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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually think it’s really weird for LAMB to close and the non immigrant teachers to take the day off. It’s sort of the opposite of the point of the protest. I absolutely think principals should excuse immigrant teachers who don’t show up to teach on Monday, but close the school entirely essentially given random non immigrant teachers the day off? Absolutely not.[/quote]

I have two kids at LAMB. Out of the 8 teachers and 10+ aftercare teachers, I can’t think of a single teacher who isn’t an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. I think there might be a handful in upper EL.

That’s the problem. [/quote]

Yeah, I get that parents are annoyed about this, but my understanding from talking to teachers is this is not a case of the school closing so that white teachers can have solidarity with immigrants. This is literally an overwhelming number of immigrant teachers saying that they are taking Monday off (which they are allowed to do) to the point where the school could not stay open.

Parents choose to send their kids to LAMB knowing very well that it is a school dependent on native Spanish-speaking speakers as teachers. What is the expectation here?

The vast, vast, vast majority of LAMB parents are incredibly invested in the community and show overwhelming kindness, and support to each other, the teachers, and the administration.

I hope that the parents who have so much anger to LAMB that they cannot support the teachers that make the school possible decide to leave.[/quote]

Trump has been in office for 13 days. Is the school going to close every time he does something outrageous?[/quote]

Just to be very clear here. The school is closing because they do not have enough non-immigrant staff to stay open on Monday. They had too many people decide to call in sick to safely open the school on Monday. It is not like the school is closing because they have a choice.

I suppose this could happen over and over again throughout the next four years, in which case I think parents and the administration will need to make choices about things like tolerance for teacher strikes and how to best support their immigrant teachers. But again, no one is forcing people to attend LAMB. People have choices.

So, let’s see.

Honestly, as a LAMB parent and federal employee who has been feeling so overwhelmed over the past few weeks, I am grateful for the LAMB community.

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They definitely have enough non immigrant staff.  They just chose to “stand in solidarity” and get their day off. [/quote]

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