Concerned about DCPS Term 4

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I initially was very supportive of the teachers concerns, but as the fall came and went and DCPS seemed to put forward more than one good faith attempt at safely opening schools it seemed like the WTU kept moving the goal posts. With the current vaccine priority for teachers if the schools are not open in Term 4 for any kid that wants to attend in person then I think the WTU will have done irreparable harm to the esteem in which teachers are held. The oft used phrase employed by politicians of honorable public servants like “cops, nurses, firefighters, and teachers” will have to change and teachers will become just another category of working stiffs.

Absolutely agree. I'm all for firing them all... lifelong liberal democrat here. And there will be not maybe public school students left to teach.

Why do some of you feel the need to say your liberal and a Dem? Like that makes you a good person? I'm no conservative but Liberals have done very little over the years, they're just the lesser evil.

And you are also dramatic, even if all the white or rich kids left there would be PLENTY of low SES kids left to focus on. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

DP. Is this a serious question? Because everybody who expresses urgency about opening schools gets labeled as a Trumper. This issue has been hopelessly politicized, which is a large part of why schools are still closed. It has nothing to do with pretending to be a "good person".

And on your second point, if most of the higher SES kids were to leave DCPS, it would send DCPS into a downward spiral in terms of test scores and reputation, and probably in terms of the quality of education for low SES kids as well. The diversity of the school system would decline. You cannot wish for this to happen.

DCPS does not care about high SES families. Have you not figured that out yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I initially was very supportive of the teachers concerns, but as the fall came and went and DCPS seemed to put forward more than one good faith attempt at safely opening schools it seemed like the WTU kept moving the goal posts. With the current vaccine priority for teachers if the schools are not open in Term 4 for any kid that wants to attend in person then I think the WTU will have done irreparable harm to the esteem in which teachers are held. The oft used phrase employed by politicians of honorable public servants like “cops, nurses, firefighters, and teachers” will have to change and teachers will become just another category of working stiffs.

Absolutely agree. I'm all for firing them all... lifelong liberal democrat here. And there will be not maybe public school students left to teach.

That sounds like a great plan. Let’s fire all the teachers so we have no shot on actually getting back to school. Are you willing to step up and go into schools and teach?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I initially was very supportive of the teachers concerns, but as the fall came and went and DCPS seemed to put forward more than one good faith attempt at safely opening schools it seemed like the WTU kept moving the goal posts. With the current vaccine priority for teachers if the schools are not open in Term 4 for any kid that wants to attend in person then I think the WTU will have done irreparable harm to the esteem in which teachers are held. The oft used phrase employed by politicians of honorable public servants like “cops, nurses, firefighters, and teachers” will have to change and teachers will become just another category of working stiffs.

Absolutely agree. I'm all for firing them all... lifelong liberal democrat here. And there will be not maybe public school students left to teach.

That sounds like a great plan. Let’s fire all the teachers so we have no shot on actually getting back to school. Are you willing to step up and go into schools and teach?

I am. I’ve been a professor. I’m sure I could figure it out. I bet many talented professionals would rise to the challenge out of a sense of civic duty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I initially was very supportive of the teachers concerns, but as the fall came and went and DCPS seemed to put forward more than one good faith attempt at safely opening schools it seemed like the WTU kept moving the goal posts. With the current vaccine priority for teachers if the schools are not open in Term 4 for any kid that wants to attend in person then I think the WTU will have done irreparable harm to the esteem in which teachers are held. The oft used phrase employed by politicians of honorable public servants like “cops, nurses, firefighters, and teachers” will have to change and teachers will become just another category of working stiffs.

Absolutely agree. I'm all for firing them all... lifelong liberal democrat here. And there will be not maybe public school students left to teach.

That sounds like a great plan. Let’s fire all the teachers so we have no shot on actually getting back to school. Are you willing to step up and go into schools and teach?

I am. I’ve been a professor. I’m sure I could figure it out. I bet many talented professionals would rise to the challenge out of a sense of civic duty.

They why are ward 7 and 8 the most understaffed and DC has a 30+ percent teacher turnover rate??
You going to go teach in a title 1 school or a little NW or Cap hill school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I initially was very supportive of the teachers concerns, but as the fall came and went and DCPS seemed to put forward more than one good faith attempt at safely opening schools it seemed like the WTU kept moving the goal posts. With the current vaccine priority for teachers if the schools are not open in Term 4 for any kid that wants to attend in person then I think the WTU will have done irreparable harm to the esteem in which teachers are held. The oft used phrase employed by politicians of honorable public servants like “cops, nurses, firefighters, and teachers” will have to change and teachers will become just another category of working stiffs.

Absolutely agree. I'm all for firing them all... lifelong liberal democrat here. And there will be not maybe public school students left to teach.

That sounds like a great plan. Let’s fire all the teachers so we have no shot on actually getting back to school. Are you willing to step up and go into schools and teach?

I am. I’ve been a professor. I’m sure I could figure it out. I bet many talented professionals would rise to the challenge out of a sense of civic duty.

Are you going to teach sped or sped self contained?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I initially was very supportive of the teachers concerns, but as the fall came and went and DCPS seemed to put forward more than one good faith attempt at safely opening schools it seemed like the WTU kept moving the goal posts. With the current vaccine priority for teachers if the schools are not open in Term 4 for any kid that wants to attend in person then I think the WTU will have done irreparable harm to the esteem in which teachers are held. The oft used phrase employed by politicians of honorable public servants like “cops, nurses, firefighters, and teachers” will have to change and teachers will become just another category of working stiffs.

Absolutely agree. I'm all for firing them all... lifelong liberal democrat here. And there will be not maybe public school students left to teach.

That sounds like a great plan. Let’s fire all the teachers so we have no shot on actually getting back to school. Are you willing to step up and go into schools and teach?

I am. I’ve been a professor. I’m sure I could figure it out. I bet many talented professionals would rise to the challenge out of a sense of civic duty.

Are you going to teach sped or sped self contained?

it’s better than not teaching them at all. We could recruit excellent teachers from the Phillipines and India.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I initially was very supportive of the teachers concerns, but as the fall came and went and DCPS seemed to put forward more than one good faith attempt at safely opening schools it seemed like the WTU kept moving the goal posts. With the current vaccine priority for teachers if the schools are not open in Term 4 for any kid that wants to attend in person then I think the WTU will have done irreparable harm to the esteem in which teachers are held. The oft used phrase employed by politicians of honorable public servants like “cops, nurses, firefighters, and teachers” will have to change and teachers will become just another category of working stiffs.

Absolutely agree. I'm all for firing them all... lifelong liberal democrat here. And there will be not maybe public school students left to teach.

That sounds like a great plan. Let’s fire all the teachers so we have no shot on actually getting back to school. Are you willing to step up and go into schools and teach?

I am. I’ve been a professor. I’m sure I could figure it out. I bet many talented professionals would rise to the challenge out of a sense of civic duty.

Ha! Full of hot air. Typical DC blowhard.

[Anonymous]

To the professor PP. I understand your frustration, but teaching kids is a whole different animal. Take it from a DCPS teacher who was, before that, a decades long professor at a major university.

There is simply no comparison. It doesn’t matter how brilliant you are or how expertly you understand content. Hard as it may be to believe, that’s only a small requirement of the job. It would take years to find steady ground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I initially was very supportive of the teachers concerns, but as the fall came and went and DCPS seemed to put forward more than one good faith attempt at safely opening schools it seemed like the WTU kept moving the goal posts. With the current vaccine priority for teachers if the schools are not open in Term 4 for any kid that wants to attend in person then I think the WTU will have done irreparable harm to the esteem in which teachers are held. The oft used phrase employed by politicians of honorable public servants like “cops, nurses, firefighters, and teachers” will have to change and teachers will become just another category of working stiffs.

Absolutely agree. I'm all for firing them all... lifelong liberal democrat here. And there will be not maybe public school students left to teach.

Why do some of you feel the need to say your liberal and a Dem? Like that makes you a good person? I'm no conservative but Liberals have done very little over the years, they're just the lesser evil.

And you are also dramatic, even if all the white or rich kids left there would be PLENTY of low SES kids left to focus on. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

DP. Is this a serious question? Because everybody who expresses urgency about opening schools gets labeled as a Trumper. This issue has been hopelessly politicized, which is a large part of why schools are still closed. It has nothing to do with pretending to be a "good person".

And on your second point, if most of the higher SES kids were to leave DCPS, it would send DCPS into a downward spiral in terms of test scores and reputation, and probably in terms of the quality of education for low SES kids as well. The diversity of the school system would decline. You cannot wish for this to happen.

DCPS does not care about high SES families. Have you not figured that out yet?

Of course I have figured that out. I also think it’s dumb and to everyone’s detriment, but I won’t be surprised if you disagree.