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It’s All About the Kids… and the Tan… and the Fresh Caribbean Sea Food

Whenever it’s time to negotiate new teacher contracts, unions always frame their arguments to justify more lucrative contracts by saying, “It’s all about the kids.”  But unfortunately, that’s rarely true.

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After the Chicago Public Schools said they were going to resume in-school learning citing that is what parents wanted, Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) Executive Board Member Sarah Chambers said it was unsafe to return to the classroom.  Chambers made that statement while working on her tan in the Caribbean, and looking forward to a nice seafood meal in Old San Juan.

Granted, she is on vacation, but the optics are not good. Ms. Chambers sent a tweet to special education teachers not to return to work on Monday.

What has happened to the education of America’s children over the past year is unconscionable.  Our kids are the future leaders of America.  The years they spend in school from Kindergarten through 12th grade provides the foundation of knowledge they will need to rely on, and build upon, for the rest of their lives in order to reach their highest potential. Every reduction in knowledge that is not instilled in our children are lost opportunities that can never be regained.

Educators AND Parents are in the best position to witness and evaluate the crippling limitations of remote learning – which is why parents want to get their kids safely back into the classrooms.  Parents have observed first hand, the dismal results of the remote learning experiment for nearly a year.  They are concerned, and rightly so.

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Janice Jackson agrees.  CPS points to studies and data that show classrooms can safely reopen with proper mitigation strategies, and Jackson said it is time for in-class learning to resume:

“We are serving a large swath of our families who believe this is the best choice for their students, and we believe we have a moral obligation to do so.”

But the CTU filed legal action, and requested an injunction from the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board.  What does it say that the CTU has sued to keep children out of a safe classroom?

I’ve served as the Chairman of a School Board and personally witnessed many teachers who truly care about their students – but unfortunately, not all.  I believe CPS should take a hard stand and safely open their schools and deliver a quality education to their students.  That’s the business they’re in.

 

H/T: The Gateway Pundit, WGN9

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