Emails reveal contempt by MoCo health dept for nonpublic schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We already knew he wasn't making decisions based on science or whether individual schools could meet the safety guidelines with their plans.

But I'm surprised he'd put this kind of inappropriate callousness in email! Everyone knows emails about a contraversial issue are going to be FOIA'd. Im a govt employee and this is so obvious!

And adults stay SDMH in work emails ?!

What does SDMH stand for? I googled it and didn’t see anything?

Slight typo there. It’s SMDH, meaning “shaking my damn head”. Expresses a slightly more aggrieved position than SMH, which is “shaking my head”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s just speaking the truth. That’s why everyone on this thread is upset. Why not acknowledge your privilege and then have a conversation?!

You're an idiot. He was wrong in his prejudiced efforts to attempt to keep non-public schools closed and he was wrong in his inappropriate emails. Time to go, bye bye.

Fascinating glimpse into your mind here. The goal was for privates to be closed just like publics were, which is prejudiced against non-public schools because . . . it's not what you wanted?

[Anonymous]

Gayles FAILED the children in both public and private. He should be fired as a result.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s just speaking the truth. That’s why everyone on this thread is upset. Why not acknowledge your privilege and then have a conversation?!

You're an idiot. He was wrong in his prejudiced efforts to attempt to keep non-public schools closed and he was wrong in his inappropriate emails. Time to go, bye bye.

Fascinating glimpse into your mind here. The goal was for privates to be closed just like publics were, which is prejudiced against non-public schools because . . . it's not what you wanted?

it’s prejudiced because he wanted to punish this type of school for failing to close on its own. public schools in MoCos closed due to the unions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s just speaking the truth. That’s why everyone on this thread is upset. Why not acknowledge your privilege and then have a conversation?!

You're an idiot. He was wrong in his prejudiced efforts to attempt to keep non-public schools closed and he was wrong in his inappropriate emails. Time to go, bye bye.

Fascinating glimpse into your mind here. The goal was for privates to be closed just like publics were, which is prejudiced against non-public schools because . . . it's not what you wanted?

Here in the DMV, many schools were able to open safely by following CDC guidance on distancing, mask-wearing, cohosting, etc. They opened in September and have been open all year without in-school transmission. Gayles didn’t care about the science or the CDC guidelines, he just wanted all the schools closed so the public schools wouldn’t look bad for closing too. This was absolutely a political decision, not a public health one.

[Anonymous]

CDC said it was safe for kids to go back to school if measures were followed. Gayles went against their recommendations. He failed public school kids even more. They are the ones who really lost out this year. If he had worked harder to review plans and observed schools once they opened last fall he could have worked to open publics sooner. It's the public school parents who should be the most upset with Gayles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s just speaking the truth. That’s why everyone on this thread is upset. Why not acknowledge your privilege and then have a conversation?!

What privilege? I work hard to afford private for my kid. So? You made other choices. People that bash others using the tired “privileged” label sound like envious middle school children. Get over it. People are more successful then you.

Yeah...no one with kids in public schools work hard. Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

Washington Examiner is a propaganda machine. It's a rag.

If you want a private school go for it. If you don't that's fine too.

Stop judging either way. Every child is different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s just speaking the truth. That’s why everyone on this thread is upset. Why not acknowledge your privilege and then have a conversation?!

You're an idiot. He was wrong in his prejudiced efforts to attempt to keep non-public schools closed and he was wrong in his inappropriate emails. Time to go, bye bye.

Fascinating glimpse into your mind here. The goal was for privates to be closed just like publics were, which is prejudiced against non-public schools because . . . it's not what you wanted?

Here in the DMV, many schools were able to open safely by following CDC guidance on distancing, mask-wearing, cohosting, etc. They opened in September and have been open all year without in-school transmission. Gayles didn’t care about the science or the CDC guidelines, he just wanted all the schools closed so the public schools wouldn’t look bad for closing too. This was absolutely a political decision, not a public health one.

The fact that the position "keep all schools closed" turned out to be overly cautious vis a vis what was necessary to mitigate community spread (something brought up in the emails people are so horrified by - "You mitigate risks by being overly cautious") doesn't in any way show that it was *prejudiced* against non-public schools. It wasn't. Trying to get all schools to behave in the same way, even if it's not the way you prefer, is not prejudice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Washington Examiner is a propaganda machine. It's a rag.

If you want a private school go for it. If you don't that's fine too.

Stop judging either way. Every child is different.

1). Are you denying the emails are legitimate? What difference does it make who published them? People are judging Gayles based on the words he wrote.

2). If Gayles had his way, the private schools would have been closed too. Your second line is nonsensical.

3). Gayles absolutely deserves to be judged for his handling of this issue. No idea acknowledging that children are different has to do with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s just speaking the truth. That’s why everyone on this thread is upset. Why not acknowledge your privilege and then have a conversation?!

You're an idiot. He was wrong in his prejudiced efforts to attempt to keep non-public schools closed and he was wrong in his inappropriate emails. Time to go, bye bye.

Fascinating glimpse into your mind here. The goal was for privates to be closed just like publics were, which is prejudiced against non-public schools because . . . it's not what you wanted?

Here in the DMV, many schools were able to open safely by following CDC guidance on distancing, mask-wearing, cohosting, etc. They opened in September and have been open all year without in-school transmission. Gayles didn’t care about the science or the CDC guidelines, he just wanted all the schools closed so the public schools wouldn’t look bad for closing too. This was absolutely a political decision, not a public health one.

The fact that the position "keep all schools closed" turned out to be overly cautious vis a vis what was necessary to mitigate community spread (something brought up in the emails people are so horrified by - "You mitigate risks by being overly cautious") doesn't in any way show that it was *prejudiced* against non-public schools. It wasn't. Trying to get all schools to behave in the same way, even if it's not the way you prefer, is not prejudice.

Except it’s clear from what he wrote that he had great disdain for the private school community.

[Anonymous]

Dr. Gayles’ view was that if public schools could not open, private schools should not be allowed either, on equity grounds. There was never any scientific justification for it, and months of experience now show the private schools were entirely correct in believing they could reopen safely.

He was, however, very successful in delaying and making it hard for private schools to reopen. He will pay no political price because there is a critical mass of people in the county who agree with that decision — if they can’t have it, nobody should have it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s just speaking the truth. That’s why everyone on this thread is upset. Why not acknowledge your privilege and then have a conversation?!

You're an idiot. He was wrong in his prejudiced efforts to attempt to keep non-public schools closed and he was wrong in his inappropriate emails. Time to go, bye bye.

Fascinating glimpse into your mind here. The goal was for privates to be closed just like publics were, which is prejudiced against non-public schools because . . . it's not what you wanted?

Here in the DMV, many schools were able to open safely by following CDC guidance on distancing, mask-wearing, cohosting, etc. They opened in September and have been open all year without in-school transmission. Gayles didn’t care about the science or the CDC guidelines, he just wanted all the schools closed so the public schools wouldn’t look bad for closing too. This was absolutely a political decision, not a public health one.

The fact that the position "keep all schools closed" turned out to be overly cautious vis a vis what was necessary to mitigate community spread (something brought up in the emails people are so horrified by - "You mitigate risks by being overly cautious") doesn't in any way show that it was *prejudiced* against non-public schools. It wasn't. Trying to get all schools to behave in the same way, even if it's not the way you prefer, is not prejudice.

Except it’s clear from what he wrote that he had great disdain for the private school community.

It's clear from what he wrote that he was irritated by them, sure. But being irritated by a group of people and then insisting they be treated the same as everyone else is still not prejudice. Words have meanings.

[Anonymous]

Put the shoe on the other foot. Imagine if this was Hogan writing about public school kids. He would be impeached. It was clear from his actions last summer that Gayles was a social justice warrior first, and a medical professional second. This should be unacceptable; I don't want medical people acting politically. But, it isn't, because woke, I guess. This is really enraging, and it's even more upsetting that people aren't more mad about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Gayles’ view was that if public schools could not open, private schools should not be allowed either, on equity grounds. There was never any scientific justification for it, and months of experience now show the private schools were entirely correct in believing they could reopen safely.

He was, however, very successful in delaying and making it hard for private schools to reopen. He will pay no political price because there is a critical mass of people in the county who agree with that decision — if they can’t have it, nobody should have it.

You nailed it.