parent so it negates everything. Because anyone who spends a career about education outweighs the nine years of your parenting and knowing whats best.

While I appreciate the conference, it's not the same as advocating for schools to open as soon as possible. And you know this. And, a parent and someone who has worked as a teacher at every level of schooling, I can't believe you would even pretend that parents don't know what their own children need. That is an absolutely absurd statement. I don't always love the role parents play in the classroom or the disrespect they show teachers, but to pretend that anyone knows their child and what they need more than a parent? Absurd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

It's disgusting that you're withholding educating children as a bargaining chip to get better employment terms for yourself. After all WTU's actions that have profoundly harmed my children, I wouldn't join forces with WTU for ANYTHING.

This. WTU used the pandemic and kids to settle a longstanding score with the the Mayor and mayoral control. I an the daughter of a teacher and former supporter of teacher unions, but no more. WTU is more corruprt that than the mayor. We are hanging on for probably one more year but I will never give a another dime to our title 1 school.

Now I think you are a troll from the Mayor's office blaming everything on the union. Do you work for the DME? Settling a score because of Mayoral control? This is getting out of control.

Yes, it is getting out of control. I"m a different poster. And it sure looks like the WTU is now and has been advocating against schools opening. If I'm wrong on that, point me to the real facts. Parents want their kids in school. Period. Not all, but most. Anyone who opposes that is on the road to losing power in our city. Be that the Mayor, the WTU, other officials. It's important that you see that we want our kids in school. That's the only important issue to us right now. And it should be to you too, if you care about kids.

WTU has a whole conference planned for Saturday addressing needs of kids when school reopens, how to deal with the issues of this past year, how to work with parents (a parent is speaking); etc. But yeah WTU doesn't want to open.

Now I shall wait to be called a troll and for you to go and use google and find out what they are doing and then say no they have other union people speaking, they have teachers speaking and ONLY ONE parent so it negates everything. Because anyone who spends a career about education outweighs the nine years of your parenting and knowing whats best.

WTU changed their messaging once they saw the survey results with high demand for in-person school and no longer says they want to keep schools closed. Now WTU says they want to reopen, but then undermines that message by providing an unreasonable list of demands as conditions to reopen. Parents want schools to reopen for full-time school with an in-person teacher now WITH NO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS and in fact want many demands that WTU insisted on to be removed. So aside from WTU's push to keep schools closed and the hostile relationship they created with many parents, WTU supporters want different things from parents who want schools to reopen full-time now.

There's no way that I, as a parent, would ever trust WTU to advocate for my children. I especially would never trust a teacher who believes that teachers know what's best for children better than their own parents do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

It's disgusting that you're withholding educating children as a bargaining chip to get better employment terms for yourself. After all WTU's actions that have profoundly harmed my children, I wouldn't join forces with WTU for ANYTHING.

This. WTU used the pandemic and kids to settle a longstanding score with the the Mayor and mayoral control. I an the daughter of a teacher and former supporter of teacher unions, but no more. WTU is more corruprt that than the mayor. We are hanging on for probably one more year but I will never give a another dime to our title 1 school.

Now I think you are a troll from the Mayor's office blaming everything on the union. Do you work for the DME? Settling a score because of Mayoral control? This is getting out of control.

Yes, it is getting out of control. I"m a different poster. And it sure looks like the WTU is now and has been advocating against schools opening. If I'm wrong on that, point me to the real facts. Parents want their kids in school. Period. Not all, but most. Anyone who opposes that is on the road to losing power in our city. Be that the Mayor, the WTU, other officials. It's important that you see that we want our kids in school. That's the only important issue to us right now. And it should be to you too, if you care about kids.

WTU has a whole conference planned for Saturday addressing needs of kids when school reopens, how to deal with the issues of this past year, how to work with parents (a parent is speaking); etc. But yeah WTU doesn't want to open.

Now I shall wait to be called a troll and for you to go and use google and find out what they are doing and then say no they have other union people speaking, they have teachers speaking and ONLY ONE parent so it negates everything. Because anyone who spends a career about education outweighs the nine years of your parenting and knowing whats best.

As the parent of two MS students who have not had even the choice of a single moment of in person instruction for over a year, I will be interested - to put it mildly - in what the WTU actually says at this conference and what it actually does afterwards. Because anyone who has spent an entire year keeping kids out of school isn’t showing they know best and does not outweigh the interest of the kids. So let’s see what the WTU says and does after this conference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers do want full time IPL in the Fall, please don't think the WTU will stop that.

But I am asking you to fight with us on fully funding our schools. Why are high needs schools having to excess teachers? Especially when enrollment doesn't warrant it?

And even if it did aren't smaller classrooms a GOOD idea? Even before covid, smaller class sizes equals better learning for all.

I stand with you for full time, I am sure this time teachers who don't agree will speak up because we know another year of DL is insane. But we need you to call the mayor out too.

It's disgusting that you're withholding educating children as a bargaining chip to get better employment terms for yourself. After all WTU's actions that have profoundly harmed my children, I wouldn't join forces with WTU for ANYTHING.

This. WTU used the pandemic and kids to settle a longstanding score with the the Mayor and mayoral control. I an the daughter of a teacher and former supporter of teacher unions, but no more. WTU is more corruprt that than the mayor. We are hanging on for probably one more year but I will never give a another dime to our title 1 school.

Now I think you are a troll from the Mayor's office blaming everything on the union. Do you work for the DME? Settling a score because of Mayoral control? This is getting out of control.

Yes, it is getting out of control. I"m a different poster. And it sure looks like the WTU is now and has been advocating against schools opening. If I'm wrong on that, point me to the real facts. Parents want their kids in school. Period. Not all, but most. Anyone who opposes that is on the road to losing power in our city. Be that the Mayor, the WTU, other officials. It's important that you see that we want our kids in school. That's the only important issue to us right now. And it should be to you too, if you care about kids.

WTU has a whole conference planned for Saturday addressing needs of kids when school reopens, how to deal with the issues of this past year, how to work with parents (a parent is speaking); etc. But yeah WTU doesn't want to open.

Now I shall wait to be called a troll and for you to go and use google and find out what they are doing and then say no they have other union people speaking, they have teachers speaking and ONLY ONE parent so it negates everything. Because anyone who spends a career about education outweighs the nine years of your parenting and knowing whats best.

As the parent of two MS students who have not had even the choice of a single moment of in person instruction for over a year, I will be interested - to put it mildly - in what the WTU actually says at this conference and what it actually does afterwards. Because anyone who has spent an entire year keeping kids out of school isn’t showing they know best and does not outweigh the interest of the kids. So let’s see what the WTU says and does after this conference.

WTU advocates for well being and safety of teachers, who elect them to represent them. It is a professional union, not a child/student advocacy group. I think you do not understand the purpose of a union.