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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope, I’m not having this legislation. Kick the charter teachers off the SBOE too - I agree that part makes no sense. But regardless of the terrible way that the chancellor and mayor have handled reopening (which has indeed been bad) WTU has shown beyond a shadow of a doubt they DO NOT have the kids best interests in mind. They advocate only for themselves. You can say that’s the purpose of a union, which is fine, but they absolutely should not be allowed to run the schools with no oversight! Completely unacceptable.[/quote]

The TU in WTU is for “teachers union”. Who would it advocate for if not teachers? [/quote]

Of course they advocate for teachers. So why would we let them run the school system with no oversight? Who’s looking out for the interests of the students?[/quote]

Exactly. It's clear that WTU is NOT looking out for students, so they shouldn't be on the SBOE. Plus there's a conflict of interest with being on the board that governs the school district where you're an employee.[/quote]

agreed. I think having teachers as non-voting members would be ok. any board members who are parents should recuse from decisions specifically about their kids’ schools. this is pretty basic stuff. [/quote]

PP here. I'm not ok with teachers even as non-voting members. The WTU members at my child's school are militantly against reopening, and I see how weak the parent LSAT rep and PTA President are with refusing to challenge them at all because they have to work together. If WTU members were on the board, then they would dominate the conversation with pro-teacher/anti-student rhetoric to push the WTU agenda like they do at every meeting at our school. It would be harder for the voting members to do the right thing because they would have to work with the WTU members. WTU members have a conflict of interest even for serving on a board that specifically governs their employer. A parent having a child at one school is completely different thing and it's easily resolved by having the parent recuse themselves on matters specific to their child's school.

There's no place for WTU members on the SBOE.[/quote]

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