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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean...if you think DCPS was serving these kids well before the pandemic you are mistaken.   This has not helped in the slightest, but DCPS has NEVER served kids with disabilities well at all.  So I don’t think this particularly tone-deaf. DCPS has lots of problems and returning to inperson learning is not going to solve them all. Something has got to be done and things have got to change so that all kids can receive a good education. [/quote]

OP. I have a kid with an IEP. The tweet is really shameless. You can’t be keeping kids out of school and claiming that you care. [/quote]

+1. Robert White supported WTU's efforts to not reopen for these vulnerable students in November. This was a last ditch effort my DCPS to get only 11 vulnerable students per grade back in school after WTU thwarted plans to reopen for more students. He was instrumental in getting the November reopening canceled for my SPED kids who were falling further behind their neurotypical peers with distance learning. Never forget that that Robert White has NEVER been a friend of SPED, ELL, and homeless children (many of whom are children of color).

What's truly disgusting now is how Robert White and Janeese Lewis George are feigning concern about equity when in fact their proposed legislation (below) would give more power to WTU by 1) moving schools under the SBOE whose membership is very pro-WTU and 2) changing the laws to allow WTU members to serve on the SBOE which is a conflict of interest.

They claim that teachers "care deeply about children" so they should be able to govern the school system. WTU has already demonstrated to the world that they don't care about the children. Schools would be LESS likely to fully reopen and further harm vulnerable students if this legislation passes. All Robert White and Janeese Lewis George care about is their WTU endorsements. They're truly garbage people.

https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/46557/Introduction/B24-0080-Introduction.pdf?link_id=1&can_id=bbc811007deb13d59a24d144d29111ef&source=email-ward-4-dispatch-vaccine-news-tech-equity-and-how-to-make-a-difference&email_referrer=email_1091008&email_subject=ward-4-dispatch-three-new-bills-vaccines-and-the-dc-budget[/quote]

agreed. if we’ve learned no other lesson, it’s that teachers unions need to be kept as far away as possible from power over the school system. I think it’s fine for them to negotiate for pay and benefits, but they’ve made *extremely* clear that they will distort anything to gain bargaining power, and that “caring deeply about children” has nothing to do with it. [/quote]

This. It's disingenuous for Robert White and Janeese Lewis George to pretend that we should give WTU even more power because they "care deeply about children" and that this legislation would benefit high needs children. All it would do is give their supporters even more power. Their attempt to deceive is deplorable.[/quote]

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