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Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent of a PK-3 kid. Given what's going on with DCPS (in particular the grip WTU has on our children's future) are any of you considering disenrolling and moving to either a daycare or private option this year? I feel I cannot afford a full academic year of politics and nonsense DL at the expense of my child's development. Anyone out there feeling the same way?

The GRIP the WTU has on our children's future?

I am not a teacher. I believe that teachers need the same consideration for their health and safety that other professions provide. I have not heard anything out of DCPS providing confidence that they have a plan to protect the teachers, students, families for in person school given the pandemic.

Have you been in a DCPS building and seen the challenges that teachers deal with every day? Do you think the behaviors are going to magically change due to covid? Go read last year's posts on teachers breaking up fights, getting spit on...

The teachers I know continue to step into challenging situations - they just want to be protected.

Agree with all of this EXCEPT folks who work in healthcare, food production and distribution etc are all required to do their jobs in person. I think people are reacting bc somehow educating our children has been deemed ‘non-essential’ and teachers’ heath is somehow more important than the health of a grocery store cashier.

I know there are no good answers here but I think this is what is driving the anger toward teachers unions. And I don’t think it’s completely without merit.

How easy is it to replace a grocery store cashier and how easy is it to replace a teacher? Education might be deemed ‘non-essential’ but DL is the best option right now until the US get their shit together with the COVID situation!

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Anonymous wrote:It has been quite surprising/disappointing to see some liberal friends of mine who have turned really anti union in this time.

Schools have reopened all over the world. Kids are at higher risk of dying from a car accident. Our reaction in the US is extreme.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent of a PK-3 kid. Given what's going on with DCPS (in particular the grip WTU has on our children's future) are any of you considering disenrolling and moving to either a daycare or private option this year? I feel I cannot afford a full academic year of politics and nonsense DL at the expense of my child's development. Anyone out there feeling the same way?

The GRIP the WTU has on our children's future?

I am not a teacher. I believe that teachers need the same consideration for their health and safety that other professions provide. I have not heard anything out of DCPS providing confidence that they have a plan to protect the teachers, students, families for in person school given the pandemic.

Have you been in a DCPS building and seen the challenges that teachers deal with every day? Do you think the behaviors are going to magically change due to covid? Go read last year's posts on teachers breaking up fights, getting spit on...

The teachers I know continue to step into challenging situations - they just want to be protected.

Agree with all of this EXCEPT folks who work in healthcare, food production and distribution etc are all required to do their jobs in person. I think people are reacting bc somehow educating our children has been deemed ‘non-essential’ and teachers’ heath is somehow more important than the health of a grocery store cashier.

I know there are no good answers here but I think this is what is driving the anger toward teachers unions. And I don’t think it’s completely without merit.

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Anonymous wrote:OK, but why are schools not opening in DC, with a spectacularly low rate of covid spread as compared to most of the country, while they are opening in most states. I'm not buying that in-person learning in DC is untenable. What I am buying is that DCPS is a low-capacity and largely dysfunctional school system, where the teachers union, Mayor, OSSE and DCPS leaders can't get on the same page about re-opening schools, or much else, to save their lives.

DC currently has a 9% positivity rate and is trending in the wrong direction. Distance learning is a smart choice.

Can you post link for 9% positivity rate?

http://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=824153

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Anonymous wrote:OK, but why are schools not opening in DC, with a spectacularly low rate of covid spread as compared to most of the country, while they are opening in most states. I'm not buying that in-person learning in DC is untenable. What I am buying is that DCPS is a low-capacity and largely dysfunctional school system, where the teachers union, Mayor, OSSE and DCPS leaders can't get on the same page about re-opening schools, or much else, to save their lives.

DC currently has a 9% positivity rate and is trending in the wrong direction. Distance learning is a smart choice.

Can you post link for 9% positivity rate?

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Anonymous wrote:OK, but why are schools not opening in DC, with a spectacularly low rate of covid spread as compared to most of the country, while they are opening in most states. I'm not buying that in-person learning in DC is untenable. What I am buying is that DCPS is a low-capacity and largely dysfunctional school system, where the teachers union, Mayor, OSSE and DCPS leaders can't get on the same page about re-opening schools, or much else, to save their lives.

DC currently has a 9% positivity rate and is trending in the wrong direction. Distance learning is a smart choice.