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[quote=Anonymous]1. OSSE is NOT controlled by teachers, where do you get your info from?? 
2. Mayoral control of schools needs better balances. Why can we not have mayoral control and a school board?
3. Please stop trying to paint teachers as villains, most of us work really hard and dcps is not the best working environment, there are still 60+ teacher vacancies and I’m sure some of your children have had to deal with the repercussions of this.

You only see part of the story. Tell me how you can do your job if you and your ‘clients,’ patients, or whomever are sweating buckets, or freezing?
If your clients have sensory issues and the lights won’t turn off or dim, even though you are supposed to serve them according to their needs?
If there’s a gas leak.
A hole in the roof?
Sewage leaks?
You don’t have all the materials necessary for your job?

I could go on. Teachers are by far not the only voices that should be heard but people who are on the frontlines have ideas about how to make things better.

I want evaluations, from someone knowledgeable about my program. Someone who knows how to make me a stronger teacher. I like the school rating system if only it wasn’t just about standardized testing, those scores only give you a small picture.

Sigh, my point is that mayoral control has not improved outcomes in this city as much as I think our students deserve. We have to invest in teachers, paras, school infrastructure, and appropriate materials. Not just what we think looks good. [/quote]

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