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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Frustration about Johnson’s dismissal, and previous encounters with the group of parents, has compelled teachers to jump ship, the teacher told the Informer.  As recently as last week, a well-regarded teacher left Hardy, which the teacher said has further weakened the sense of community at the school.

“It’s a sustained attack on teachers,” the Hardy instructor said. “Parents have collaborated with the community to get positions [cut out]. I’ve seen it about four or five times. Some teachers are scared or angry. It’s not all parents. It’s a group of extremely powerful parents who are bullies.”

https://www.washingtoninformer.com/leadership-shakeup-at-hardy-ms-raises-questions-about-race-privilege/

When will the parents believe us?[/quote]

The article is pretty lame (eg, "one of *several* parents who signed the letter."  Since when is several = hundreds?)  And I'm still unclear how patents having serious concerns about the principal is an "attack on teachers."

But let's look at one quote: 
"The letter also raised concerns about...other incidents that hadn’t been reported to parents or DCPS central office, even with the involvement of D.C. police and medical emergency personnel."

Do you, PP, expect parents to just sit back passively when serious safety incidents are covered up?  You think we'll ignore student safety for fear that teachers will leave?  What about the teachers that leave *because of* security lapses?

You continued campaign to put teacher commitment and student safety at odds is not persuasive.  If the school can't manage to provide a safe environment, it's doomed.  Perhaps it's doomed, too, if teachers (bizarrely) refuse to work in a safe environment.  But the former is a certainty, the latter is a maybe.[/quote]

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