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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its true, parents are too busy with hustle of dual careers and house chores/social life/internet. They want schools to babysit and raise their kids. Unless schools are set up for all that, tgeir will be issues to deal with.[/quote]

As a parent, I don’t want this.  I want schools to be successful at their fundamental purpose of education.  I want policy makers to stop over-burdening schools.[/quote]

As a teacher, I really appreciate this sentiment. The past year on this forum have shown me too many times, however, then when teachers ask for things, they are called greedy, selfish, lazy, etc...

If you look on the local politics board right now, there are multiple threads of people who didn't vote for R. White because of his relationship with WTU. Who do you think is making the policies that overburden the schools? Right now that is Mayor Muriel Bowser and her all encompassing control of schools.

We get that the once in a lifetime (hopefully pandemic) wasn't ideal. We get that the WTU upset people with their actions. If people don't move on from it and keep disqualifying politicians because they support teachers, it is only going to get worse.[/quote]

Actions have consequences, as they say. It’s a really bizarre political philosophy to think that parents who were angered by school closures should vote for the candidate who is … in favor of continued closures. [/quote]

You can keep defending your stance. It's not making teachers any less burnt out and ready to leave. It's not stopping buildings from deteriorating. It's not stopping your tax dollars from going directly to a bloated central office where ppl make 6 figures to edit ppt decks and not answer phones from their couches.

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No matter how many times you repeat "bloated central office," you're not going to make anyone who cares forget about school closures.  If you wanted unconditional support from parents for WTU (which I think you fairly would have had pre-covid) you should not have closed schools and made a big deal about how WTU is there to defend teachers interests only. [/quote]

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