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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t have much sympathy for entitlement. I have sympathy for low SES families trying to survive. [b]Strange how they don’t complain about DL [/b]and yet you do.

I honestly wish the WTU asked for more, at least when we’d come back in person all kid’s schools could have working lights, toilets, opening windows, working heat/air, etc.

While they were at it they should have asked for more pay for teachers on the caveat they are deemed essential workers, unless they have a condition or someone in their immediate family who lives with them.

I acknowledge my privilege, it doesn’t mean I don’t suffer, DL is hard for us all but I’m not worrying about how to pay my bills.  [/quote]

What percentage of low SES families are just not doing DL?  (DCPS statistics suggest the number is significant.)  Why would they be complaining if they’re not bothering with it in the first place?[/quote]

Many may be too busy working multiple jobs to pay attention to how their kids are doing or simply not have the human and cultural capital to discern how their children are doing school. That’s one reason we have compulsory schooling. Don’t use low income kids as a justification to stay home and bake.[/quote]

+1. If we turn this into another debate about “entitlement” and “white privilege” we’ll be losing the true focus here. First of all, don’t assume that all parents complaining here about DCPS are white parents or rich parents. Second, DL is less effective and was meant to be temporary. Kids don’t socialize, to start with, which is an important component of their education and school experience. Private schools and daycares have been able to open and learn how to navigate the new normal without all this drama and hype. Kids in public schools will be very far behind by the time they go back to school. Just the thought of DCPS wanting to delay school start even more is depressing. WTU could have fought harder for teachers to be considered essential workers and negotiate higher pay, which would have been widely supported by parents. Instead, they became obtuse and selfish. [/quote]

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