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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They shouted over a Latina mom who said her community had not been heard, does not want to go back in person because they're trying to survive, and is being used by others to justify opening. [/quote]

To be clear, the shouting wasn’t because she was Latina or anything like that, it was because the school board was letting her run over the two minute limit when they held everyone expressing a different view strictly to the two minute limit.  I’m not part of APE and I think they are extreme in their views, but it very much came across as the school board selectively enforcing the rules based on the content of the speech, which is extremely problematic.[/quote]

Why wouldn’t people be upset when the rules are unevenly applied? I think shouting someone down is reprehensible, but I certainly understand the frustration. Using accusations of racism as a cudgel to shut down the opposition may be effective, but the people who fall for it are weak minded.[/quote]

How many other people did they scream over the very second their time ended? 
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None. Just the Latina. It's not like she went way over. She was finishing her sentence and the Board chair was about to cut her off and did.

APE was not happy that they got called out for using brown kids as pawns.[/quote]

Do you seriously buy into the spin that much? That is such a false narrative it is absurd. APS is so behind on RTS. How in the world is anyone okay with 2 days a week this year. Many of us sat on the sideline waiting for rates to go down and vaccination to ramp up. The "stay the course" crowd are the now the radicals. IT IS TIME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. Full stop. I can't believe folks are so dug in on this that can't see the obvious. And the parents trying to make this a race issue? Shame on them. They are the ones using POCs as pawns. [/quote]

Uh...kids are back in school. You sound like that ridiculous TT guy on AEM. 
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It is very concerning that people think 2 days a week of in-person instruction is school. [/quote]

With shortened hours every day and nothing on Mondays. [/quote]

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