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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]People are still rightfully angry that teachers refused to allow schools to open last year.  That's not going to go away for a long, long time.  I'm not dwelling on it because I need to have a good relationship with my kid's teachers and the school, but yeah -- never going to forget it.  As for vaccinations, if WTU had been more forthright off the block, we could have truly mandatory vaccines for everyone in DCPS.  WTU could have pressured DCPS to impose a vaccine mandate this summer on all adults in schools (including their own union and the other staff unions) to protect their own members AND the kids and families they purport to advocate for.  But no.  [/quote]

This is another example of the misplaced blame on teachers that is so common here. Teachers alone didn't close schools. The WTU was attempting to negotiate safety arrangements -- including vaccines -- for most of the summer. There is a long thread here in which a poster repeatedly argued that the WTU opposed a vaccine mandate and I argued that the union did not (it simply wanted to negotiate its implementation). It's possible that the announcement of the mandate was delayed because Mayor Bowser made it part of a policy that included other city workers. But, it was clear a lot earlier that the WTU would support a mandate.
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This is such BS.

Bowser said publicly last summer that she wanted schools to open on time, and thought it could be done safely, but they couldn't because teachers were refusing to show up for work. Our kids' school told us precisely the same thing -- that they wanted to open, but they couldn't because of teachers.

Also, perhaps you haven't noticed, but we still don't have a vaccine mandate for teachers (even though the city imposes one on many other public employees). Vaccines are still optional for teachers. If WTU actually wanted a mandate, it could say so. The notion that they just want to negotiate the details of implementation is an absurd fig leaf. They could do that in an hour, if they really wanted a mandate.

This is why people think you're such a shill for the teachers union.

I dont get why you feel the need to impose your views on everyone else. Can't you just let people talk? Without censoring anyone who says anything critical of the teachers' union?

People who wonder why the public in DC is so unhappy with the teachers union are a little bit like cops wondering why African-Americans hate them. Maybe because they deserve it?  [/quote]

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