hilariously tone deaf tweet by CM Robert White

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:White's kids are very young. Tune back in a few years and they'll almost certainly have been quietly enrolled at GDS.

McDuffie (a GDS board member who has two kids there) will pull strings to get him in, probably.

It's insane that DC Council members get away with sending their kids to ludicrously expensive private schools.

Totally insane especially for the likes of McDuffie, strident and insufferable champion of all causes that appear on the surface to support poor Black Ward 5 residents, and make for good PR but do absolutely nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, I’m not having this legislation. Kick the charter teachers off the SBOE too - I agree that part makes no sense. But regardless of the terrible way that the chancellor and mayor have handled reopening (which has indeed been bad) WTU has shown beyond a shadow of a doubt they DO NOT have the kids best interests in mind. They advocate only for themselves. You can say that’s the purpose of a union, which is fine, but they absolutely should not be allowed to run the schools with no oversight! Completely unacceptable.

The TU in WTU is for “teachers union”. Who would it advocate for if not teachers?

Of course they advocate for teachers. So why would we let them run the school system with no oversight? Who’s looking out for the interests of the students?

Exactly. It's clear that WTU is NOT looking out for students, so they shouldn't be on the SBOE. Plus there's a conflict of interest with being on the board that governs the school district where you're an employee.

agreed. I think having teachers as non-voting members would be ok. any board members who are parents should recuse from decisions specifically about their kids’ schools. this is pretty basic stuff.

PP here. I'm not ok with teachers even as non-voting members. The WTU members at my child's school are militantly against reopening, and I see how weak the parent LSAT rep and PTA President are with refusing to challenge them at all because they have to work together. If WTU members were on the board, then they would dominate the conversation with pro-teacher/anti-student rhetoric to push the WTU agenda like they do at every meeting at our school. It would be harder for the voting members to do the right thing because they would have to work with the WTU members. WTU members have a conflict of interest even for serving on a board that specifically governs their employer. A parent having a child at one school is completely different thing and it's easily resolved by having the parent recuse themselves on matters specific to their child's school.

There's no place for WTU members on the SBOE.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White's kids are very young. Tune back in a few years and they'll almost certainly have been quietly enrolled at GDS.

McDuffie (a GDS board member who has two kids there) will pull strings to get him in, probably.

It's insane that DC Council members get away with sending their kids to ludicrously expensive private schools.

Indeed it is. Where's the buy-in they are asking from us? Let's elect an actual DCPS or charter parent next time as a step forward.

+1! And not some ECE parent, but someone with older kids in the system.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White's kids are very young. Tune back in a few years and they'll almost certainly have been quietly enrolled at GDS.

McDuffie (a GDS board member who has two kids there) will pull strings to get him in, probably.

It's insane that DC Council members get away with sending their kids to ludicrously expensive private schools.

Totally insane especially for the likes of McDuffie, strident and insufferable champion of all causes that appear on the surface to support poor Black Ward 5 residents, and make for good PR but do absolutely nothing.

You nailed it. Most of these politicians are in it for their own power. They couldn't care less if children get hurt while they're grabbing power.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White's kids are very young. Tune back in a few years and they'll almost certainly have been quietly enrolled at GDS.

McDuffie (a GDS board member who has two kids there) will pull strings to get him in, probably.

It's insane that DC Council members get away with sending their kids to ludicrously expensive private schools.

Totally insane especially for the likes of McDuffie, strident and insufferable champion of all causes that appear on the surface to support poor Black Ward 5 residents, and make for good PR but do absolutely nothing.

The Deputy Mayor of Education has kids at private school too (WIS). And only School without Walls was good enough for the Chancellor’s son.
This has always been the case with our top officials. I think Mary Chen’s kids went to GDS as well. No one who has other options wants to mess around with DCPS I guess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White's kids are very young. Tune back in a few years and they'll almost certainly have been quietly enrolled at GDS.

McDuffie (a GDS board member who has two kids there) will pull strings to get him in, probably.

It's insane that DC Council members get away with sending their kids to ludicrously expensive private schools.

Totally insane especially for the likes of McDuffie, strident and insufferable champion of all causes that appear on the surface to support poor Black Ward 5 residents, and make for good PR but do absolutely nothing.

The Deputy Mayor of Education has kids at private school too (WIS). And only School without Walls was good enough for the Chancellor’s son.
This has always been the case with our top officials. I think Mary Chen’s kids went to GDS as well. No one who has other options wants to mess around with DCPS I guess.

No, they just want to put down and shame parents who dare to want their kids in person yet are not extremely disadvantaged.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White's kids are very young. Tune back in a few years and they'll almost certainly have been quietly enrolled at GDS.

McDuffie (a GDS board member who has two kids there) will pull strings to get him in, probably.

It's insane that DC Council members get away with sending their kids to ludicrously expensive private schools.

Totally insane especially for the likes of McDuffie, strident and insufferable champion of all causes that appear on the surface to support poor Black Ward 5 residents, and make for good PR but do absolutely nothing.

The Deputy Mayor of Education has kids at private school too (WIS). And only School without Walls was good enough for the Chancellor’s son.
This has always been the case with our top officials. I think Mary Chen’s kids went to GDS as well. No one who has other options wants to mess around with DCPS I guess.

Mary Cheh's kids went to Murch for elementary, at least.

[Anonymous]

We need to vote every single person out! They have failed our children and made a mockery of "the science" . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We need to vote every single person out! They have failed our children and made a mockery of "the science" . . .

I would love to, but we need better candidates AND smarter voters. Brandon Todd would have been unlikely to support WTU the way Janeese Lewis George did, but people voted her and Robert White and are now complaining about schools being closed. How the hell did voters not see this coming with those two WTU minions?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We need to vote every single person out! They have failed our children and made a mockery of "the science" . . .

I would love to, but we need better candidates AND smarter voters. Brandon Todd would have been unlikely to support WTU the way Janeese Lewis George did, but people voted her and Robert White and are now complaining about schools being closed. How the hell did voters not see this coming with those two WTU minions?

Well, I for one supported the WTU until this past year. I didn't think WTU would behave as badly as it has. But here we are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need to vote every single person out! They have failed our children and made a mockery of "the science" . . .

I would love to, but we need better candidates AND smarter voters. Brandon Todd would have been unlikely to support WTU the way Janeese Lewis George did, but people voted her and Robert White and are now complaining about schools being closed. How the hell did voters not see this coming with those two WTU minions?

Well, I for one supported the WTU until this past year. I didn't think WTU would behave as badly as it has. But here we are.

But they were just elected in November, after White opposed plans to reopen and was advocating for schools to remain closed. JLG is also a WTU advocate. It's not like they were elected before WTU obstructed reopening. This disconnect of "I want schools to reopen" and simultaneously "I'm going to vote for candidates who obstruct schools reopening" is baffling to me.

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Anonymous wrote:We need to vote every single person out! They have failed our children and made a mockery of "the science" . . .

I would love to, but we need better candidates AND smarter voters. Brandon Todd would have been unlikely to support WTU the way Janeese Lewis George did, but people voted her and Robert White and are now complaining about schools being closed. How the hell did voters not see this coming with those two WTU minions?

Guilty and regretful. I just really did not like Brandon Todd and I wanted change but Janeese is bad news.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need to vote every single person out! They have failed our children and made a mockery of "the science" . . .

I would love to, but we need better candidates AND smarter voters. Brandon Todd would have been unlikely to support WTU the way Janeese Lewis George did, but people voted her and Robert White and are now complaining about schools being closed. How the hell did voters not see this coming with those two WTU minions?

Guilty and regretful. I just really did not like Brandon Todd and I wanted change but Janeese is bad news.

Go to the Open DC Schools rally on Saturday and email the mayor and city council members to oppose the legislation proposed by JLG and Robert White as your penance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:White's kids are very young. Tune back in a few years and they'll almost certainly have been quietly enrolled at GDS.

Lol. Seriously.

So disappointed in this guy, who I liked before. Sort of reminds me of my childless friends who post articles about keeping schools closed. I have noticed they’re quiet now though. The situation is clearly out of control.

He has a kid in DCPS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White's kids are very young. Tune back in a few years and they'll almost certainly have been quietly enrolled at GDS.

Lol. Seriously.

So disappointed in this guy, who I liked before. Sort of reminds me of my childless friends who post articles about keeping schools closed. I have noticed they’re quiet now though. The situation is clearly out of control.

He has a kid in DCPS.

Yes, he does, and he pitched a hissy fit when the school (partially) reopened and vowed to unenroll. The majority of parents at his school wanted in person school per the survey, and there aren't even enough spots for those who want it. Now he's pissy at the school community.