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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO, DCUM represents a very small percentage of DC parents. The majority of parents I talk too have have no idea what it is and don't care. Taking surveys at a supermarket is probably more representative. Still the WTU needs to do a better job of communicating what it wants.

I get a ton of mail for the DC primaries. Is the WTU sending out mailers, updates on Twitter, Facebook, etc. to gain support? Maybe I just missed it.[/quote]

I’m a teacher. The colleagues I’ve spoken to want smaller class sizes, a raise (do you know other DC employees are receiving a 12% increase over the next four years), I would love cola but maybe that’s a dream, substitutes, real planning periods that aren’t taken up by covering classes or LEAP meetings that aren’t meaningful, true sped resources, and a fair evaluation tool. I teach high school, I image ECE teachers need paraprofessionals and probably other things I’m not aware of.

Let me point out here that the rank and file teachers have no idea what’s being negotiated because we don’t have a seat at the table and the negotiations are supposedly confidential. I get really tired of being accused of things that the vast majority of DCPS teachers have nothing to do with. The finger pointing and outrage aimed at educators on this board is disgusting.[/quote]

Thanks for sharing! It sounds like you have a leadership issue. Doesn't the body vote on request before they go forward? It all sounds very weird and disjointed.[/quote]

OP here and LOL. If the greater public saw how absurd our most recent election was they would never think we were this strong and nefarious body ever again. [/quote]

The WTU doesn't have to be strong and nefarious to mess things up. Aimless and blundering can be just as harmful too.[/quote]

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