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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There cannot be a real conversation about these issues as long as the loudest parents claim there was no teaching. It obliterates the hard work of teachers who went above and beyond every day.

I wrote about this before. DCUM posts were so negative that  I started to feel paranoid that my parents were lying when they thanked me. Maybe they really thought I did nothing? Did that mean that they thanked me because they also thought if they didn’t I would retaliate in some way? It was really upsetting.  [/quote]

I'm not one of those loud parents, but I do have questions. I did not ask questions last spring, because I knew that everyone was scrambling to deal with the crisis. As we move forward, however, I still maintain that the deficiencies in the spring should be explained as a way to assure parents that the fall will be better. If my child didn't have any of those teachers who went "above and beyond" in the spring and no one has explained why a 1 hour check in per class per week in high school was deemed to be acceptable, whether by the teacher or administration, then I have to speculate about the reasons why. A possible reason why instruction was not offered was that teachers' unions pushed for this.  And honestly, the fact that some teachers went above and beyond confuses parents even more, because then those who did what was agreed upon look like slackers.

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I see what you are saying. The union didn’t push for it though. The union did push for teachers to be given technology, but I don’t recall any union action about instructional time or methods. If I am wrong, please someone provide proof, not just your anecdote you read elsewhere on DCUM.

It is true that those who obeyed their admin then looked like slackers you parents, but I recall several posts complaining about a specific 6th grade magnet English teacher giving too much work. Teachers really could not win last spring, but it’s hard to blame someone wanting to avoid an official reprimand in their file as a result of disobeying a directive to limit instruction. [/quote]

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