Can I ask a stupid question?
What does defunding police have to do with opening the schools; what does it have to do with the virus?
What does Medicare For All have to do with opening the schools; what does that issue have to do with the virus?
What does the legal status of charter schools have to do with operating our public schools? And what do charter schools have to do with the virus, which is the reason the schools were closed in the first place?
Teacher’s unions are political groups, not education groups.
NOT FAIR! You’re asking questions that make sense!
You asked three questions.
“Police violence is a leading cause of death and trauma for Black people, and is a serious public health and moral issue,” the union said. “We must shift the astronomical amount of money devoted to policing, to education and other essential needs such as housing and public health.”
As for charter schools, the union called for a “moratorium.” The paper contended that they “drain resources” from public schools and claimed that they “double-dipped” during the pandemic by taking federal bailouts, even though their state funding did not decline.
LA teachers union demands defunding the police and charter 'moratorium' before reopening schools by Andrew Mark Miller, Wash Examiner | July 11, 2020
It’s not a stupid question.
But I have to say that I’m sure there’s a few people in California still mad that Nixon beat Helen Gahagan Douglas and are demanding yet another recount!
Here are some stupid answers, in the “minds” of the trade unionists pretending to be teachers (note that these are not MY opinions):
1) Defunding the police frees up large amounts of cash, that can be given to teachers as “hazard pay”.
2) Medicare for All is needed so that the poor children and their families infected with Covid19 through attending school, will have free health care (as if they don’t already have MediCal). It also would give the State of CA more federal funding, freeing up more state funding for teacher pay raises. Paying teachers is why schools exist.
3) Charter schools rob the public schools of the more intelligent and disciplined students (and the funding that goes with them), making public school teachers look bad because all they have left are the criminals and knotheads. By dragging the “better” students to the bottom too, we can achieve “equality”.
Where is Pelosi? She is always so concerned about the children. Someone needs to call her out and ask her about the children.