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I think 2 thing are worth noting: 1) what PP said.  D's did not offer "high-quality, safe, continuously open public schools."  So it's not like there's a home with the D's any longer for that.  
2)  people who are mad often vote against a thing more than for a thing.  I know we all want to be rational and reasonable and stuff, but when D's didn't prioritize education , and on top of that told parents (moms, mostly) to just shut up and accept it, that made some people mad.  Thus is the nature of politics.[/quote]

To point 1, I said that's the goal, right? And there are logical and illogical ways to try and achieve that goal.  
To point 2, you're totally right about the "voting against things" part. It's really pathetic. But how were [predominately D-led] public school administrations supposed to 'prioritize education' when teachers wouldn't return to work and many of the parents who wanted in-person school wouldn't agree to mitigation measures? What magic solution do these 'switch' voters believe was available 15 months ago?[/quote]

Schools in many other states managed to open.[/quote]

Many schools in VA were also open.  :roll: 
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The facts are actually that only 6 states had schools closed longer than VA.  I guess two can play at the facts game.[/quote]

Is that all this is to you - a game? Do you even have kids?

Northam didn't keep schools virtual - those were local decisions. As demonstrated by all of the different approaches and timelines to virtual/in-person.

We get it. You are mad at your school district. There were some very bad consequences from virtual/concurrent learning. Push your superintendent and school board to address learning loss, SEL, etc. That is best use of your energy right now if you actually want to make a change.

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So Northam did pass a law forcing schools to offer in-person learning 5 days a week, yes?  That was something that the governor did to open schools over the objection of the school districts and teachers' union?[/quote]

Yes, he signed the bipartisan bill (senate: 36-3; house: 88-9) in March after the big winter surge and after we had a vaccine. 
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Could he have pushed that bill sooner?

Who was obstructing him?[/quote]

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