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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I initially was very supportive of the teachers concerns, but as the fall came and went and DCPS seemed to put forward more than one good faith attempt at safely opening schools it seemed like the WTU kept moving the goal posts.  With the current vaccine priority for teachers if the schools are not open in Term 4 for any kid that wants to attend in person then I think the WTU will have done irreparable harm to the esteem in which teachers are held.  The oft used phrase employed by politicians of honorable public servants like “cops, nurses, firefighters, and teachers” will have to change and teachers will become just another category of working stiffs.  [/quote]

Absolutely agree. I'm all for firing them all... lifelong liberal democrat here. And there will be not maybe public school students left to teach. [/quote]

[b]Why do some of you feel the need to say your liberal and a Dem?[/b] Like that makes you a good person? I'm no conservative but Liberals have done very little over the years, they're just the lesser evil.

And you are also dramatic, even if all the white or rich kids left there would be PLENTY of low SES kids left to focus on. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.[/quote]

DP. Is this a serious question? Because everybody who expresses urgency about opening schools gets labeled as a Trumper. This issue has been hopelessly politicized, which is a large part of why schools are still closed. It has nothing to do with pretending to be a "good person".

And on your second point, if most of the higher SES kids were to leave DCPS, it would send DCPS into a downward spiral in terms of test scores and reputation, and probably in terms of the quality of education for low SES kids as well. The diversity of the school system would decline. You cannot wish for this to happen. [/quote]

Yep let’s go back to the days of Barry where DCPS only had low SES kids, was ranked last of all states in education, and had no money because no middle or UMC families lived in the city, and houses were dirt cheap which meant no taxes/revenues for the city.

I won’t even go into the crime stats.  There was a reason it was called the murder capitol and drugs were rampant.  City services basically non-existent for trash, etc....[/quote]

Really sick of hearing this- I went to DCPS while Barry was mayor and it was fine.  Yes, I am sure that many schools have improved, but there were many middle and UMC parents who still sent their kids to at least Hardy, Deal, Ellington, SWW, Banneker and Wilson, so please avoid rhetoric about DCPS spiraling back down to those days and it being awful.   [/quote]

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