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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like we said that before November, and then it still blew up. I'll believe it when my kids walk through the doors.[/quote]

This. DCPS always had the authority to assign teachers back to work, but they chose not to use it. This agreement gave the union some extra terms they wanted including the right for some teachers to not return to work, but didn't give DCPS anything they didn’t already have. WTU already has a no strike clause so they couldn’t strike/ refuse to return to work. That’s why the teachers who went on strike on November 2nd were so careful to frame it as not a strike, but a sick day.

Then DCPS allowed each school to come up with their own reopening plan, which was a horrible shirking of duties. Some schools have plans that include no in person learning for some grades.

I’ll believe that schools are reopening after I’ve dropped my kids off. [/quote]

it was a strike, obviously. DCPS showed restraint in not pursuing that violation. [/quote]

Agree, it was obviously a strike. However, DCPS would have a hard time proving it for each individual teacher because they're entitled to use sick leave of under 3 consecutive days without medical documentation. It would be extremely difficult to prove that each individual teacher couldn't have been feeling sick. WTU knew that and violated their contract with the knowledge that discipline of individual teachers would have been nearly impossible to uphold.[/quote]

Nah. Someone posted WTU communications about it. It was obviously a concerted action supported/directed by the union. [/quote]

Of course it was. But how do you discipline a specific teacher for it unless you have an email from that teacher indicating that they weren't really sick and were just striking? I wish they would be disciplined, but it will never happen.[/quote]

I don't know but I find Section 49 of the MOA very interesting and would love to see the lawsuit DCPS filed.

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wtulocal6action/pages/399/attachments/original/1608306980/Signed.WTU-DCPSMOA.pdf?1608306980&link_id=0&can_id=658ebe88be98114776d6a2f88cdb2593&source=email-moa-member-town-hall&email_referrer=email_1026441&email_subject=moa-member-town-hall

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https://newspack-washingtoncitypaper.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/21-U-03.pdf

It’s not that exciting. Dcps wasn’t going to go after teachers. [/quote]

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