That's why you didn't get full IPL. |
It’s ironic because I’m actually coming around to the notion that it was white supremacy that kept/is keeping schools closed. By and large, the closed school districts are majority minority. I now think that was only tolerated because of the Democrats’ white supremacy, which made them willing to hurt black kids and families in order to retain political allies and make a point about Trump. White families in DCPS, LASD, SFUSD, are just collateral. |
I didn't say anything about teachers. I think the overall response is a product of the mayor, the chancellor, the teachers, various principals and admins, and a general societal hatred of mothers and children. |
| You know women can be misogynist, right? Like have you met Republican women? |
The numbers last summer were among the lowest of the pandemic -- we could have opened for 3 solid months of IPL back then. We chose not to. I advocated hard for outdoor classes at my school, which has a large field space and could have offered at least some outdoor IPL during the temperate months (and honestly even most of the winter) with just a reasonable investment in materials. I was repeatedly told that this was a waste of time because we'd be opening the classrooms "in a month or so". They started saying that in August. It's May. This is not about feelings, it's about practicality. There was no reason to wait until January to assess and then use the height of the pandemic to retroactively determine that we just weren't going to have IPL at all this year at many schools. And then by March it was "well lets get everyone vaccinated" and then by May it's "well there's only 6 weeks left." In the meantime, thousands of children in this city are dealing with real negative impacts from being out of school for this long. Yes learning loss, but that's not even my main concern. I'm talking about the socio-emotional impacts of being jerked around for a year, promised things that were not delivered, separated from friends and teachers. There are children at our school who have simply disappeared. You think this is just about my feelings? Wake up. Oh, and speaking of that "many schools" issue -- how is it that we are in a school district where some schools are almost entirely IPL and some are almost entirely DL? You can claim it's about demand all you want, but I go to a majority black and hispanic school with almost no IPL and large demand for it. But we don't have the resources -- too many teachers with medical exceptions, others on allowed leave, insufficient funds for additional staff. It's not a space issue -- the school has unused classrooms even during a normal school year. And yet... no IPL. There are majority white schools in this city where every family who wants IPL is getting it. Explain it. Did the "team of experts" decide that only rich white kids should get IPL? You can tell me all you want that this is about my feelings, that I should stop complaining, I don't care. This year has been a total failure at every level. The only children who have been well served by the decisions of this year are the wealthiest kids in the district who formed pods, successfully lobbied receptive school administrations, and had the extra cash to throw at the problem until they got what the wanted. The rest of us were completely failed. I will not forget this. I will not forgive this. |
Agreed. I think the general ethos is that it is perfectly appropriate to throw mothers and children under the bus. And every group playing a party in keeping schools in DC closed for this long played a part. |
Right, thanks for demonstrating that this has nothing to do with kids, public good, public funding, or what's "safe." it's all about certain sectors trying to get maximum resources and deference. |
White supremacy is CLEARLY saying that black kids should be able to learn in schools! |
Agreed. Well-said. |
The pandemic response is not going to solve white supremacy. Pick another battle, and stop using kids pawns. |
You are laughing because all 1st-5th graders are virtual? WTF is wrong with you? Stokes is running a daycare - that it. |
This is like the Trumpers who cough at people. |
Pretty sure the PP was just laughing in a sad way, and saying that PK and K are CARES and shouldn't count as IPL (so agreeing with you). |
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